Rice Cooker Steel-Cut Oats

I solved my Zojurishi rice cooker from boiling over with steel cut oats by thoroughly rinsing the oats in water before putting in the cooker. You need to make sure the water ultimately runs clear. It's the starch on the oats (that you are rinsing off) that makes them boil over. Less starch, no boil over.

The notes here were really helpful! This is *way* too salty. Nearly inedibly salty as written. I halved the recipe and it still tried to make a huge mess. I followed a commenter’s recommendation of using a spoon to prop the lid open. That solved the splashing issue. The texture of the oats was good for me, but I like them a bit chewy, not creamy. I’ll be looking for other recipes. If you try this, halve the salt or less. It was SO SALTY.

This recipe has worked well for me twice. Once using the timer, once without. I do like my oatmeal on the thinner side. I have a Zojirushi 5.5 rice maker . One of the reasons we splurged on nicer model was the promise of waking up to warm oatmeal. I found other recipes rubbery. It also does reheat well. Very glad I found this recipe. Not sure what would happen if I doubled it but I suspect I may have an overflow issue like some other commenters, so I’m sticking with it as written for now.

This works very well but I make slightly less than half a recipe for two people. I put the oats and water in at night and set the timer to be done at 7:30. I have a zojirushi and I think I’ve had good luck on both the white rice and porridge settings

Works perfectly in my Zojirushi. I set it on a timer in the evening to be done right when we wake up. Perfect texture.

I LOVE waking up to steel-cut oats done to perfection in the Zoji rice cooker! I add a bit of maple syrup with the water in the bowl. But if I forget to use the porridge setting when I set the time delay at night, I wake up to a boiling molten mess all over the counter. So I put a note in my oats canister: PORRIDGE!!!!! Makes all the difference. .. Just had oats for breakfast this morning!

This is a solid set of instructions for people who want to use a rice cooker for their sc oats. Some intelligent rice cookers have an oats/porridge setting & ratio markings, but some don’t. If you prefer a different method of cooking oats, that’s irrelevant to this recipe. I found the ratio of oats:water in this recipe to be pretty good. I usually add puréed & frozen fruit cubes to mine, which gives just enough extra moisture to withstand the warming mode. No boil over following the markings.

1/2 plus 1/8th cup water

I don’t have a rice cooker, but I have made steel cut oats as well as rolled oats in a slow cooker overnight. You put water in the bottom, and then put oats, salt, water and nut milk in the container. Comes out great.

Instapot works well: four minutes on high but with -0 minutes to warm it up and ten flor slow release. 24 minutes total but no mess and no stove watching. I used two cups water to one cup of steel cut oats.

Made this but added a very ripe banana to the pot before cooking. Then topped with blueberries and pecans. Tasted like a banana but muffin only healthier. And easier!

I love making steel cut oats in my rice cooker. It’s the thing that got me to upgrade to a fancier cooker with a timer. I’m reading a lot here about the mess that was made. When I decreased the water to a 1:2 water:oats ratio, there’s no mess. Taking it up just to 1:2.5 = pretty messy. I like my oats chewy, so the lower water ratio is fine with me. I make a big batch and microwave them for a few mornings after, adding about a tbsp water to keep from drying out.

nope, nope, nope. Had a super sloppy mess on the counter. Cooked in my Zojurishi cooker. Luckily, my husband was up and mitigated the mess!

My rice cooker has a porridge setting, ratio of oats to water is 1:3, a bit of salt and I use a mixture of water and milk. Perfect every time. I usually do at least one cup of oats which gives me leftovers that I reheat with more milk in the microwave. Perfect! I also toss in a cinnamon stick and sometimes raisins.