Barley porridge on water crumbly

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   For 4 servings of delicious barley porridge on water, we will need a glass of barley groats, 800 ml of water, half a teaspoon of salt and 40 grams of butter.

2. Step 2:

   

   The whole secret of the taste of barley porridge is in its pre-frying in a dry frying pan. You do not need to wash the cereal, we immediately pour it into a hot, dry frying pan.

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour water into a saucepan for cooking porridge, salt it and put it on fire.

4. Step 4:

   

   Stirring continuously, fry the grits on medium heat for 10 minutes. Barley groats should "tan" evenly during the frying process.

6. Step 5:

   

   Toasted hot barley grits are poured from the frying pan into boiling water in a saucepan. Important!: the cereal should be hot, but not incandescent, otherwise, when poured into boiling water, the effect of a volcano will result, this can lead to burns. Let the fried grits stand for 2-3 minutes so that its temperature approaches 100 degrees and only then carefully pour into boiling water.

7. Step 6:

   

   Cook the barley porridge until ready on low heat under the lid, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. When the water boils, the porridge is ready.

8. Step 7:

   

   Put the hot barley porridge into plates and add a piece of butter to each serving.

9. Step 8:

   

   Barley porridge cooked on water is an excellent side dish to which you can serve meat, fish and, of course, salads.