POLENTA****Slow Cooker Basic Polenta

By Unblond1

Dan liked this very much. With the coarser grained polenta, it's more like grits than polenta - sticks like an SOB though!

Ingredients

• OPTIONAL:
• 2 servings
• 1 1/4 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 cup coarse-grain cornmeal
• pinch sea salt
• fresh chopped herbs of choice
• Saffron Polenta - Add a pinch of saffron to the broth.
• Blue Cheese - Add 1 ounce crumbled blue cheese, 1 tsp of truffle oil and 2 tbsp fresh basil chiffonade or minced fresh thyme or sage at end

Details

Servings 2
Adapted from simplyrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

* GENEROUSLY spray or oil the interior of the slow cooker.

* Place broth, polenta and salt in the cooker. Stir with a whisk for a few seconds. Cover and cook on HIGH for 30 minutes to heat the broth.

* Stir again, turn heat to LOW and cook for 4 hours, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.

* The polenta will thicken quite quickly after 2 hours and look done but it will need the extra time to cook evenly.

* At 4 hours, taste for consistency and doneness. Cook for 30 to 60 minutes longer, if necessary. The longer you cook it, the creamier it will get.

*NUTRITION:*

* Calories - 80.4
* Fat - .12
* Sat Fat -
* Carbs - 14.2
* Fibre - 1.1
* Protein - 4.5