Quick (Microwave) and Nutritious Steel Cut Oatmeal

Submitted by cipherbabe

"This is from McCann’s website. I love that you can use the microwave and not have to worry about scorching your pot on the stovetop. Of course, you can always use a double boiler, but that can take a while. I always enjoy steel cut oats because they are more nutritious than rolled oats and have a nice, nutty texture. Note: Cooking times may have to be adjusted for your microwave oven wattage. I have 1000 watts and had to cook 5 minutes covered and 11 minutes uncovered."

 

• Ready In: 12mins
• Ingredients: 2
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup steel cut oats
• 2 cups water

directions

1. Mix oats with water in a 2-quart glass microwaveable dish. (The size of the bowl is important because it needs to be large enough to allow the oats to bubble without spilling over.).
2. COVER and place the dish in the microwave oven on high for 5 minutes.
3. Stir. Cook UNCOVERED for another 5 minutes.

Reviews

[tsamama]

Utter fail. 5 minutes covered in the microwave equaled 90% of it spilling over the rim of the huge bowl I had it in. I must have a mighty-powerful microwave. You might want to try fewer minutes at first, and watch it closely!

 

[Lisa D.]

Good recipe; but add a dash of salt. Also VERY important to use the right size bowl. I cooked covered for 4 mins on full power, then cooked 6 mins on 50% powder at 2mins at a time, stirring in between ea 2mins. Then cooked for another 6 mins at 60% power at 2mins at a time, stirring in between ea 2min. TOTALLY worth the effort - came out perfect consistency and good quantity for 2 people.

 

[overmedium]

Utter Success, but did take longer than recipe calls for. Using a 2 Quart Glass bowl, the bubbles got only as close as 1" to the top, so it never boiled over in my 1000watt micro. I zapped them for 5 minutes covered, but after 5 minutes uncovered there still was a lot of water left. So it took a total of 8:30 minutes uncovered, after cooking for 5 minutes covered for the oatmeal to come out JUST RIGHT (i like them thickish). Beats 50 minutes on the stove top!! Thank for you for recipe!

 

[Sycamore K.]

I bought a set of Pyrex bowls at the flea market just for the prized 2 quart bowl. Your method is the hands down the best for me and my family. Oats like we've never had before.

 

[debi-strain]

For the love of God, if my review stops one person from trying this recipe, I've succeeded. 5 minutes is way too long. I had a horrible mess in my microwave. Everything boiled over and it was too hot to clean. 9After it cooled I was able to clean my whole microwave. After I got everything cleaned, I started over with 3 minute increments while watching the whole time.