Barley pilaf with meat in a cauldron

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1370
Kitchen Eastern
Calorie content 116.5 kcal
Portions 6 port.
Cooking time 90 minutes
Proteins * 5.9 gr.
Fats * 8 gr.
Carbohydrates* 20.8 g
Barley pilaf with meat in a cauldron

Barley can be capricious: if you do not cook, it will be stone, if you digest it, it will be a sticky porridge. For a delicious crumbly pearl barley pilaf, this cereal must be properly prepared, pre-soaked for several hours, taken in a ratio of 1: 2.5 with water and cooked as indicated in the recipe. In this recipe, you are invited to cook pilaf with beef and in a cauldron. You will have a tasty, satisfying and inexpensive alternative to traditional rice pilaf.

Ingredients

Cooking process

step 1 out of 7
First, prepare in the amount indicated in the recipe all the products for making pilaf. Pre-defrost the beef and soak the pearl barley for several hours. Peel and rinse vegetables.
step 2 out of 7
Wash defrosted meat under running water, wipe dry with a towel and then cut into small pieces. Heat the vegetable oil well in a cauldron and put the pieces of beef into it. Fry the meat for 10 minutes and until golden brown, then all the juice will remain in it.
step 3 out of 7
Chop the onion into cubes and transfer to the cauldron to the fried meat. Fry the onions until translucent.
step 4 out of 7
Cut the carrots into small cubes, transfer to a cauldron, fry together with meat and onions for a few more minutes. Then pour 1.5 tbsp into the cauldron. water and add salt to your taste, a special seasoning for pilaf or cumin. Simmer the meat with vegetables for 15-20 minutes over medium heat and covered.
step 5 out of 7
After this time, transfer the soaked and washed barley into the cauldron. Spread the groats in an even layer and add hot water to the cauldron so that it covers the pearl barley by 2 cm. After boiling the pilaf, make the heat to a minimum and cook the pilaf for 35–40 minutes under a closed lid. Observe the water level in the pilaf, if the cereal is not yet boiled and there is almost no water, then add a little.
step 6 out of 7
Shortly before the end of cooking, put two tablespoons of tomato paste on the pilaf and in the top layer, without touching the meat, mix it with the pearl barley.
step 7 out of 7
Then put halves of peeled chives to the pilaf and turn off the heat after a couple of minutes. Leave the cooked pearl barley pilaf with meat in the cauldron for 20 minutes, then stir, remove the sample and serve.

Bon Appetit!

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