How to store boiled buckwheat and rice: can they be frozen
Many housewives are familiar with the situation when cooked buckwheat or rice remained after dinner. Porridge can be eaten in a week or even a month if you store them in the refrigerator correctly. But how to store ready-made buckwheat and rice? Read about how to safely store boiled cereals in our article.
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How much ready-made buckwheat is stored
Usually cooked cereals are eaten immediately.... It is delicious, besides, vitamins, minerals, macro- and microelements are found in greater quantities in fresh, and not in cooled and heated product.
Boiled buckwheat is stored:
- 1-2 hours at room temperature no more than + 25 ° С;
- from three to seven days in a refrigerator at a temperature of + 4 ° С;
- up to three days at a temperature of 0 ° C, up to seven days at a negative temperature on the balcony;
- 4 weeks at a temperature of -18 ° C in a freezer.
Sometimes all storage conditions were met, but it is impossible to eat cereals... If the porridge has gone bad, it is better to throw it away.
How to understand that you can't eat buckwheat:
- unpleasant, sour or rancid, musty odor;
- liquid mucus at the bottom of the container with porridge;
- mold: the grains become whitish;
- bitter taste;
- the presence of insects.
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How to store boiled buckwheat and rice
If cooked buckwheat or rice needs to be saved, then the porridge is put into the refrigerator. The temperature in it should be + 4 ° С.
The storage rules for the cooked product are presented in the table.
| On water with salt | Milk | With the addition of meat, oil, vegetables | |
| Buckwheat | 3-7 days | 24 hours | 3 days |
| Rice | 4 days | — | — |
The container where the product will lie is important in proper storage.... A glass jar or container with a hermetically sealed screw cap is best. They protect against the effects of extraneous odors and do not absorb them themselves. After washing the glass, no pathogens remain on it.
Boiled cereals are also stored in plastic containers, but the period will be shorter... Plastic containers are more often deformed and do not provide the necessary protection of products from foreign odors. As you use it, microcracks appear on the plastic, in which pathogenic microorganisms multiply. This container smells bad, and washing does not correct the situation.
Metal containers are the most unsuitable storage option, as it quickly rusts and it is impossible to seal it tightly. Do not put in the refrigerator and the saucepan in which rice / buckwheat was cooked. After a day, the product will have a characteristic unpleasant aftertaste.
Attention! Plastic bags are not suitable for storing boiled cereals in the refrigerator. Condensation forms in them, which will spoil the product.
Before use, the amount of product is laid out from the container, which will be eaten, the portion is warmed up, the remainder is discarded from the plate. It is not stored, since pathogenic microbes that cause poisoning are formed in the remains of heated food even in the refrigerator.
Rice and buckwheat well absorb odors in the refrigerator... They are placed in a tightly closed container away from foods with a rich aroma.
Council. Rice and buckwheat are perfectly compatible cereals. They are even boiled and eaten together - with chicken, meat gravy, or vegetables.
Is it possible to store boiled buckwheat or rice on the balcony
You can store buckwheat and rice on the balcony in winter and even in autumn... It is not recommended to put a container of porridge on the balcony if the temperature is above zero - for example, as in the refrigerator, + 4 ° C. The humidity on the balcony is higher, and because of it, yellow / white spots appear on the rump - a sign of spoilage.
Porridge is taken out onto the balcony and stored at a temperature of 0 ° C - up to three days, at negative temperatures (up to –5 ° С) - up to seven days.
Important! The difficulty of storing rice / buckwheat on the balcony is that the temperature there can change dramatically. With such differences, the product will deteriorate.
Wherein
It is impossible to store in the dishes in which the porridge was cooked... It is transferred to a glass container with a tight-fitting lid so that the porridge does not wind up.
If it is not possible to store the product in glass containers, take out to the balcony in what is at hand. But the shelf life is 24 hours.
How right
If you follow the rules, the product will be stored for a specified period:
- sealed packaging;
- lack of direct sunlight, which can heat the container with the product;
- lack of insects.
If frost hits and the porridge on the balcony is frozen, but at the same time it was fresh, it is heated in a convenient way and eaten.
Is it possible to freeze ready-made buckwheat and rice
Freezing boiled porridge is one of the ways to prepare food for future use.... For storage in the freezer, rice / buckwheat is boiled in water with the addition of salt. The rest of the ingredients are added after defrosting.
Is it possible to freeze boiled buckwheat and rice with meat, vegetables, mushrooms cooked in milk? This is possible, but the shelf life is halved.
Porridges with meat, mushroom, vegetable additives are frozen in portioned briquettes, which they take with them on hikes, fishing or hunting. Warm them up over a fire.
Important! Thawed milk porridge is not given to children in order to prevent flatulence and poisoning.
In what capacity
Boiled cereals are transferred in any volume to a plastic container with a sealed lid and stick a piece of paper with the date of the freeze.
Important! The container lid must fit snugly against the container, otherwise condensation will appear on the surface of the porridge, which will turn into ice and spoil the taste of the dish.
In the freezer, porridge is also stored in plastic bags.... Put boiled buckwheat or rice in two bags at once. This will prevent condensation and odors from getting inside. The taste and quality are not affected.
For how long
Rice is stored in the freezer for up to four months... Moreover, on the first day of freezing, they take it out 2-3 times and shake it well. This will help to get crumbly porridge when defrosting, and not a sticky mass.
Buckwheat is placed in the freezer for a month... It is not recommended to store any more - the porridge after defrosting will be tasteless.
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At how many degrees
Porridge is placed in any compartment of the freezer compartment with a temperature of -18 ° С... Rice and buckwheat freeze completely after 24 hours. After completely freezing, the container with porridge is not moved through the freezer to places with a lower or higher temperature.
How to properly defrost rice and buckwheat
An equally important question is how to defrost the product so that the porridge is not watery and tasty. Do not put porridge on the kitchen table for defrosting so as not to spoil the product. Here are some correct ways:
- The container with the contents is taken out of the freezer and placed on a shelf in the refrigerator overnight, and in the morning the melted porridge is heated in a frying pan, in the microwave, added to soups, cutlets, and pancakes.
- The container with frozen cereals is placed in the microwave and put on the defrosting mode of the product. Defrosting time depends on the set power.
- The frozen workpiece is laid out in a pan, a small amount of water is added so that the cereal does not burn. After thawing, add butter and other ingredients.
Defrosted cereals have a peculiarity... After thawing, they are always crumbly, but dry.
Conclusion
Cooked cereals can be stored on the kitchen counter, in the refrigerator, on the balcony and in the freezer. Only the shelf life will be different. It also depends on which container is used for storage. When placing, the proximity to other products is also taken into account.