Bob's Red Mill Millet, Whole Grain, 28 oz
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Bob's Red Mill Millet, Whole Grain, 28 oz

$17.19

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Product Details

Millet is a small round gluten free grain, pale gold and roughly the size of a mustard seed, eaten for centuries across West Africa, India and China and familiar to most Americans mainly as birdseed. Bob's Red Mill sells it hulled and certified gluten free, so it cooks like any other pantry grain. This is the 28 oz bag.

How you treat it decides the texture. Simmered with two parts water to one part grain for about 20 minutes, then left covered off the heat, it comes out fluffy and separate like couscous, with a mild corn-like sweetness that takes assertive seasoning well. Use more water and stir it and it slumps into something closer to soft polenta, good under a braise or as a hot breakfast. Toasting the dry grain in the pan first deepens the flavor noticeably.

Good in grain bowls, pilafs and herby lemon salads, or scattered uncooked into bread dough for crunch.

Ingredients

Whole Grain Millet.

Nutrition Information
Serving size1/4 cup (45g)
Calories170
Total Fat2g (2% DV)
Saturated Fat0g (0% DV)
Trans Fat0g
Cholesterol0mg (0% DV)
Sodium0mg (0% DV)
Total Carbohydrate33g (12% DV)
Dietary Fiber1g (4% DV)
Total Sugars0g
Includes Added Sugars0g (0% DV)
Protein5g
Vitamin D0mcg (0% DV)
Calcium3mg (0% DV)
Iron2mg (10% DV)
Potassium97mg (2% DV)
Bob's Red Mill Millet, Whole Grain, 28 oz $17.19

Questions About This Product

The things people actually want to know before they cook with it.

How much does the 28 oz bag make?
The bag holds 794 grams, which the label counts as about 18 quarter-cup dry servings, or roughly four and a half cups of uncooked grain. Bob's Red Mill treats one cup of dry millet as four servings, so a full bag is around 18 side dishes. Since a cup of grain takes up two cups of water, it comes out of the pot at about three times the volume you started with.
Is this the same millet that is sold as birdseed?
Same plant, different product. Birdseed millet is usually whole unhulled proso seed sold as animal feed, graded and packed to feed standards. This is hulled, meaning the tough outer husk has been removed, and it is packed as food for people. A sack of feed millet is not a cheaper version of this and should not be treated as one.
Can I use this where a recipe calls for millet flour?
No. This is the intact grain, and millet flour is that grain stone ground; Bob's Red Mill sells the flour as a separate product. You can mill these yourself in a grain mill or a high-powered blender if you want flour, but whole grain cannot be swapped for flour by volume in a batter or a dough.
Can I cook it in a pressure cooker or a slow cooker?
Yes, and the water changes with the method. Bob's Red Mill's multi-cooker directions use one and three quarter cups of water per cup of millet, ten minutes at high pressure, then a ten minute natural release. A slow cooker goes the other way: three and a half cups of water per cup of grain, four to five hours on low or one and a half to two and a half hours on high.
Do I need to rinse or soak it first?
Neither is called for. Unlike quinoa, millet has no bitter saponin coating that has to be washed off, and the package directions take the grain straight from bag to pot.

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