Rinse the corn grits thoroughly, pour in salted and / or sweetened boiling water in a saucepan. Stir, cook for 15 minutes with occasional stirring. Then add oil to the porridge and cook for another 15 minutes.
Cook the corn grits in bags for 30 minutes.
How to cook cornmeal porridge
Products for porridge
2 servings
Corn grits – 1 cup
Liquid (milk and water in the desired proportion) – 3 glasses for dense porridge, 4-5 glasses for liquid
Butter – 3 cm cube
Sugar – 1 rounded teaspoon
Salt – a quarter teaspoon
How to cook cornmeal porridge
- Pour corn grits into a sieve and wash under cold water, then let the water drain.
- Pour milk into a saucepan, put on a low heat, bring to a boil and turn off the heat.
- Pour water into another pan, put on fire, add salt and bring to a boil. As soon as the water boils, pour in the corn grits, cook over a quiet fire without a lid for 5 minutes until the water has completely evaporated.
- Add boiled milk to corn grits, mix and cook for 15 minutes, regularly stirring with a wooden spoon or spatula. Put a cube of butter in the cooked porridge, add sugar and mix.
- After boiling, it is recommended to wrap the corn porridge in a blanket for 15 minutes to evaporate, ideally for a few hours.
In corn porridge as supplements you can add dried apricots, raisins, chopped prunes, grated pumpkin, yogurt, jam, vanilla sugar, honey. If porridge is offered for dinner, you can add vegetables and boiled meat.
How to cook cornmeal porridge in a slow cooker
Pour the washed corn grits into the multicooker bowl, add sugar, salt and oil. Pour in milk and water, stir, cook on the “milk porridge” mode for 30 minutes, then 20 minutes on the “heating” mode for evaporation, or just do not open the multicooker lid for a few minutes.
How to cook corn porridge in a double boiler
Pour corn grits into a container for cereals, pour milk and water, put in a double boiler for half an hour. Then salt and sweeten the porridge, add oil, cook for another 5 minutes.
If you have coarsely ground corn grits that do not boil well, you can grind it in a coffee grinder or a kitchen mill, it will cook faster.
Delicious facts
What to add to corn porridge
Corn porridge can be diversified by adding pumpkin, raisins, dried apricots, apples, dried peaches, canned pineapples or peaches. If you want unsweetened corn porridge, you can make it with cheese, tomatoes, and feta cheese.
Calorie content of corn grits – 337 kcal / 100 grams.
Benefit corn grits due to the large amount of vitamins A, B, E, K and PP, silicon and iron, as well as the presence of two of the most important amino acids – tryptophan and lysine. Due to its high fiber content, it removes toxins from the body and frees the intestines from decay products.
Shelf life of corn grits – 24 months in a cool and dry place.
Shelf life of corn porridge – 2 days in the refrigerator.
Cost of corn grits from 80 rubles / 1 kilogram (average cost in Moscow for June 2020).
Cooking ratio for corn grits
When boiling, corn grits increases in volume by 4 times, so 1 parts of water are added to 4 part of the grits.
Perfect pot for cooking corn grits – with a thick bottom.
Corn Porridge becomes very soft and thick. If the porridge is too thick, you can pour it with milk or cream and boil it over low heat for another 5 minutes.
For a glass of corn grits – 2,5 glasses of milk or water, a tablespoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt. Butter – 1 small cube. So simmer in a saucepan with constant stirring.
In the multivariate – for 1 cup of corn grits 3,5 cups of milk or water. Mode “milk porridge” for 20 minutes, then – “warming up” for 10 minutes. Or you can turn on the “buckwheat porridge” mode for 20 minutes.
In a double boiler – just like in a saucepan, cook for half an hour.
Check out classic porridge recipes and how to make cornmeal porridge.
There are many types of corn grits, but in stores they sell polished – these are crushed corn grains, previously polished. On packages with polished corn, a number is often written – from 1 to 5, it means the size of the grind. 5 is the smallest, it is the fastest to cook, 1 is the largest, it takes longer to cook.