How To Cook Buckwheat Groats
If you are wondering how to cook buckwheat, let me show you just how simple it is to do!
Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 Saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups toasted buckwheat
- 1 ¾ cups water or broth
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Rinse the buckwheat well with cold water.
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, add the water, butter, and salt. Once it comes to a boil, add in the buckwheat, cover, and reduce the heat to low.
- Cook for about 12 minutes, then remove it from the heat. Keep the top on and let it sit like this for about 7 minutes. Fluff it with a fork and it is ready to serve.
Notes
- Be sure not to overcook the buckwheat or add too much water. This will result in mushy buckwheat and that is not very good!
- If you have leftover cooked buckwheat, you can store it in the fridge for about 5 days.
- Cooking the buckwheat in the broth will add extra flavor unless I am using it for porridge.
- I always toast my buckwheat before cooking if it isn't toasted already. The added flavor of the toasted buckwheat is great.