September 25, 2024 14 Comments
This overnight steel-cut oats recipe is incredibly easy. I honestly don’t know why anyone buys frozen oats from Trader Joe’s.
Yes, you can buy pre-cooked, frozen steel-cut oats at TJ’s, but with a little planning, you can make your own.
I like to think of steel-cut oats as my sprouted grain bread. They are nutritious and a great way to add other ingredients to make them more flavorful.
Steel-cut oats are coarser than whole oats (and much coarser than instant oats).
Rolled oats (which I used in my Slow Cooker Oatmeal Recipe Using Old Fashioned Oats) are steamed, rolled, steamed again, and toasted into fine flakes.
Steel cut oats are made from oat groats that have been coarsely chopped.
They are also a zero-point food on WW’s purple plan because they are whole grain and nutritious.
The texture is different than whole oats (chewier and nuttier) and is quite good. The problem is that if you make it the same day you want to eat it, it can take 30-45 minutes to cook.
Coarse oatmeal takes longer to digest and has a lower glycemic index than rolled oats. I find that it keeps me feeling fuller for longer.
How do you cook them? The day before you eat them, boil them for ONE MINUTE on the stove.
Then you wait for the pan to cool, put it in the refrigerator and the next morning you have cooked oatmeal ready for the microwave or oven.
Add bananas, blueberries, walnuts, peanut butter, brown sugar… and you have a hot breakfast fit for champions.
These oats keep in the refrigerator for about a week or can be frozen in individual portions. Don’t be afraid of steel-cut oats!
Have you ever made steel-cut oats overnight? How did you do it?
Overnight Steel Cut Oats Recipe
Makes 4 cups
Preparation time: 5 min.
Cooking time: 5 minutes
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Ingredients
1 cup coarsely cut oats
3 cups of water
pinch of salt
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
brown sugar, maple syrup, honey to taste
Instructions
The night before you want to eat oatmeal Place the oats, water, and salt in a large saucepan (leave room for the oats to expand). Boil for one minute. Allow the pan to cool and store in the refrigerator.
In the morningReturn the pan to the heat. When hot, add the frozen blueberries (to defrost them). If using fresh blueberries, top with the oats and serve with brown sugar, honey and maple syrup to taste.
Nutritional data
A cup of unsweetened cooked oatmeal with blueberries = 161 calories, 2.5 grams fat, 0.5 grams saturated fat, 27.0 grams carbohydrates, 0 grams sugar, 5.0 grams protein, 4.0 grams fiber, 4 milligrams sodium, 5 green, 5 blue, 0 purple WW SmartPts
Point values are calculated by Snack Girl and are provided for informational purposes only. See all Snack Girl recipes
