How to Cook Grains | Make the Best Salads

How to Cook Grains?

Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 5-8 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to medium-low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, when the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to low to tenderize.

Grain (1 cup)                      Water           Cooking time         Yield
Amaranth                           2.5 cups       15 minutes           2.5 cups
Barley, Hulled                    3 cups          40 minutes           4 cups
Buckwheat (Kasha)            2 cups           15 minutes          3 ½ cups
Bulgur                               1 ½ cups        15 minutes          3 cups
Cracked Wheat                  2 ½ cups        15 minutes          3 ½ cups
Cornmeal (Polenta)            2 ½ cups        7 minutes           3 ½ cups
Couscous                          2 cups           10 minutes          2 ¾ cups
Job’s Tears (toast 1st)        2 ½ cups       45 minutes          3 cups
Kamut                                3 cups           50 minutes          2 ¾ cups
Millet                                  2 cups           15 minutes          3 ½ cups
Oat Groats                         2 ¼ cups        50 minutes         2 ½ cups
Quinoa (keen-wa)              2 cups           15 minutes          2.5 cups
Rye Berries                        3 cups           50 minutes          2 ½ cups
Spelt                                  3 cups           60 minutes          2 cups
Teff                                     3 cups            10 minutes          3 cups
Triticale                              3 cups           45 minutes           3 cups
Wheat Berries, Hard (Red) 2 cups           1 ½ hours            3 cups

Brown long grain varieties
Add 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice, Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 5-8 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to medium-low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, when the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to low to tenderize. Takes a total of 35 minutes

Brown short grain varieties
Add 2 1/2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice, Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 5-8 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to medium-low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, when the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to low to tenderize. Takes a total of 45 minutes

White varieties
Add 1 ¾ cup of water for every 1 cup of white rice , Start at medium- high heat to get the water up to a high simmer/boil with lid ajar approximately 3-5 minutes. When you the place lid on reduce the heat down to low the vapo valve will have steam venting out – don’t worry about this it takes a few minutes for the heat inside the pan to drop, if the vapo valve keeps clicking rapidly turn to a lower temperature to tenderize. Takes a total of 15-25 minutes

If you’re using the electric oil core skillet start at Rice 1 setting with a 2-1 ratio.
There are two automatic rice settings on your temperature control probe. They are set by pressing the TEMP button and then pressing the down arrow (press once for Rice 1 and twice for Rice 2); you then press TEMP again to start the process. The cookbook says you can ignore the Rice 2 setting, but as you will see, there can be great value in the Rice 2 setting for many “non-rice” recipes. To get the greatest value from the Rice 1 & 2 settings, it is helpful to know how they are programmed: Rice 1 takes the temperature to 250°F/121°C, then drops and holds the temperature at 200°F/93°C for 20 minutes and then drops and holds the temperature at 150°F/ 66°C (the lowest setting) for 12 hours;

Rice 2 takes the temperature initially to 265°F/129°C degrees and then drops the temperature as on Rice 1. This may sound a lot like how your Saladmaster cookware works: you place your skillet on medium heat, wait for the Vapo-Valve™ to click, and then turn the heat to low. Well the rice settings achieve the same goal - except it does it automatically!