• 1 Classic rice porridge with milk
• 2 How to prepare liquid milk rice porridge?
• 3 Rice porridge with raisins
• 4 Cooking with water
• 5 With the addition of dried fruits
• 6 Recipe with apples
• 7 With added pumpkin
• 8 Hearty recipe with chicken
• 9 With vegetables

The popularity of rice is due to its use in a wide variety of dishes, both first and second. However the most famous and familiar dish from childhood is delicious rice porridge, for the preparation of which it is necessary to remember exactly and follow the proportions, time and procedure.

Classic rice porridge with milk

Milk porridge from distant childhood, to prepare 4-5 servings you will need:

• Short grain rice – 200 g;
• water – 500 ml;
• milk – 500 ml;
• sugar – 60 g;
• butter – 5 g per serving;
• salt - a pinch.

To prepare a hearty, healthy breakfast, you will need an enamel pan and follow these steps:

1. The rice is washed until transparent and placed in a pan with cold water.
2. The contents are brought to a boil, after which the intensity of the fire is reduced to a minimum.
3. The porridge is cooked until the liquid has completely evaporated, stirring constantly to prevent the cereal from sticking to the bottom.
4. Milk boiled in a separate container is poured into the porridge.
5. The milk porridge is brought to a boil again, and then the heat is reduced.
6. Cooking, during which sugar and salt are added, continues until the product is ready, determined by the tooth: if the rice has become soft, you can remove it from the heat.

Attention! Rice porridge with milk in a multicooker turns out to be no less tasty, without requiring constant presence: all the ingredients are placed in a bowl, and the multicooker is set to the “Milk porridge” mode. After the beep, the milky rice breakfast is ready to be served.

How to prepare liquid milk rice porridge?

Fans of thinner milk porridge can use the classic recipe described above, but with an increase in the volume of water by 100 ml and milk, depending on wishes: the thinner the consistency is needed, the more milk should be added.

Important! The degree of thickness can also be adjusted by the amount of rice, maintaining the volumes of milk and water from the recipe, and reducing the amount of the main ingredient.

Rice porridge with raisins

Another recipe for a seemingly ordinary dish. Porridge with raisins is very popular among children. The basis is a set of products and a method of preparation from a classic milk porridge recipe, but with the addition of 100 g of raisins, which are well washed and soaked. Prepared dry berries are added 3 minutes before the end of cooking rice with milk.

Cooking with water

When the proportions are strictly followed, rice porridge in water turns out to be very crumbly.

To prepare ideal dish for healthy eating enthusiasts You will need the following products:

• polished rice – 200 g;
• water – 500 ml;
• butter – 50 g;
• salt - to taste.

The cooking process is very simple:

1. The rice is thoroughly washed with running water and doused with boiling water.
2. Salted water is brought to a boil, into which the cereal is then poured.
3. After 3 minutes, when it warms up, the heat is reduced and the rice is cooked with the lid closed.
4. After it swells, add oil to the pan.
5. The porridge continues to steam under the closed lid for another 20 minutes.

Important! Rice porridge in water with a crumbly structure is excellent in a multicooker on the “Grains” mode. You just need to add the above ingredients and wait for the sound signal indicating that the porridge is ready.

With added dried fruits

To prepare sweet porridge with dried fruits, which is a complete breakfast that provides enough energy for the whole day, you can use the recipe for making rice porridge with water. Two minutes before the dish is ready, add 100 g of chopped dried fruits: dried pears, peaches, apples, prunes, dried apricots in proportions to taste.

Rice is easily digested and completely absorbed by the body.

Recipe with apples

Rice porridge with apples is especially good in the autumn-winter period, when the body needs additional vitamins.

To complete this recipe you will need:

• Short grain rice – 120 g;
• water – 500 ml;
• milk – 250 ml;
• sugar – 40-50 g;
• medium-sized apple - 1 pc.;
• chocolate – 2 pieces;
• salt - to taste.

To get apple-flavored porridge:

1. The washed rice is placed in a saucepan with water and placed on medium heat.
2. Cook the rice with constant stirring until the liquid disappears completely.
3. Then milk is poured into it and brought to a boil.
4. A peeled and diced apple is added to the rice, after which the porridge is cooked for another 3 minutes over low heat.
5. Before serving, butter and chocolate pieces are placed on plates.

With added pumpkin

A beautiful, bright porridge containing a large amount of nutrients is excellent for unloading the stomach after the holidays.

To create a pumpkin dish you will need:

• Short grain rice – 120 g;
• pumpkin (peeled and cut into cubes) – 200 g;
• milk – 250 ml;
• sugar – 80-100 g;
• butter – 70 g;
• salt - to taste.

To cook rice porridge with the addition of pumpkin, you must follow the following instructions:

1. Separately, cook the pumpkin until soft and remove it from the water, which should not be drained.
2. The washed rice is boiled in a liter of water until tender, discarded in a colander, and then returned to the saucepan.
3. The cereal is poured with milk and brought to a boil.
4. Place pieces of pumpkin, salt, sugar into the boiling porridge and add 120 ml of the liquid in which the vegetable was cooked.
5. After 3 minutes, the rice porridge with pumpkin is ready.

Advice! If you have time, you should let the porridge steep after covering the pan: the dish becomes more aromatic and the taste richer.

Nourishing recipe with chicken

Rice cereal with chicken breast is a flavorful dish with a beautiful golden color. Due to its satiety, such porridge becomes an integral part of the daily diet.

To create chicken porridge from 200 g of short grain rice you will need:

• chicken breast – 500 g;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil – 100 ml;
• salt and spices (pepper, basil, turmeric, cumin) - to taste.

Before you start cooking rice with chicken, the products are prepared: the washed rice is soaked for an hour, the chicken breast and onion are cut into cubes, and the carrots are grated on a coarse grater.

When everything is ready:

1. Oil is poured into the pan and heated.
2. Pieces of chicken meat are placed in the oil, to which onions and carrots are added after a whitish crust has formed on them.
3. Meat and vegetables are fried over medium heat until they become soft, seasoned and salted.
4. Rice, from which the water has been drained in advance, is laid out with the meat and vegetable mixture.
5. After the rice is saturated with fat and becomes transparent, hot water is poured into the pan, and the rice is hidden under 1.5 cm of water.
6. During the 15 minutes during which the porridge must be cooked, the process is constantly monitored: the rice may burn if the water evaporates ahead of time.

Advice! Such a dish should not be served immediately upon completion of cooking: after 15 minutes, when the rice has cooled a little, the porridge will become more flavorful.

With vegetables

Rice with vegetables is a wonderful side dish for delicious juicy meat. But the dish can also be served on its own as a Lenten dish, which is important for religious people during fasting.

To complete the recipe you need:

• long grain rice – 200 g;
• water (boiling water) – 400 ml;
• sweet pepper – 1 pc.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• green peas – 100 g;
• olive oil – 50 ml;
• salt and spices (pepper, basil, saffron, coriander, paprika) - to taste.

To make a nutritious dish from this set of products:

1. Olive oil is poured into a deep frying pan, in which chopped onions and carrots are fried for 5 minutes.
2. Add peas for another 5 minutes.
3. The mixture is salted and seasoned.
4. Rice is evenly distributed over the contents on top and poured with boiling water.
5. Rice with vegetables is cooked for 15-20 minutes over low heat until the liquid disappears completely.

Important! Any vegetables are added to rice: canned corn, broccoli, green beans and others.

Thus, the taste of rice porridge, which is familiar to everyone since childhood, can be changed beyond recognition thanks to the use of auxiliary products. Rice dishes, which can be sweet, dietary, filling, will appeal to both adults, regardless of gender, and children.

“Soup soup and porridge are our food!” This is exactly what the ancestors said - and they understood a lot about healthy food. Yes, porridge itself may be a little simple as food, but it energizes you and gives you a lot of strength. This is why porridge is recommended for breakfast. Although rice is not particularly rich in vitamins (except B, PP and E), it does contain proteins that are close in composition to animal proteins, complex carbohydrates that provide a long-term supply of energy, and minerals - potassium, magnesium, sodium, iron, phosphorus, necessary for the smooth functioning of the body. Rice porridge is indispensable in dietary nutrition, the diet of vegetarians and people who, for certain reasons, are not allowed to eat meat.

Rice porridge - general principles and methods of preparation

Unfortunately, in our time of semi-finished products and fast food, chips, cereals and food concentrates consumed for breakfast have relegated natural porridge far into the background. But in vain. After all, all porridges, and rice porridge in particular, are incredibly tasty, and most importantly healthy, you just need to prepare them correctly. Rice porridge can be cooked in water, vegetable, meat broth or milk. Raisins, apples, nuts, and pumpkin are added to sweet rice porridges, while savory ones are prepared with vegetables or meat. And of course, rice porridge must be flavored with a generous piece of butter. It’s not for nothing that we hear from childhood that “you can’t spoil porridge with butter.”

Rice is an excellent absorbent, i.e. has the ability to absorb various harmful substances, toxins and remove them from the blood and body. Rice porridge will help with a hangover and will also remove excess salts from the joints. In this case, fresh liquid porridge is cooked without oil and salt, from grains soaked in water.

Rice porridge - food preparation

There are many varieties of rice. They differ in taste, appearance and purpose. One variety is more suitable for sushi, the other for pilaf. To prepare porridge, it is recommended to take round rice - it is more viscous and sticky, and is ideally suited for porridges. It must be washed and boiled for several minutes in water. Then the liquid is drained, the rice is poured with milk and cooked to the desired viscosity. If you boil the cereal only in milk, it will cook for a long time, the milk will boil away, and the rice will lose most of its nutrients.

Rice porridge - the best recipes

Recipe 1: Rice porridge with milk

It’s not difficult to prepare such porridge; it’s probably one of the simplest recipes. It turns out tender, light, almost airy. Adults and children will happily eat it for breakfast. The cooking process takes about thirty minutes.

Ingredients: 3-4 tbsp. milk, a glass of rice, sugar, butter and salt to taste.

Cooking method

Pour washed rice into boiling water (1.5-2 l), cook for 8 minutes. Drain the water through a colander and rinse the rice under running tap water.

Boil milk in a saucepan, add a little salt, add sugar to taste, add rice. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Add a piece of butter to the plate with porridge.

Recipe 2: Rice porridge with pumpkin

This porridge is a favorite among many gourmets. It's delicious, sweet and sunny. It is especially useful to eat it in the winter months to get not only a portion of vitamins and beneficial microelements, but also a boost of good mood. After all, the orange color of the pumpkin is very colorful and reminiscent of summer. For porridge, it is better to choose nutmeg pumpkin varieties with brightly colored flesh. But this is not necessary, you can also take a pale pumpkin - this will not affect the taste and healthfulness, the color will simply not be as rich. The ingredients in the recipe do not have strict quantitative restrictions; you can add the ingredients by eye or at your discretion. Some people will like the porridge thicker or thinner, while others will want to add more pumpkin. Therefore, you can deviate from the indicated proportions in the recipe.

Ingredients: 250-300g rice, 300g pumpkin, 1.5 liters of milk, to taste - sugar, butter, vanilla sugar and cinnamon.

Cooking method

Place the rice in boiling water and cook for seven to eight minutes. Drain the water by placing the rice in a colander (sieve).

Cut the pumpkin into cubes or small slices and pour in milk so that the liquid covers it by a couple of centimeters (one khalange of a finger), add a pinch of salt. Light the fire, bring to a boil and simmer for 5-7 minutes. Add rice and sugar to the pumpkin and cook until thick and consistent as you like. If the porridge in the pan has become very thick, you can dilute it with hot milk. At the end of cooking, add vanilla sugar, butter and cinnamon. If not everyone in the family is a fan of spices, then it is better to add them not to the pan, but individually to the plate.

Recipe 3: Rice porridge with dried fruits

That's who this porridge is for, those with a sweet tooth. For some reason, they are most common among children and men. The porridge is very tasty and nutritious. The recipe will indicate several types of dried fruits. Based on your preferences, some can be excluded from the composition or replaced with others, for example, dates or figs. Dried fruits are sweet in themselves, so the porridge is cooked without adding sugar. Choose nuts at your discretion, for example, you can take walnuts or hazel. They must be removed from the shell and chopped with a knife or chopped with a blender.

Ingredients: a glass of rice, a handful of raisins, prunes and dried apricots (about 50g each), 100g of butter, a third of a glass of nuts, a tablespoon of honey, salt.

Cooking method

Boil the rice - take 2 parts water for 1 part rice. Pour it into boiling water and cook for 10 minutes. Then, with the lid closed, let it simmer for the same amount of time. The rice should be crumbly. When cooking rice, you can add one or two spoons of butter to the water.

Wash the dried fruits thoroughly, cut large fruits into pieces of arbitrary size and shape and add to the butter melted in a saucepan. Keep over low heat until soft, then add honey, pour two cups of boiling water and simmer for about ten minutes. Divide the rice into bowls and top with the sweet gravy and dried fruits.

You can do it a little differently. After the dried fruits are cooked, add rice to them and boil for a few minutes.

Sprinkle the finished porridge with nuts.

Recipe 4: Rice porridge with vegetables

This recipe will primarily appeal to people who adhere to a healthy diet, diet, vegetarians and fasting people. Others will also be delighted with this porridge - both in taste and appearance. Bright spots of carrots and green peas look very contrasting and beautiful against the white background of rice. If it's not the season, fresh green peas can be replaced with frozen ones.

Ingredients: 1 cup each of rice and green peas, 2 onions, 1 carrot, a little vegetable oil (30 g-2 tbsp), salt to taste, spices.

Cooking method

Steam the washed rice, i.e. pour boiling water over it and let stand for 15 minutes. Simmer the peas, chopped carrots and onions (i.e. add a little water to the frying pan with the vegetables and oil and cover with a lid). With this method of heat treatment of products, more nutrients are retained in them.

Place the steamed vegetables in a thick-bottomed saucepan or stewpan, steamed rice on top and pour boiling water (the ratio of rice to water is 1:2). Add spices as desired and salt. Simmer over low heat until the rice absorbs all the moisture.

Rice porridge - useful tips from experienced chefs

To prepare delicious rice porridge, there is a little secret that lies in the preparation of the cereal. Firstly, the rice must first be sorted to get rid of debris and spoiled grains. And secondly, it needs to be washed properly. First, warm water is used to remove starch from the surface of the rice, and then the grains are washed with hot water. This way the fat that forms on the cereal during storage is better dissolved.

If you don’t yet know how to cook milk rice porridge, then you definitely need to get acquainted with my recipe today. To be honest, I learned this method of cooking relatively recently, when I was faced with the question of how to cook porridge for my daughter.

Children are still picky people and are very sensitive to porridge. They should have a special consistency, pleasant structure and excellent taste - then your kids will definitely not refuse it.

A simple recipe with clear proportions

Unfortunately, there was no suitable recipe in my cookbook, and I couldn’t find anything more or less sensible on the Internet. And then I turned to a friend, a mother of three adorable kids, for help: I ​​was sure that she knew exactly how to properly prepare rice porridge for children.

And I was not mistaken: my friend gladly told me all the intricacies of this process. It turned out that there are many nuances in it, from the proportion of all ingredients to the cooking time. Some moments even confused me at first, but still I did it as indicated in the recipe.

And you know, I came out with a very tasty baby rice porridge, exactly what I wanted - with a creamy texture, similar in consistency to jam! Now I cook it this way all the time. And I really want you to try it too!

Ingredients for 2 servings

• 250 ml milk;
• 250 ml water;
• 50 ml round rice (50 g);
• 2 teaspoons butter;
• a pinch of salt;
• sugar - to taste.

Technology: step by step

Short-grain rice is best suited for this porridge. The porridge turns out creamy, tender, similar to dessert.

Ideal proportion for rice porridge: 1:10. To make it easier to understand, I will give an example: Measure out 1 liter of liquid (50/50 milk and water), and then pour rice into a measuring cup to the 100 ml mark. I was preparing a small portion, so I divided this proportion in half.

It is very important to maintain proportions. To obtain rice porridge with a pleasant consistency, it is necessary to maintain a grain-to-liquid ratio of 1:10. The liquid in our case is water and milk. We take them in equal proportions.

Pour milk and water into a suitable size stainless steel pan with a thick bottom. Add the required amount of rice and mix.

How and for how long to cook

Place the pan on low heat and cook, stirring occasionally. Only after 15 minutes the liquid in the pan will boil, by this time the rice will have swollen a little and been saturated with liquid.

Cook over low heat until the rice porridge is ready (another 25 minutes from the moment it boils). Cooking time may vary slightly, depending on the quality of the rice.

Add butter, salt, sugar (optional) to the finished porridge. Stir and cover with a lid. Wrap the pan with porridge in a towel and set aside for 20-30 minutes.

Our rice porridge with milk for the baby is ready and can be served.

If you did not add sugar to the porridge, you can serve it with your favorite jam, honey or condensed milk.

In porridge cooked in this way, the grains are not completely boiled, the grains of rice retain their shape, although they become soft.

Rice porridge cooked with milk, which has long become traditional, has a number of beneficial properties. After all, it is not surprising that experts advise starting to give this particular porridge as complementary foods for small children. Why? Yes, because rice is one of those few grains that are completely devoid of gluten - a component that can cause a persistent allergic reaction in a child’s body.

This dish has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract, normalizes metabolism, is prescribed for disorders and high acidity, and is prescribed to people suffering from high blood sugar, since this product normalizes sugar levels, contains complex carbohydrates and is itself low in calories. And what’s most interesting is that it strengthens the heart muscle and bone tissue.

Many people remember very tasty porridge according to the classic recipe from an early age, as it is often prepared for children for breakfast. This is understandable, because both rice and milk contain many different beneficial substances that we all need so much at an early age. And on top of everything, it is also very tasty, which does not always coincide with such qualities as tasty and healthy.

Ingredients:

• Short grain rice - 1/2 cup
• water - 2 glasses
• milk - 1 glass
• sugar - 2 tablespoons
• salt - 1 teaspoon
• butter - to taste.

Cooking method:

Pour two glasses of water into the pan, add pre-washed rice and put on fire. As soon as the water boils, reduce the heat to low and continue cooking until all the liquid is absorbed into the cereal.

Next, add the above amount of sugar, salt and pour in milk. Reduce the heat to low, stirring occasionally so that the porridge does not burn, bring it to readiness, about 10-15 minutes.

Place the finished dish on plates, add butter to taste and serve!

How to cook rice porridge in a slow cooker

Using a multicooker, which greatly simplifies the entire cooking process, you can cook incredibly tasty and aromatic milk rice porridge.

Ingredients:

• Rice - 1.5 multi-cups
• milk - 1 liter
• sugar - 1-2 tbsp. l
• salt - 1/2 tsp
• butter - to taste.

Cooking method:

Wash the rice in cold water, then transfer it to the multicooker bowl. Add sugar, salt and one liter of milk.

After the time has elapsed, after the sound signal, we open the lid and see that our dish turned out to be quite liquid. But if you prefer a thicker porridge, in this case, you still need to turn on the multicooker to the “Simmering” mode for 30 minutes.

Then place on plates, add butter and serve.

Healthy rice porridge with pumpkin

Pumpkin is a very healthy vegetable. Many professionals in their field recommend using it for those who adhere to a diet. If you or your loved ones have stomach problems and have to limit your diet, then this dish will greatly alleviate your condition, because the vegetable contains fiber, which will cleanse the intestines without much difficulty.

Ingredients:

• Milk – 400 ml
• pumpkin – 160 gr
• rice - 70 gr
• sugar - 1-2 tbsp. l
• salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

Peel the pumpkin from the skin and seeds, wash and cut into small cubes, about 1 by 1 cm.

Now pour milk into the pan, add sugar and salt. Place on high heat and just before boiling, add pumpkin pieces and thoroughly washed rice.

Stir and let the whole mass boil, then reduce the heat to low and continue cooking the porridge for another 20 minutes. Then turn it off, cover with a tight lid and leave to infuse for 10 minutes until fully cooked.

Rice porridge with raisins

Not everyone will like this porridge with the addition of raisins. Although lovers of healthy and proper nutrition are obliged to pay close attention to it. After all, 100 grams of the dish contains complex carbohydrates, which will easily charge you with energy until lunch without any unnecessary snacks. As for raisins, they will give our body additional microelements, vitamins and minerals.

Ingredients:

• Short grain rice - 1 cup
• milk - 1 glass
• water - 2 cups
• raisins – 80 gr
• sugar - 1-2 tbsp. l
• butter - 2 tbsp. l
• salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

Pour water into a saucepan, put it on the fire and bring to a boil. Place the rice, thoroughly washed several times, into boiling water and add sugar and salt to taste.

Reduce heat to medium, stirring constantly so that the rice does not burn. And as soon as it starts to swell, add milk and add pre-soaked raisins, washed for 10 minutes.

Now reduce the heat to low and continue cooking until tender, stirring constantly.

There is no need to wait until all the liquid from the pan has evaporated, otherwise the porridge will turn out dry.

The finished porridge should be creamy in color. We put it on plates and add butter, but the main thing is not to overdo it so that it doesn’t turn out greasy!

How to cook rice porridge in the microwave (video)

Milk porridge cooked for breakfast is the standard of healthy and proper nutrition, a real storehouse of various useful substances and microelements for our body.

Bon appetit!!!