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Healthy Porridge Crockpot Recipes

Eight Treasure Porridge is one of the healthiest most nutritious soups. This porridge can be savory or sweet. Sweet porridge can be served hot or cold. In the winter, a hot bowl of this soup build strength and keeps you warm and toasty. In the summer, a bowl of chilled porridge out of the refrigerator makes a cool refreshing snack. You can add a scoop of ice cream into the cold porridge for an extra cold treat in the hot summer months. This porridge will remove excess heat built up in your body while nourishing it at the same time.

What are the 8 ingredients in Eight Treasure Porridge?

This sweet congee is packed with vegan ingredients to boost the immune system. So, which 8 ingredients, as the name suggests, should be to used? There are so many variations on the web? The simple answer is, “Anything you have in your kitchen.” quoted from my mom who’s been making this porridge for me ever since I was a child. I could never remember what was exactly was in the porridge. All I know is, it tastes good.

I love congee or porridge. This is one of the easiest and most adaptable sweet porridge recipes, slow cooker recipes that you can cook in a crockpot. Crockpot porridge recipes are my favorite because you can throw all the ingredients in and forget about it until it’s time to eat. I am using a 5 quart crockpot. It takes time more time to figure out what ingredients to use then it is to prepare. Watch the video below for some extra tips and to help you quickly choose the ingredients to use. Enjoy this crockpot porridge sweet soup. I hope you’ll give it a try. Enjoy.

How to Make Slow Cooker Porridge Overnight

Ingredients:

• Choose 2 to 3 ingredients from the following 4 categories. You can use what you have in your kitchen. The following ingredients are staples to use.
  1. Grains:
     • Rice (brown, black, white)
     • Millet
     • Barley
     • Oatmeal
  2. Dried Fruits
     • Goji berries
     • Red Dates
     • Longan
  3. Beans/Legumes
     • Red Beans
     • Mung Beans
     • Black Beans
     • Soy Beans
  4. Raw nuts
     • Peanuts
     • Walnuts
• Measure 2 tablespoons of each ingredients ( Totaling 2- 2 1/2 cups of dry ingredients)
• Use 1: 7 to 10, ingredients to water ratio (Approximately 14 to 20 cups of water)
• 3 blocks of brown or black sugar (to taste)

Crockpot Porridge Cooking Directions

Measure and wash all the ingredients. Place the ingredients into the crockpot. Add pre-boiled water. Turn on high. Cook for 12 hrs or until you are ready to eat. Add sugar and serve.