Hearty Skillet Barley Porridge with Stewed Meat

A simple, but very successful and budget dish! Crumbly barley with frying and hearty stew in a frying pan. Of course, you need to tinker with pearl barley, but the result will exceed all expectations! Despite the simple ingredients in the composition, this dish greatly pleased both me and my family.
cook time: 1h 40 min
Lucas Halstead
Hearty Skillet Barley Porridge with Stewed Meat

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

123
Calories
7g
Fat
12g
Carbs
4g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Water (For cooking cereals) 800 ml
Carrot 1 pc
Bulb onions 1 pc
Sunflower oil 2 tbsp
Pearl barley 200 g
Stew (Beef, pork or any other of your choice) 200 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make pearl barley porridge with stew in a frying pan? Place the pearl barley in a colander and rinse thoroughly under running water. Proper rinsing from pearl barley should tend to be transparent.

Step 2

Step 2
Fill the pearl barley with filtered drinking water and leave for at least an hour at room temperature. This will reduce the cooking time of the cereal in the future.

Step 3

Step 3
My pearl barley soaked even longer than this. I can say that if you soak the cereal overnight, you will only have to cook it for about fifteen minutes. And this is as much as 60% less time for preparing a dish!

Step 4

Step 4
Place the barley in a saucepan of a suitable size and fill it with filtered water three centimeters above the level of the cereal. For me itʼs about 800 milliliters. Cook the pearl barley over medium heat until done. This may take different times, as all slabs have their own individual characteristics.

Step 5

Step 5
When the water boils, salt it. If you soaked the cereal for an hour, you need to cook it for about forty minutes. Stir the cereal periodically to prevent it from sticking to the bottom.

Step 6

Step 6
Try one grain, if it is soft, then you can remove the pearl barley from the heat. Place the pearl barley in a colander and rinse with cold filtered water. Itʼs the same story here as with boiled rice. When washed, pearl barley also becomes crumbly and does not stick together in the future.

Step 7

Step 7
Letʼs start preparing the frying. Wash the carrots under running water and peel the skins. Finely chop the carrots.

Step 8

Step 8
Peel the onion and finely chop it. Finely chopping these vegetables is necessary so that the frying has time to reach readiness.

Step 9

Step 9
Heat a non-stick frying pan with low sides over high heat. Pour in sunflower oil and heat it thoroughly. Reduce heat to medium. Add carrots and onions to fry until soft. This will take about five minutes. Stir the vegetables periodically to prevent them from burning.

Step 10

Step 10
Remove the stew from the jar and sort it out. Nowadays it is difficult to find a 100 percent ideal stew, even an expensive one, that does not contain unnecessary elements: fat and connective tissue. You need to get rid of them, as well as the broth and bay leaf, if any. We only need clean meat.

Step 11

Step 11
Add the stew to the finished roast and simmer everything together for a couple of minutes.

Step 12

Step 12
All that remains is to add pearl barley to the pan, stir everything until smooth and heat the dish for another five to seven minutes. Then try the dish. Perhaps it needs to be salted to taste. Ready!

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