Buckwheat as a side dish
Damn, this is simple.
- Vegetable oil
- 2 cups of buckwheat
- 4 cups of boiling water
- 1 cube of chicken bouillon
Pour vegetable oil in pan. Turn on low heat. Pour in buckwheat. Turn on your hot water pot to boil. In the meantime with a spatula mix the buckwheat so that all the grains are covered with a bit of oil. You could toast it a bit if you wanted. Pour the boiling water over it when ready. Drop in the cube. Put a lid on it. Cook till the water is gone. Don't stir.
I suspect you could skip the oil step.
Turned out fine. In the past I've had buckwheat with a much stronger taste, but this time it was pretty mild. I wonder why?
Variations:
- I think this would be accompaniment to strong-tasting main dishes.
- It would also be good with some brown gravy and a poached egg or two on top.
- It would also be good to reheat the cold buckwheat in butter, but it aside, and serve up a couple fried eggs with it.
2014-07-12: I've tried a couple more variations.
- Mix the buckwheat with some hot mustard, throw it in the microwave. Good.
- Mix the buckwheat with some soy sauce, throw it in the microwave. Good.