Pearl porridge with meat in a slow cooker

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make pearl porridge with meat in a slow cooker? Prepare all the specified ingredients. Which meat is better to take? Absolutely any meat to your taste is suitable for the recipe, whether it's pork, beef, veal, chicken or turkey. I used a pig's neck.

2. Step 2:

   

   First of all, soak the pearl barley in cold water for about an hour. You can leave it a little longer, but in the process of quenching in a slow cooker, the cereal softens perfectly.

3. Step 3:

   

   Rinse the meat in cold water and dry it with paper napkins to remove any remaining moisture. Cut the pork into small pieces of the same size. Pour vegetable oil into the bowl of the slow cooker, set the "Frying" mode. When the oil is well warmed up, send the meat to fry. Stirring, cook until golden brown.

4. Step 4:

   

   At this time, peel the onion, carrot and garlic, rinse and dry. Next, the vegetables need to be crushed. For this recipe, I prefer to cut onions and carrots into large fragments so that each piece is felt separately in the finished dish. So, cut the onion into large cubes, carrots into thick cubes, and chop the garlic with a knife. If you wish, you can chop the onion finely, grate the carrots, and pass the garlic through the press.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add the chopped vegetables to the meat and fry everything together for about 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally so that nothing burns.

7. Step 6:

   

   Drain the water from the pearl barley and rinse again. Add the grits to all the ingredients in the slow cooker. Add salt to taste, as well as sprinkle with your favorite spices. I used cumin and ground paprika.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour in water or broth so that it covers the pearl barley for 1.5-2 fingers. Mix everything together. Close the lid of the slow cooker and set the "Quenching" or "Pilaf" mode. Leave it to prepare until the beep (I have set the time to 1 hour). After the beep, open the lid, mix everything again. Close the lid again and let it brew for 10-15 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Before serving, sprinkle the porridge with herbs, chopped finely. Young green onions, parsley or dill are suitable.

10. Step 9:

    

    Sprinkle with ground allspice if desired. Ready!