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Merchant-style buckwheat with pork in a frying pan

Merchant-Style Buckwheat with Pork (Skillet)

A quick, tasty, filling lunch or dinner with meat and vegetables! Merchant-style buckwheat with pork, made right in the skillet, is a simple, budget-friendly dish. The buckwheat drinks up the aroma and flavor of the meaty sauce and turns out irresistible. Try tossing in some cabbage or mushrooms — it takes the dish to a whole new level.

Julia M.

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Merchant-style buckwheat with pork in a frying pan

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pork

600

Buckwheat

1.5

Water

Onion

Carrots

Tomato paste

Vegetable oil

Salt

Dried spices

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 28 % 8 g

Fats 31 % 9 g

Carbohydrates 41 % 12 g

156 kcal

GI: 9 / 91 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:

How do you make merchant-style buckwheat with pork in a skillet? Start by gathering everything you need. Use boneless pork; a little fat is fine — ham, shoulder, or tenderloin all work well. For cooking buckwheat I always go by a 1:2 ratio of grain to water, so measuring by the cupful is handy here.
Step 2:

Cut the pork into small, roughly even pieces. Heat a skillet until hot and add a little vegetable oil. Fry the meat until golden brown, stirring so it doesn't scorch.
Step 3:

While the meat browns, prep the vegetables. Peel the onion and carrot and rinse them under running water. You can cut the onion however you like — I usually cut it into small pieces. Grate the carrot.
Step 4:

Rinse the buckwheat in cold water a few times, then drain off the excess water.
Step 5:

Add the chopped onion and grated carrot to the browned meat. Stir and cook everything together for a couple of minutes.
Step 6:

Pour a little of the measured water into a separate cup and stir the tomato paste into it.
Step 7:

Add the rinsed buckwheat to the skillet and pour in the tomato-paste water.
Step 8:

Add the rest of the water. Season with a little salt and your spices to taste. Bring everything to a boil, then cover and reduce to low heat. Cook the merchant-style buckwheat with pork for about 15 minutes.
Step 9:

Every so often, push the buckwheat aside and check how much water is left at the bottom. Once it's gone, take the skillet off the heat. Our dish is ready!
Step 10:

Spoon the finished dish onto plates and serve with fresh vegetables. Enjoy!

You can use any meat you like in place of pork. Just keep in mind that the cooking time, flavor, and calorie count will change — beef takes longer than pork, while chicken breast or turkey takes less.
How do you pick good buckwheat? Look at the grains: they should be uniform in shape and size, with no debris or broken bits settling at the bottom of the package.