Classic Cookbooks: Kasha Varnishkes Recipe

• 2-3 tablespoons chicken fat or vegetable oil
• 2 large onions, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms (button, shiitake, portobello, or a combination), optional
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 6 ounces bowtie pasta
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup whole kasha (whole roasted buckwheat groats)
• 2 cups hot chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

1. Heat the oil in a skillet over a medium-high flame. Add the onions, mushrooms, and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Brown and remove to a large bowl.
2. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until tender but firm. Drain and toss with the browned onions and mushrooms.
3. Beat the egg in a small bowl. Add the kasha and stir until all the grains are well coated. Wipe out the skillet and set it over a high flame. Add the egg-coated kasha to the skillet and cook, stirring, until the grains are toasted and separate, 2-3 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and add and add the hot chicken stock. Stir, cover, and simmer until the stock is absorbed and the kasha is tender but not mushy, 7-8 minutes.
4. Stir the onion-mushroom-noodle mixture into the kasha. Taste and adjust seasoning. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
5. The dish can be made 1-2 days in advance and reheated, uncovered, in a 350u0b0F oven. If it seems dry, add 1/4 cup chicken stock

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Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/03/classic-cookbooks-kasha-varnishkes-recipe.html (may not work)