A little chicken meat, vegetables, a glass of millet cereal - and soon millet porridge with chicken is blazing hot on your table. This dish will become your lifesaver!
I think many housewives pay tribute to dishes in which meat or fish are cooked with some kind of porridge: side dish and meat in one dish. The most famous such dish is, of course, pilaf, but not only rice can claim the title of supercereal. The other day in the store I came across a bag of millet, and I decided to cook something tasty from this cereal. This is how we got a wonderful, uncomplicated, fairly quickly prepared dish - wheat porridge with chicken. For variety, I decided to add a little. I'm sure this added a few more points to the porridge. In favor of this dish, I hasten to say that it is well received by children: millet is more tender than rice and is not as dry as buckwheat. Millet porridge with chicken turns out crumbly, golden yellow, slightly sweet due to the carrots and juicy due to the mushrooms.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 130 kcal.
- Number of servings - for 4 people
- Cooking time - 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- Chicken meat - 250 g
- Millet - 1 tbsp.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Champignons - 100–150 g
- Green onions - 1 bunch
- Salt, pepper - to taste
- Vegetable oil for frying
Step-by-step preparation of millet porridge with chicken
First you need to prepare the meat. We used chicken thigh, but you can also use fillet. Wash the meat, separate it from the bone and cut into small pieces. Rinse the champignons under running water without soaking and chop as desired.
Prepare vegetables for frying - onions and carrots. Peel and wash them, cut the onion into cubes, and grate the carrots.
First fry the onions and carrots in vegetable oil. When the vegetables are slightly fried, add mushrooms and chopped chicken to them.
Cook, stirring, until the meat and mushrooms are browned, then cover with a lid, reduce the heat and continue to simmer for another 10–15 minutes. Just before cooking, add salt and pepper to taste.
Rinse the millet under running water several times. Pour 2 cups of boiling water over the porridge and cook in salted water, stirring occasionally, until cooked.
Combine the prepared millet porridge with chicken meat, vegetables and mushrooms, stir and turn off the heat. Cover with a lid to allow the flavors to combine.
Serve hot, sprinkled with chopped herbs. Green onion feathers will come in handy.
Millet porridge with chicken - a simple, but tasty and satisfying dish is ready. You can invite your family to the table. Bon appetit!
See also video recipes:
- Millet porridge with mushrooms
- Millet porridge with chicken - simple and tasty
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For some reason, millet is usually treated as a cereal, which is more suitable for sweet porridge, which is usually eaten in the morning. However, millet is also very good for dinner, as it goes well with various vegetables and meat. I suggest cooking millet porridge with chicken and vegetables in a frying pan. It is worth noting that millet cereals have a large number of beneficial properties and help cleanse and detoxify the body, so for those who do not like sweet cereals, this dish will come in handy.
Finely chop the onion and place it in a frying pan without using oil. Fry it a little until golden brown.
Cut the carrots into slices using a curly knife. Chop the celery stalk and send these vegetables to fry in a frying pan with the onions.
Next, add one tablespoon of homemade tomato sauce from tomatoes in their own juice to the frying pan.
We wash half a glass of millet cereal in several waters until the water becomes clear, and then put it in a frying pan with the vegetables.
Stir the contents of the frying pan and fill it with the prepared chicken broth. You can use plain water instead of broth, but this will somewhat deplete the taste of the finished dish.
The last thing to go into the frying pan is finely chopped boiled chicken fillet. I had both red and white chicken meat - from the boiled frame and breast.
Add a little red hot pepper and salt to taste.
Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the millet porridge with chicken fillet and vegetables over medium heat until the water is completely absorbed.
Serve the prepared millet porridge with chicken and vegetables, garnishing it with fresh red onions, which will add spiciness and piquancy to the dish.
Bon appetit!
Cooking time: PT00H40M 40 min.
To prepare millet with chicken, according to the recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
Preparation
Step-by-step preparation of the dish with detailed photos:
1. The first step of the recipe is choosing and preparing the grains. Choose high-quality products; the grains must be whole and not crushed. Measure out the required amount of millet, pour it into a deep plate, rinse with warm water, preferably running water, so that you can wash away all the dust, specks and debris.
2. Take a large saucepan. Place the breast in it and fill it with cold water. Peel the carrots and onions and add them whole to the pan. Add salt and bring to a boil. After this, you can reduce the heat and make it minimal. Skim off any foam that forms, then continue cooking the meat and vegetables for at least fifty minutes.
3. Remove the saucepan from the heat, remove the boiled chicken and vegetables, and place them on a plate. Take a very fine strainer and strain the broth.
4. Take a frying pan and place it on high heat. Pour refined sunflower or olive oil into it and heat it. Peel and chop one onion and place it in a hot frying pan. Fry until golden brown, stirring occasionally.
6. Fried onions and chicken should be mixed with millet cereal. Then transfer the resulting mixture into a pot, add pieces of chopped butter and cover with a lid. According to the recipe, the pot must be placed in an oven preheated to 190 degrees. The cooking time will be thirty minutes. Before serving the finished dish, you need to sprinkle it with chopped herbs. Chicken porridge is ready to eat.
Video recipe
Such a dish not only delights in taste, but is also very beneficial for your body and health. This is due to the fact that millet porridge is an inexhaustible source of vitamins, minerals, nutrients and microelements, proteins, fats and fiber. It has a beneficial effect on the activity and functioning of the entire body. It is a dietary and light dish that can reduce weight and solve the problem of obesity. Millet porridge with chicken is the best breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cook with pleasure!
Cereals are very beneficial for human health. Millet- cereal obtained by peeling the scales of a cultivated species of millet. It is rich in protein, vitamins B1, B2, B5 and PP vitamins. Millet also contains useful macro and micro elements: iron. magnesium, fluorine, manganese, copper. potassium, calcium, zinc, etc. Usually, delicious homemade rich porridges are prepared from millet, but today I want to tell you how to cook delicious millet porridge with chicken in a slow cooker.
Just recently, I saw an interesting recipe from one of my friends on a culinary website. Millet was cooked with chicken, but not in a slow cooker, but in a pot)))) I immediately imagined how tasty it should turn out, satisfying and rich. Therefore, I immediately decided to cook this dish, but not in a pot, but with the help of my favorite kitchen assistant - a Panasonic-18 multicooker with a bowl capacity of 4.5 liters. and power 670W. So, let's get started:
Required:
- Chicken - any parts (I have 2 wings, 2 drumsticks and 2 thighs).
- Millet - 2 multi cups (you can add the amount of grain as you require. I prepared a small amount for testing)
- Water (or any broth) - 4 multi glasses (cook in a ratio of 1:2 - 1 part cereal and 2 parts water)
- Carrots - 1 pc. (I have a very large one)
- Onion - 1 pc. (large onion)
- Prunes - to taste (this is an optional ingredient)
- Salt - to taste.
- Vegetable oil - for frying meat and vegetables.
- Bay leaf - optional - 1-2 pcs.
- Greens - to taste (to decorate the dish)
How to cook millet with chicken in a slow cooker.
Millet (if required) - sort through. Fill with water and wash until clean water several times. 
Pour vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, add prepared portioned pieces of chicken, and fry in the BAKE mode until golden brown. 
Next, add chopped onions and carrots. 
Mix everything and add salt to taste. 
Place the washed, prepared millet in the multicooker bowl and fill it with water (or broth). Add more salt to taste and add bay leaf. If desired, you can immediately add chopped herbs or any seasoning. I do not do this. We switch the multicooker to the BUCKWHEAT (or PILAF) mode and press START. The multicooker will measure the cooking time for millet and chicken. These are automatic programs.
After about 20 minutes, I open the lid and add the washed prunes - I just put a few berries on top. If you cook without adding dried fruits, you will not need this item. You cook until the end with the lid closed. When the cooking time is up, the multicooker will notify us. From the specified volume of ingredients, my multicooker cooked for about 45-50 minutes. 
The cereal was cooked very well, cooked through and became very tender, soaked in chicken broth. Now it’s time to serve millet with chicken and prunes. We lay out the millet in portions on plates and serve. As a salad, I served sliced fresh cucumbers and tomatoes. It turned out to be a very tasty and satisfying dinner - we liked it. Sometimes, for a change, you can cook millet with chicken or any meat of your choice in a slow cooker.
Svetlana and my family wish you bon appetit website!
Millet porridge is an incredibly healthy dish. The substances contained in cereals are able to remove toxins from the body, and the presence of a large amount of potassium has a beneficial effect on our heart. Millet is also useful for those who want to lose weight; it contains substances that prevent fat deposition.
In addition to ordinary cooked porridge, there are many recipes where millet reveals its taste in a new way and the dish can change your taste preferences in favor of this unique grain. Here is one such recipe - porridge stewed in pots with chicken. The pot plays a very important role here. Firstly, any food cooked in it is very tasty, and secondly, such portioned serving is always advantageous, it looks aesthetically pleasing and appetizing.
I give the recipe for 3-4 servings. Products needed: millet cereal, chicken meat, carrots, a small onion, salt, spices, olive oil for frying and a small bunch of herbs.
Rinse millet cereals well in running water. This cereal requires very careful processing.
Then fry the cereal in a frying pan with a small amount of olive oil. Fry briefly, until slightly golden brown.
Place the cereal in a saucepan, add water, in the proportion of 1 cup of cereal - 3.5 cups of water, add salt and cook until all the liquid has evaporated.
Prepare the carrots, peel and cut into small cubes. Finely chop a small onion. Separate chicken meat (fillet or chicken legs) from the bones and cut into small pieces.
Fry all the ingredients in a frying pan with a small amount of olive oil, add salt and spices to taste while frying.
At the end of frying, add the prepared porridge and mix everything together, right in the pan.
Prepare portioned pots. Pots with lids are a must.
Fill each pot with chicken porridge and add a small piece of butter on top.
If desired, add 2-3 cubes of any cheese to enhance the taste. The cheese I use is the Oltermanni variety.
Close the pots with lids and send to simmer in the oven (at a temperature of 180-190) for 30-35 minutes.
Before serving, add finely chopped herbs to each pot.
Close the lid and after five minutes you can serve.
The recipe is for 3-4 servings.
Cooking time: PT01H00M 1 h.