mmtibbs
02-01-2006, 07:09 PM
I have been in pursuit of the perfect bowl of oatmeal and I think I have found it. I use Bob's Red Mill Muesli, but old fashioned rolled oats work fine. The cooking instructions come from Cook's Illustrated and are perfect. I love oatmeal that looks like seperate grains of oat, not a slimy mixture.
Put a little round collapsable vegetable steamer in a saucepan and fill with water to about 1 inch above the floor of the steamer. Bring to a boil, add muesli or oats as desired to the steamer(the grain will be soaking in water), bring back to a boil and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Lift the steamer out of the pan, empty almost all of the water, leaving 1/2 inch in the pan, and put vegetable steamer back in. Bring the tiny amount of water back to a boil, immediately cover and turn off heat. Let set for 7 minutes.
I'll never ever go back to slimy oats again!
Put a little round collapsable vegetable steamer in a saucepan and fill with water to about 1 inch above the floor of the steamer. Bring to a boil, add muesli or oats as desired to the steamer(the grain will be soaking in water), bring back to a boil and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Lift the steamer out of the pan, empty almost all of the water, leaving 1/2 inch in the pan, and put vegetable steamer back in. Bring the tiny amount of water back to a boil, immediately cover and turn off heat. Let set for 7 minutes.
I'll never ever go back to slimy oats again!