Merchant style buckwheat with chicken

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make merchant-style buckwheat with chicken? Prepare your food. It is better to take boneless chicken, thigh fillet or breast fillet, as you will have to select them later in the finished dish during the meal. The breast fillet turns out a bit dry. So I decided to cook chicken thigh fillet. We will cook everything at once in a frying pan. Therefore, take a deep and spacious frying pan. You will learn all the subtleties of choosing a frying pan and oil for frying in the article at the end of this recipe.

2. STEP 2

   

   Prepare the vegetables - peel the onions and carrots and rinse in water. Sort the buckwheat, removing debris and unrefined grains. Rinse it several times in cold water. You will learn the subtleties of choosing and preparing buckwheat by reading the article at the end of this recipe.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the chicken meat and dry it well. Cut it into small pieces. Pour a little vegetable oil into a hot frying pan and place pieces of chopped chicken meat. Fry it over high heat for 7-10 minutes until it browns a little. During the frying process, the meat will release juice, but after a few minutes the juice will evaporate and the meat will begin to brown. This is why you need a strong fire.

4. STEP 4

   

   While the chicken is frying, chop the onion and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. If you like the carrots to be felt, then you can simply chop them finely with a knife.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then add the onions and carrots to the pan with the meat. Stir and fry everything together for another 3-4 minutes.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place the washed buckwheat in the pan. Boil the water. Stir the tomato paste in hot water and pour it over the buckwheat. Add a little salt and spices to taste. Stir and bring to a boil. Cover the pan with a lid and cook over low heat for 13-15 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   During stewing, buckwheat will absorb water. Taste the buckwheat. It should be soft. I like this dish to be juicy, so I add a little more hot water and remove from the heat. Buckwheat has already stopped cooking, so it won’t boil. But the dish itself will contain a small amount of broth, which will make the dish juicy.

8. STEP 8

   

   Arrange the buckwheat merchant-style on plates and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

08.08.2023

4.6

For dinner I prepared merchant-style buckwheat with chicken. This dish is very simple and quick to make. Especially if you use chicken. I cooked in a cauldron, because the frying pan was busy. I had chicken breast. Usually it turns out a little dry, but this time the meat came out juicy and soft. First, I fried the chicken pieces in vegetable oil until white, then added diced onions and carrots, grated on a coarse grater. After frying, I added half a glass of water and simmered for about 15 minutes. And then I added washed buckwheat, poured hot water over it and simmered over low heat until a little water remained at the bottom. The remaining liquid was then absorbed into the buckwheat itself). I didn't add any spices, just salt. Both buckwheat and chicken turned out juicy, soaked in vegetable juices. The dish is nutritious and satisfying. It's very tasty, I recommend it to everyone!

Elena Filippova

08.08.2023

4.8

Buckwheat according to this recipe turns out very tasty. I like the feel of carrots in a dish, so I cut them into small strips. This time I used chicken fillet for the merchant-style buckwheat and didn’t regret it at all. I fried the onion in sunflower oil, then added the fillet cut into pieces, when the chicken turned golden, threw in the carrots and after a couple of minutes added tomato paste. After stewing the chicken and vegetables for a bit, I added buckwheat to the pan and, stirring, fryed it for a couple of minutes so that the grains were saturated with the frying. Then I added water, salted it and closed the lid. When the water boiled, without opening the lid, I reduced the heat and simmered the buckwheat on low heat for about half an hour. During cooking, I do not stir the cereal; it will absorb all the necessary moisture, and the excess water will evaporate. This way the buckwheat turns out juicy and crumbly.

Amalia-mama

08.08.2023

4.5

Thanks for the great recipe, I've made it like this before

juks

08.08.2023

5

Merchant style buckwheat with chicken is a hearty, tasty and healthy dish for dinner! Who doesn’t love it when a dish combines both a side dish and meat at the same time? Of course, everyone knows that buckwheat is an incredibly healthy product, and if you supplement it with meat and vegetables, it will turn out not only very healthy, but also incredibly tasty! I really liked preparing buckwheat this way. Thank you very much for the recipe!