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Buckwheat with chanterelles is a combination that is considered a classic of Russian cuisine. Colorful mushrooms, sweetish and crunchy, are ideally combined with tender buckwheat porridge. An appetizing dish can be cooked all year round if you stock up on fragrant, juicy chanterelles for the future. Buckwheat is close to meat in amino acid content, so the dish is indispensable in fasting.
How to cook buckwheat with chanterelles
Buckwheat porridge with bright and fragrant chanterelles is a traditional Russian recipe that is mentioned in old cookbooks. For cooking you need:
- Clean the cereal from solid black particles of all excess. To do this, pour buckwheat with cold water and catch the floating kernels. The procedure is repeated 3-4 times so that the garbage in the finished dish does not squeak on the teeth.
- Boil buckwheat purified from black inclusions in slightly salted water. The proportion of water when cooking is 1/1, sometimes a little more liquid is required.
- Rinse the chanterelles from sand and earth, paying particular attention to the back of the cap. Cut off the edge of the leg, chop the chanterelles into pieces of the required size.
- Boil the chanterelles for 15 minutes, so as not to boil, discard in a colander and leave to drain.
- Dice the onion and the carrots. Fry vegetables in oil for 5 minutes, add mushrooms and continue frying for another 5 minutes.
Mix mushroom frying with porridge or put it on buckwheat. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and chives and season with pepper to taste.
Buckwheat recipes with chanterelles
Buckwheat with chanterelles is a tasty and satisfying dish that is easy to prepare with a minimum of ingredients. The content of a large amount of nutrients in buckwheat allows you to get maximum benefits for the body and not overload it with calories. Numerous recipes will allow you to diversify lean or diet menus.
Buckwheat with chanterelles and onions in a pan
The available ingredients turn into an original treat with a pleasant chanterelle taste, fresh vegetables and the softness of buckwheat porridge.
Food set for cooking:
- 2 glasses of filtered water;
- 1 glass of buckwheat, cleaned from inclusions;
- ½ kg of chanterelles washed from debris;
- large onion head;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 1-2 leaves of laurel;
- 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
- freshly ground black pepper and fine salt to taste.
A step-by-step method for preparing an appetizing dish:
- Pour buckwheat with boiling water, let stand for 15-20 minutes, so that the nucleoli are steamed. Pour clean water into a saucepan, send buckwheat into the water, season with pepper and salt.
- Pour 1 tbsp into the porridge. l. oil, cover the container with a lid and cook over low heat until the water evaporates. If the liquid has evaporated, and the cereal is solid, you can pour in another ½ or 1 glass of water.
- Chop the onion into smaller cubes or feathers, fry until golden brown in vegetable oil.
- Add the chanterelles, cut into pieces, and fry until a pleasant mushroom aroma and golden brown. In the process, stir the mushrooms so that the pieces do not burn.
- Add chopped garlic. Hold the pan over the fire for another minute, stir so that the garlic does not acquire an unpleasant burning taste.
- Send buckwheat to the frying pan, mix and grill it, so that the porridge is saturated with the aromas and flavors of mushrooms and vegetables.
Serve in earthenware or ceramic half-portion plates, sprinkled with chopped parsley or cheese.
Buckwheat with chanterelles in pots
Buckwheat porridge with chanterelles and onions in pots has a special taste and texture, because the ingredients languish in their own juice. All aromas remain in the finished dish. The texture of the porridge is obtained as from the oven.
Required set of products:
- 300 g of buckwheat, peeled from black kernels;
- 200 g of chanterelle mushrooms;
- 2 large and juicy carrots;
- 3 tbsp. l. odorless vegetable oil;
- 30 g butter (like a box of matches);
- a pinch of freshly ground coriander seeds;
- sea salt and black pepper grated in a mortar - to taste.
A step-by-step recipe for chanterelles with buckwheat with a photo of the finished dish describes the process in detail:
- Rinse buckwheat with cold water, pour into baking pots and pour boiling water so that the water level is 2 fingers higher than the cereal level.
- Close the pots with lids and leave for half an hour so that the cereal absorbs water, becomes soft and crumbly.
- Grate the carrots with a fine grater, chop the onion in half rings and fry the vegetables for 2 tbsp. l. butter until soft.
- At the end, season the roast with spices and sprinkle with coarse salt.
- Fry the chanterelles separately in highly heated oil for 5 minutes. It is important that the oil is hot, otherwise a golden crust will not appear on the mushrooms, they will not be fried, but stewed.
- Pour vegetable roast with spices, fried chanterelles into the steamed porridge and add 50 ml of hot water.
- Cut the high-quality butter into thin slices and place on the surface of the dish.
- Cover the pots with lids and put them in an oven heated to 180 degrees. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Turn off the temperature supply, and leave the pots in the oven to "rise" for another 10 minutes.
Decorate a fragrant dish with chopped dill and serve in pots in portions.
Buckwheat with chanterelles and onions in a slow cooker
To cook buckwheat with chanterelles quickly and easily, a multicooker will help. The device provides a uniform effect of temperature on food, so the porridge is soft and crumbly, and the mushrooms are not overcooked and keep their shape.
Required ingredients for cooking:
- 500 g fresh orange chanterelles;
- 200 g of buckwheat kernels;
- 300 ml (a little more) hot water;
- large onion;
- 1 tbsp. l. melted butter;
- a pinch of sea salt (it does not change the taste of the food).
The recipe for fried chanterelles with buckwheat in a slow cooker:
- Peel the onion and cut into cubes. Put ghee and onion into the multicooker bowl.
- Set the "Fry" function and the timer for 20 minutes. Cook with the lid open so that the onions acquire a beautiful golden hue.
- Clean the chanterelles of debris, cut off the edge of the leg and inspect the caps. These mushrooms practically do not become wormy, but spoiled specimens should not be eaten.
- Rinse caps thoroughly to remove sand. Send the mushrooms to the slow cooker 15 minutes after laying the onions. Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Pour buckwheat into a slow cooker, salt and season with spices to taste.
- Pour hot water into the container, turn with a spatula and close the lid.
- Select the "Porridge", "Soup" or "Stew" program and turn on the start of work.
- Cook an appetizing dish for 40 minutes with the lid closed.
Serve hot with dill sprinkles and homemade garlic tortilla.
Calorie content
The calorie content of a nutritious lean dish is low. Per 100 g:
- 8 g protein;
- 2 g fat;
- 13 g of carbohydrates.
Nutritional value is 77.6 kcal. It is best to offer porridge with mushrooms as breakfast or lunch, as the dish perfectly satisfies the appetite and does not overload the stomach.
Conclusion
Buckwheat with chanterelles is a nutritious dish in which mushrooms reveal their aroma, porridge remains healthy and crumbly, and a bouquet of spices emphasizes the taste of products. Cooking is very simple both in a frying pan and in pots or a slow cooker.Chopped dill, chives, and a handful of chopped cilantro can help add freshness.
