Millet porridge in a slow cooker on water

Fast and easy, for every day, for the whole family! Millet porridge in a slow cooker on water is a recipe for a hot dish that can be served independently or as a side dish to any other. Preparation will take only 5 minutes, the multicooker will do the rest.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 11 % 3 g
Fats 15 % 4 g
Carbohydrates 74 % 20 g
128 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 d 16 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook millet porridge in a slow cooker on water? Prepare the products. I specially weighed them on the scales so that you know their exact number. But in general, the proportions are very simple — take two volumes of water for one volume of cereals. It does not matter what you will measure the volumes with — multi-glasses or ordinary dishes.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    First of all, sort out the millet, separating the garbage and the red unopened grains. Then rinse the millet. I usually pour it into a wide bowl and pour warm water from the tap. Look how dirty the first water is. It is muddy, even the millet is not visible. Rinse the cereal thoroughly with your hands, drain the water.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    In this way, rinse the millet in several waters, each time draining dirty water and pouring fresh. When the water becomes clear and the millet gets a bright yellow color, you can stop.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Drain the last water from the millet. Additionally, you can also scald the cereal with boiling water so that it does not taste bitter after cooking. This method will get rid of bitterness.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Pour the prepared grits into the bowl of the slow cooker. Add salt to taste. Put half of the total amount of butter on top, cut into cubes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Fill the cereal with clean water. Take for these purposes good quality water, filtered or bottled. Tap water contains many additives that will give an unpleasant taste to the finished dish.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Place the bowl in the slow cooker. Set the mode suitable for cooking cereals. On my model, this is the "Buckwheat" mode, on others there is a special one called "Grits". If you have a cooking time set, select 30 minutes. My mode is automatic. When the slow cooker finishes working and the alarm sounds, open the lid and put the remaining oil in the hot porridge. If you have time, you can leave it to sweat under the closed lid for another half hour.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Mix the porridge with butter. You can put it on plates and serve it to the table. Enjoy your meal!

To make millet porridge delicious, read the article about the subtleties of choice and the secrets of cooking millet groats.

Keep in mind that the cooking time and mode in the recipe are indicated approximately. All slow cookers work differently and even the same models of the same manufacturer may have their own characteristics. Before you start cooking a new dish for you in a slow cooker, carefully study the instructions for it, and then in practice try to cook dishes that are familiar to you first, and then new ones, choosing the mode and time individually for your own technique. 

For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Millet groats - 335   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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