Pearl barley pilaf in a slow cooker with meat

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make pearl barley pilaf in a slow cooker with meat? Prepare the necessary ingredients

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut the beef into medium-sized pieces, as for a regular pilaf

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour vegetable oil into the bowl of the slow cooker, set the program "Frying" or "Baking " for 30 minutes, leave it to warm up

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   And while the slow cooker is warming up, cut the onion into quarter rings

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   Put the meat in a well-heated bowl and leave to fry for 15 minutes, 1 time in the process you will need to mix.

6. Step 6:

   

   Cut carrots into strips

7. Step 7:

   

   Rinse the pearl barley well

8. Step 8:

   

   Drain the muddy water - as for me, the pearl barley looks very pretty)

9. Step 9:

   

   Fry the pearl barley in a dry frying pan until light nutty flavor for a few minutes. This stage is not necessary in principle, but it will help to achieve friability of pilaf

10. Step 10:

    

    It is important to mix and not burn the seeds, I was a little carried away and the photo shows that I have some very fried seeds, this should not be

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    Meanwhile, the meat is already fried

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    Add chopped onion

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    Stir and leave to fry for 2-3 minutes, then add the carrots and fry for another 7-10 minutes

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    For those who like spicy, slice a little bit of hot capsicum or chili pepper - it's optional

15. Step 15:

    

    Add pepper to the bowl of the slow cooker to the fried onions and carrots

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    Then add tomato paste. I do not argue - tomato paste is not traditional for pilaf, but after all, our pilaf is not made of rice))) And in this dish it is most welcome!

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    Then add the spices, mix and leave until the end of the program, I have 3 more minutes left until the end

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    Next, set the "Quenching" mode for 30 minutes. If we cooked not in a slow cooker, but in a cauldron, we would simply reduce the fire

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    Add 1 multi-cup of water

21. Step 20:

    

    Add Salt

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    Mix well and leave to simmer until the end of the program

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    When the slow cooker is finished, put the prepared pearl barley into the bowl

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    Add 4 more multi-cups of water

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    Peel the garlic

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    Squeeze it into the pilaf

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    At this stage, you can add a little more salt

28. Step 27:

    

    Set the program "Rice" or "Pilaf" for 40 minutes

29. Step 28:

    

    After the end of the program, as a rule, the slow cooker automatically switches to the "Heating" or "Temperature maintenance" mode;

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    After the specified time, our fragrant pilaf is almost ready

31. Step 30:

    

    Mix and arrange on plates

32. Step 31:

    

    Pearl barley pilaf turned out very tasty and crumbly! Enjoy your meal!