How to Cook Cracked Wheat + How To Crack Wheat
This is an easy guide to cooking cracked wheat. Once it is cooked there are a variety of ways it can be used. Use it as a substitute for rice, in salads and grain bowls. Eat for breakfast with fruit and yogurt or brown sugar and pecans. The sky’s the limit!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 120kcal
Equipment
- Grain mill, coffee grinder or high powered blender if you're cracking your own wheat
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cracked wheat coarse
- 3 cups Water
- pinch Salt optional
Instructions
Stove Top
- Combine all the ingredients in a pot. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until tender.
- Remove from heat and fluff with a fork. Add any add-ins you like and serve.
Instant Pot
- Place water, cracked wheat & salt into the instant pot and cook on high pressure for about 12 minutes. We used the porridge setting.
Rice Cooker
- The brown rice setting on the rice cooker we have works great.
Notes
The cracked wheat to water ratio for cooking coarse cracked wheat is 1:3. 1 part cracked wheat to 3 parts water will give you a consistency like rice. If you want it a little wetter or a littler drier than adjust the amount of liquid.
Keep an eye on it while it is cooking, if your heat isn't low enough to keep it at a simmer than it can run out of water and burn before it is cooked. If it looks like it is running out of water then just add a touch more.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.75cup | Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 26.6g | Protein: 4.3g | Fat: 0.5g | Sodium: 13.1mg | Fiber: 4.4g | Iron: 0.9mg