One of our favourite recipes with our Yum Asia and Zojirushi branded rice cookers. You can use the handy timer feature and have lovely hot porridge to wake up to!
Use your rice cooker to make this heart warming breakfast dish.
Place steel cut oats and water in the inner cooking pan.
NOTE: Do not use milk to cook the oats, this is result in a ‘boil over’ of the contents as milk reacts differently when heated. Only use water to cook the oats.
Place the inner cooking pan in the main body of the rice cooker, plug in the unit, select the “Porridge” setting and push the “Cooking” button to start.
When the rice cooker turns to “Keep Warm,” open the lid, stir and add the remaining ingredients. Using the Timer function and soaking the oats overnight will help soften the texture.
Add any dried or fresh fruit to the porridge instead of sugar – delicious and healthy on a cold winter’s day!!
Ingredients
Directions
Place steel cut oats and water in the inner cooking pan.
NOTE: Do not use milk to cook the oats, this is result in a ‘boil over’ of the contents as milk reacts differently when heated. Only use water to cook the oats.
Place the inner cooking pan in the main body of the rice cooker, plug in the unit, select the “Porridge” setting and push the “Cooking” button to start.
When the rice cooker turns to “Keep Warm,” open the lid, stir and add the remaining ingredients. Using the Timer function and soaking the oats overnight will help soften the texture.
Add any dried or fresh fruit to the porridge instead of sugar – delicious and healthy on a cold winter’s day!!
This is a delicious recipe and has become my preferred way to make porridge.
But why does the 3:1 water:oats ratio described here not correspond to the measurements indicated on the bowl of the YumAsia Bamboo cooker? What is the purpose of the porridge bowl measurements?
We are pleased that you like the oat porridge Bamboo produces :). The porridge marks on the inner bowl is for congee/rice porridge, so this is why it doesn’t correspond to the measurements for oat porridge. Congee/rice porridge needs very different water proportions to oat porridge.
Does anyone have a recipe for rolled oats and what quantities to use?
Can you speed up porridge cooking with the “Quick Cook” function if you’ve forgot to set up the ingredients on delay cook the night before?
Hi Nancy, the quick cook setting on a rice cooker is only for white rice. Because it’s a much simpler cooking cycle, if you use it for porridge, it’s likely to cause a boil over so not recommended.
I normally make porridge every morning, but when using the sakura rice cooker’s porridge setting the porridge always boils over. I am using the ratio with steel cut oats and water as you require. Any tips on preventing this?
Hi Shane, porridge oats can boil over for several reasons – there could be a lot of fine particles in with the oats, so we usually advise you put the oats in a sieve and shake them 3-4 times really well to dislodge any of the finer particles. The other reasons a boil over happens is that sometimes customers use milk instead of water and as fats in milk react differently when heat is applied, it boils over. If you still have difficulties please contact us via our website with further information.
Can I cook more than one cupful at at time, I tried 2 cups and it boiled over
Hi, 1 cup is the maximum amount of oats you can cook, otherwise it boils over as you found.