Over at Pinch My Salt people are going ga ga over steel cut oats. And they have to cook them for at least 25 minutes.
I, too, like steel cut oats and in fact Alex of the Facebook group Lorna Sass is my homegirl reviewed my DVD and saw that I have a recipe for a cooked cereal. He asked about cooking steel cut oats. And the recipe for that is the same as any chunky grain cereal.
Take 3 cups of liquid — I like to use 2 cups water and 1 cup nondairy milk. I add a cinnamon stick or two, the oats or other grain, and a pinch of salt. I lock the lid on my pressure cooker and bring to high pressure over high heat. I set my timer for 3 minutes. When the cooker gets to high heat, turn the heat down and get your timer going.
After 3 minutes, move the pot off the hot burner and let the pressure come down naturally. Open the lid carefully, taste to be sure that the oats are to your liking, and then add what you like. (If the oats need more time, you can either simmer them on the stove top or let them sit in the cooker with the lid on but not on the heat for a few minutes. Next time, cook them for 4 or 5 minutes.)
I like to take out the cinnamon sticks, and add ground flax, raisins, chopped up apple, toasted walnuts or sunflower seeds, and a bit of agave or maple syrup for sweetener. It’s a filling meal.
Remember that whole grains (or even steel cut ones) are good for you. If you don’t want to make your own and dole it out for daily dishes which is a great idea, you can go to Jamba Juice where they are now selling organic steel cut oats. Unfortunately for me, they cook them in milk but at least they have them. Read more here.
I think that Starbuck’s now has oatmeal, too, but for me, I will make a batch at home and eat them on a regular basis. I make enough for a few days and then reheat them. Someone else I know freezes them in bowl-size chunks. In any case, steel cut oats are good for your heart and soul.
I have been making mine by boiling and simmering. How I wish I found this earlier and save spillage on my electric over. Thank you and such a time saver!!
I eat steel cut oats regularly but I haven’t tried it in my stove top pressure cooker yet. I didn’t see an amount for the oats in your recipe??? Am I missing it?
1 cup oats and 3 cups liquid. Steel cut oats turn out great in every pressure cooker.
Hello. How come your steel cut oat recipe calls for only 3 mins when the tables at the back of the instant recipe book suggest 20 mins (and way less liquid). 1 and 2/3 cup to your 3 cups. Seems so very different (for the same recipe book). Thanks.
I cannot comment on the Instant Pot recipe but I do know that my recipes works. Tens (and maybe even hundreds) of thousands of people have made it successfully. But with that said, some people find that they like their steel cut oats cooked longer. The key, however, is to do a full natural, rather than quick, release – unless you like having to do a lot of clean up.
I hope that this clears things up for you.
Why does all my food stick on the bottom of the cooker? I don’t care if I make a grain dish, or bean dish, if it isn’t a soupy dish all the food sticks .
Make sure that the insert is very clean. Also if you saute anything you must be sure to add liquid and scrape the bottom of the cooker before adding other ingredients. Have you done the water test again? Use 1 cup of water and see how much you lose after just 1 minute at pressure – can do quick or natural release but you ought to still have at least 3/4 cups liquid after the test. If you don’t, then something isn’t quite right. Hard to trouble shoot but maybe this will help.
would this recipe be the same for cereals like 5 or 7 grain mixtures. proably pretty basic, however I am new to both healthy foods and pressure cooking. 57 years of learning only BAD habits!! 😀