Kasha Varnishkes - Jewish Buckwheat Groats With Noodles
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 cup buckwheat groats
- 1 egg
- 1 cup uncooked bow tie pasta (or other short, flat noodle) or 1 cup uncooked gluten-free egg noodles (or other short, flat noodle)
- 2 cups chicken stock, brought to a boil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 quart water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons corn oil or 3 tablespoons chicken fat
- 1 1⁄2 large onions, chopped coarsely
directions
- Beat the egg in a small bowl. Add kasha and stir until every grain is well coated with egg. Place in a medium saucepan over medium heat and stir constantly with a wooden spoon until the egg begins to dry and the groats separate. Some of the groats may stick together and/or brown slightly.
- Pour boiling chicken stock over the kasha. Mix in salt and pepper and stir thoroughly. Cover and cook over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until the kasha has absorbed all liquid. Remove from heat.
- In a separate pot, bring water to a boil and cook the pasta until done. Drain and set aside.
- In a skillet, heat the oil (or schmaltz) on a medium flame. Saute the chopped onions until thoroughly browned. Add the onions and noodles to the pot of kasha, and adjust salt and pepper to taste.
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Reviews
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Excellent Recipe! I used regular bowtie pasta and Wolf's Kasha. I also used extra light ( tasting) olive oil ( my grandmother would have used the chicken fat aka Shmaltz - she lived till 102 eating shmaltz regularly) This recipe came out great. I served this with chicken. Thanks What's Cooking for this great recipe! I will make again
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Good, solid, basic kasha. Absolutely requires 1-2 cloves of garlic though. Like one of the other chefs, I saute a couple of larger mushrooms along with it. Gives it some variety. Also, I can't actually be sure if I'm using 'Buckwheat groats' because my Hungarian is not that good (and that's where I am right now). But whatever it is, it does the trick!
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