Fruity Breakfast Bulgur
Cracked wheat, dried apple, and raisins in one bag. Chewier than oatmeal, on purpose.
- calories
- 420
- weight
- 3.2 oz
- cal / oz
- 131
- protein
- 9 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 2 min
- cook
- 1 min
- total time
- 3 min
- water
- 120 ml boiled
- cost
- $
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Breakfast
- Canister stove
- Alcohol / Esbit
- Liquid fuel
- Backpacking
- Thru-hike
- Bikepacking
- Basecamp
- Vegetarian
- Nut free
- One pot
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Dump and stir
Ingredients
| Bulgur | 1/4 cup | fine or medium grind rehydrates fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Dried apples | 2 tbsp | diced small so they soften in time |
| Golden raisins | 2 tbsp | |
| Powdered milk | 1 tbsp | |
| Cinnamon | 1/2 tsp | |
| Nutmeg | 1 pinch | |
| Fine sea salt | 1/8 tsp | |
| Granulated honey | 1 tbsp | or one packet of liquid honey |
Method
- Boil 120 ml of water in the pot.
- Dump in the dry mix and stir until nothing is sitting dry on top.
- Lid on, stove off. Fifteen minutes. Wrap the pot in a jacket or sit it in a cozy if it is cold out.
- Stir again before eating. If you carried liquid honey, squeeze it in now.
Bulgur is already parboiled, so it does not need a real simmer — only hot water and time. That is the whole trick. One boil, then fifteen minutes of sitting while you pack up, and the grain finishes on stored heat instead of fuel. It stays chewy rather than going to porridge, which is either the point or the dealbreaker depending on how you feel about oatmeal.
The dried fruit does double duty: it rehydrates alongside the grain and pulls the sugar through the whole pot instead of leaving a sweet layer on top. Powdered milk covers the dairy without a cooler. Granulated honey is the easier carry — liquid honey goes in at the end, since stirring it into boiling water just glues it to the pot.
Packing
Everything dry goes in one pint freezer bag at home. A honey packet rides loose in the same bag so it does not get stirred in early.
Variations
- Swap the honey for maple sugar and the dry milk for coconut or soy milk powder to make it vegan.
- Dried cranberries or chopped dates work in place of the raisins.
- A spoon of oil or nut butter pushes it past 500 calories if you need the weight to earn more.
https://trailcooking.com/breakfast/fruity-breakfast-bulgur