It takes about the same amount of time in the pressure cooker i love my instant pot except you get to walk away while the oats cook themselves i just love that.
Instant pot steel cut oats applesauce.
Two of my favorite discoveries from the last 10 years.
While the pressure releases the oats absorb the water without burning on the bottom of the pot.
The oats are cut with steel blades hence the name steel cut and take longer to cook than instant ground or rolled oats.
I am in love with instant pot steel cut oatmeal for a few reasons.
Stir to combine all the ingredients.
Omit the butter and dry toast the oats instead and use maple syrup instead of honey.
Be sure to allow time for the pressure cooker to come up to heat about 7 10 minutes more.
Steel cut oats normally cook for upwards of a half hour on the stove with constant stirring required.
This prevents sticking and allows the oats to become perfectly tender.
Don t top with nuts or nut butter.
Taking the extra step of browning the oats in butter gives the oatmeal a toasty rich flavor and helps to keep it from sticking to the pot.
Add steel cut oats applesauce ground cinnamon ground nutmeg salt and water to your instant pot.
Top with ground flax seed hemp seed cinnamon fruit honey syrup vanilla extract nut butter etc.
The key to cooking perfect steel cut oats in the instant pot is allowing the pressure to naturally release after the initial 4 minute cooking cycle.
Omit the butter and dry toast the oats instead.
Recipe inspired by my perfect steel cut oats and maple cinnamon applesauce recipes.
But when you toss them into the instant pot the cooking time is cut to 3 to 4 minutes with the resting time of about 10 minutes where the grains continue to soften.
Using the instant pot reduces the cook time for a breakfast porridge that is nuttier in flavor and chewier in texture than quicker rolled oats.
Lock the lid in place and make sure the steam release handle is closed.
Steel cut oats are perfectly creamy with just the right amount of chew to make any wary oatmeal eater fall in love with oats again.
Make it gluten free.
Instant pot apple cinnamon steel cut oatmeal is the kind of smells and tastes you want to wake up to in the mornings.
Stir to combine all the ingredients.
Steel cut oats in the pressure cooker.
Steel cut oats and the instant pot.
However with the help of an instant pot steel cut oats become possible even on the busiest of mornings.
Steel cut oats have a chewy hearty texture and i prefer them hands down to rolled oats.
Make it dairy free.
Cooking steel cut oats the traditional way can take up to 30 to 40 minutes of cooking time.
