How to Cook Barley in a Rice Cooker?
Barley is a wholesome cereal grain mostly used with bread, salads, and Soups. If you are tired and bored of cooking barley on a stove top, I can provide the best and most convenient alternative: cooking Barley in a Rice Cooker. It is rapid, easy and gives perfect texture.
Equipment
- A Rice Cooker
Ingredients
- 4 cups of water
- 4 teaspoons of instant chicken broth seasoning (or liquid chicken broth)
- 1 cup of pearled barley
- 1.5 cups of diced onions
- 1 cup of chopped bell peppers (any colour)
- 2 teaspoons of paprika
- 2 teaspoons of ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons of chilli powder
- Salt for taste
Instructions
- Start by adding 4 cups of water to your rice cooker.
- Then, add 4 teaspoons of instant chicken broth seasoning, 1 cup of pearled barley and 1.5 cups of diced onions.
- Put 1 cup of chopped bell peppers, 2 teaspoons of paprika, 2 teaspoons of ground cumin, and 2 teaspoons of chilli powder.
- Stir all the ingredients together in the rice cooker.
- Close the rice cooker and turn it on. Use the ‘Brown Rice’ setting.
- Let the rice cooker cook the barley mixture until it's done.
- Once finished, let the barley sit in the rice cooker for 15 minutes.
- After the resting period, your rice cooker barley is ready to serve.
- Taste it and adjust the seasoning with salt if needed.