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Best way to cook steel cut oats?
With a 50-lb. bag of steel cut oats, I decided to experiment a little
to try and develop the consistency and taste I like best. I do all my cooking in the microwave and not on the stove top for the convenience, so I really have never tried cooking oats that way. What seems to work best for me is to fully cook the oats the night before, then just reheat them the next day. I do not refrigerate them, but keep them inside the microwave or a toaster over just in case there is pet hair or other stuff wafting around in my house air. Here's how I do the microwave cooking: I use pretty much the amount of water and oats on the package, but don't measure since the bowls I use are all the same size and I know exactly where the water line should go. Anyway, I heat the oats/water for exactly 6 min. This brings it to a boil, but it never overflows. Then sometime later...like half an hour or even several hours later, I microwave again for 4 minutes and watch the oats until they boil again. This is the only time I actually am standing and watching the oats...about 1 min. I suppose. That's it. OH, I do stir them. If you don't stir they separate with the oats on the bottom and the white, more-liquid gelatinous stuff on top. No problem even if you don't remember to stir, but just stir before you reheat to eat them. I eat 3 double-portions of these each day and often a single portion with blueberries in a 4th bowlful...that's 7 servings a day usually. Anyone else eat that much...of anything a day? dkw |
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Best way to cook steel cut oats?
On Mar 28, 9:40*pm, Cynthia P wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:58:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote: With a 50-lb. bag of steel cut oats, I decided to experiment a little to try and develop the consistency and taste I like best. I do all my cooking in the microwave and not on the stove top for the convenience, so I really have never tried cooking oats that way. What seems to work best for me is to fully cook the oats the night before, then just reheat them the next day. I do not refrigerate them, but keep them inside the microwave or a toaster over just in case there is pet hair or other stuff wafting around in my house air. Here's how I do the microwave cooking: I use pretty much the amount of water and oats on the package, but don't measure since the bowls I use are all the same size and I know exactly where the water line should go. Anyway, I heat the oats/water for exactly 6 min. This brings it to a boil, but it never overflows. Then sometime later...like half an hour or even several hours later, I microwave again for 4 minutes and watch the oats until they boil again. This is the only time I actually am standing and watching the oats...about 1 min. I suppose. That's it. OH, I do stir them. If you don't stir they separate with the oats on the bottom and the white, more-liquid gelatinous stuff on top. No problem even if you don't remember to stir, but just stir before you reheat to eat them. I eat 3 double-portions of these each day and often a single portion with blueberries in a 4th bowlful...that's 7 servings a day usually. Anyone else eat that much...of anything a day? dkw I tried that overnight soak thing and then heating them and I hated it. It made them slimy, not chewy like I like. For me... for one portion, it's not a big deal to just cook them right before I want to eat them. I do so on the stovetop. I boil for 6-7 minutes then reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. If I'm cooking a double portion for me and hubby, I boil for 8 minutes, simmer for 10-12. I do stir. And no, I do not eat that much of any one thing in a day. -- Cynthia 262/225.4/150http://www.garbagethatgoo.com(my weight loss blog)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Then you aren't doing it right. Mine are nevery slimey like rolled oats. I can't say why they would be slimey cause I never do mine on stovetop. Too much cooking perhaps or too much water, but that's only a guess. dkw |
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Best way to cook steel cut oats?
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:05:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 28, 9:40*pm, Cynthia P wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:58:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote: With a 50-lb. bag of steel cut oats, I decided to experiment a little to try and develop the consistency and taste I like best. I do all my cooking in the microwave and not on the stove top for the convenience, so I really have never tried cooking oats that way. What seems to work best for me is to fully cook the oats the night before, then just reheat them the next day. I do not refrigerate them, but keep them inside the microwave or a toaster over just in case there is pet hair or other stuff wafting around in my house air. Here's how I do the microwave cooking: I use pretty much the amount of water and oats on the package, but don't measure since the bowls I use are all the same size and I know exactly where the water line should go. Anyway, I heat the oats/water for exactly 6 min. This brings it to a boil, but it never overflows. Then sometime later...like half an hour or even several hours later, I microwave again for 4 minutes and watch the oats until they boil again. This is the only time I actually am standing and watching the oats...about 1 min. I suppose. That's it. OH, I do stir them. If you don't stir they separate with the oats on the bottom and the white, more-liquid gelatinous stuff on top. No problem even if you don't remember to stir, but just stir before you reheat to eat them. I eat 3 double-portions of these each day and often a single portion with blueberries in a 4th bowlful...that's 7 servings a day usually. Anyone else eat that much...of anything a day? dkw I tried that overnight soak thing and then heating them and I hated it. It made them slimy, not chewy like I like. For me... for one portion, it's not a big deal to just cook them right before I want to eat them. I do so on the stovetop. I boil for 6-7 minutes then reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. If I'm cooking a double portion for me and hubby, I boil for 8 minutes, simmer for 10-12. I do stir. And no, I do not eat that much of any one thing in a day. -- Cynthia 262/225.4/150http://www.garbagethatgoo.com(my weight loss blog)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Then you aren't doing it right. Mine are nevery slimey like rolled oats. I can't say why they would be slimey cause I never do mine on stovetop. Too much cooking perhaps or too much water, but that's only a guess. dkw Actually, I didn't even let them sit overnight... I boiled the water, added the steel cut oats and let them sit about 3 hours while I was at the gym. I did NOT like them as well that way. Oh, they were edible, but I want something that has a little chew. Individual preference perhaps. I didn't like rolled oats as a child because they were "too mushy". Water was the suggested one cup to quarter cup dry oats. Which works fine when I just cook them normally. Anyway, as I didn't find it that much of a time saver, I just fix 'em fresh and enjoy 'em more. -- Cynthia 262/223.8/150 http://www.garbagethatgoo.com (my weight loss blog) |
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