Barley with sauce
Description
Barley with sauce – a recipe that can make you reconsider your attitude toward this porridge. Prepared according to this recipe, barley is not just a tasty side dish, but a complete, standalone meal.
Instructions
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Step 1
Since pearl barley is a hard grain, soak it in cold water overnight. It will be much easier to cook.
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Step 2
Put the barley into a saucepan, pour water over it, making sure the water covers the grain by 3-4 cm. Add salt and cook for about 40-50 minutes.
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Step 3
At the same time, peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater.
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Step 4
You should get a potato mixture like this.
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Step 5
When the porridge is almost ready, add the potato mixture and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring well. Add a glass of milk and continue cooking, stirring. Then transfer the cooked porridge onto a plate.
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Step 6
Finely chop the onion, and cut the fatback with meat into small pieces. You can replace the fatback with mushrooms. This makes the dish lighter, vegetarian, and no less delicious.
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Step 7
First, fry the bacon bits in a frying pan.
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Step 8
Then add the onion.
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Step 9
Next, add flour to the pan and mix well. Immediately pour half a liter of milk into the pan.
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Step 10
Mix and cook the sauce until it thickens. Taste and adjust salt and pepper.
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Step 11
Place the barley porridge on a plate, add the sauce on top, and serve.