Steel cut oats....in a rice cooker/slow cooker?

[Janet in Toronto]

I have recently discovered the fabulous taste of steel cut oats (especially with double cream, maple syrup, raisins, and walnuts), but they take 25 minutes to cook on the stove in the morning.

Has anyone had luck making them in either a rice cooker (ordinary, one-button type) or slow cooker? With the former, I could put them on and then have my shower. With the latter, they'd be ready when I stumble downstairs in the morning.

Do tell....

[Jami]

I make steel-cut oats in the slow-cooker (crock-pot) all the time. It works very well, though they can be a bit mushy if you don't mind that. Here's a recipe similar to what I've done

http://www.recipezaar.com/101101

I throw in raisins, cinnamon, sometimes a diced apple.

Just be sure to spray your slow-cooker with non-stick spray or grease it with butter, cause stuck on oats are not fun to try and scrape off.

Jami

[Laurie]

I saw this recipe in The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger.

*1 1/4 cup steel cut oats
*1/4 cup Grape Nuts cereal
*3 cups water (the recipe actually says 2 3/4, but I use more)
*pinch of salt
*1/2 teaspoon cinnamon or cardamom

Spray the r.cooker bowl with non-stick cooking spray, then add in all the ingredients and stir. Set for the porridge cycle. (The porridge cycle on my rice cooker takes about an hour.)


I love this recipe when I make it with cardamom and then add some dried cherry-flavored craisins during the last 15-20 minutes of cooking time. I eat it with chopped almonds on top and vanilla-flavored soy milk.

*******Oops!! The cookbook says this is for "fuzzy logic" machines only. ****

[kalanamak]

FYI, Bob's Red Mill "Scottish Oatmeal" is like steel cut in flavor and texture except "cut" a little more finely and cooks MUCH faster. I bring three cups water to a boil with half an apple chopped in it and a handful of walnuts broken up, a dash of vanilla and a pinch of salt. Once rolling, stir in one cup of the scottish oatmeal, put it on a flametamer on low, stir once a minute and it is ready to eat in 4 minutes. What a find!

[Janet in Toronto]

Thanks! I'm using Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut right now, so I'll look for the Scottish next time.

Janet

[Janet in Toronto]

I'll have to look for a mini-crockpot next time I'm at Winners (Canadian version of TJ Maxx).

Janet

[Dawn in Ohio]

My rice cooker is the type that is also a veggie steamer. I used to make steel cut oats every morning in it. I would measure the oats, water and salt the night before and put it in the rice cooker. (I don't remember the exact proportions.) Then in the AM I would turn it on before I exercised and showered. It took about an hour, but turned out great! I need to get back to having a healthy breakfast. :)

[mamato4]

This might be unusual but this was the first thought that came to me when I knew I was going to serve the Steel Cut oats for breakfast the next day. Wanted to be sure the kids will eat it.

I measure out the right amount of water and oats, place it in the pot, and put the whole thing in the fridge. During the winter, I just leave it on the counter since it's cold enough by the window. Next day, I put the pot on the stove, and it takes me only 10 minutes to cook it to the right consistency.

But the crockpot idea sounds good. I might try that also!

God Bless,
Anna

[Niffercoo]

I have recently discovered the fabulous taste of steel cut oats (especially with double cream, maple syrup, raisins, and walnuts), but they take 25 minutes to cook on the stove in the morning.

Has anyone had luck making them in either a rice cooker (ordinary, one-button type) or slow cooker? With the former, I could put them on and then have my shower. With the latter, they'd be ready when I stumble downstairs in the morning.

Do tell....

I've tried 3 times to make them in the crock pot, and they were too mushy for any of us to eat! But I was also using regular oats and not steel cut, so maybe that makes a difference?

[Einen]

I soak mine overnight too.

Then I just turn the stove on in the morning to medium heat, bring them to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes.

I get the kitchen cleaned up, drinks poured, and other ingredients out while I wait.

[Sahamamama]

I can't wait to try them. Yummy!