Oatmeal is a light and healthy breakfast containing many valuable vitamins, fiber and microelements. You can cook it not only on the stove, but also in a multicooker, and in the latter case, it turns out to be especially tasty.
Oatmeal is one of the favorite foods in the diet of the Scots and British. She is also popular in Russia. This dish is a good option for a healthy and tasty breakfast. It is prepared on the basis of oatmeal. This product is affordable and not expensive. Oatmeal is rich in fiber, B vitamins, calcium, phosphorus. It has a low glycemic index and is suitable for dietary nutrition.
Eating oatmeal helps to improve digestion, reduce the concentration of cholesterol in the blood. It is useful for the functioning of the heart, liver, kidneys and other organs and systems. You can cook porridge in different ways. It turns out very tasty in a multicooker, but you just need to choose the right cooking mode and proportions. Cooking in a multicooker allows you not to overheat the flakes, makes the cooking process more gradual, but at the same time lengthy. But the use of such household appliances greatly facilitates the work of the hostess, since the need to control the preparation of the dish, to constantly stir it disappears.
Oatmeal on the water in a slow cooker
Oatmeal, cooked in water, can be served either as a separate dish or as a side dish. This recipe is considered a classic. Salt and sugar can be added to the dish to your liking. To prepare hearty porridge you will need:
- 1 cup oat flakes;
- 3 glasses of water;
- a little salt and sugar;
- a piece of butter.
Cooking steps:
- Sort the oatmeal, sorting out foreign inclusions. If the flakes are large, they can be washed. It is convenient to use a colander for rinsing. The size of the flakes is important, since the cooking time and the consistency of the finished dish depend on it. Oat flakes such as "Hercules" are considered universal. The ground product is prepared quickly, but it contains fewer nutrients and porridge based on them turns out to be too viscous, almost homogeneous.
- Pour the oatmeal into the multicooker bowl. Pour water over the flakes, add sugar and salt to taste. If you plan to use porridge as a side dish for meat dishes, you do not need to add sugar.
- Stir all ingredients gently with a plastic or wooden spatula. Cover the multicooker with a lid and cook the oatmeal in the "Porridge" mode for 15-20 minutes. Some models of multicooker do not have this function. In this case, you can select the "Pilaf" mode. Stir the ingredients during cooking and do not need to open the lid.
- Open the lid of the multicooker after the beep, add a piece of butter to the bowl, then close the lid and hold the porridge in the "Keep warm" mode. During this time, the cooked flakes will steam, infuse and become even tastier. Serve the dish immediately.
Oatmeal with milk in a slow cooker
Oatmeal, cooked in milk, turns out to be especially tender and tasty. To prepare it you will need:
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 3.5 glasses of milk;
- a little salt and sugar;
- butter to taste.
Cooking steps:
- Pour the oatmeal into a clean and dry multicooker bowl. Do not neglect thoroughly washing the bowl and lid of the multicooker, as they can become a source of the appearance of an unpleasant foreign smell of the finished dish. Particular attention should be paid to the sealing gum on the lid.
- Pour milk over the oatmeal. If there is a desire to reduce the calorie content of porridge, you can dilute milk with water in arbitrary proportions, but most often a 1: 1 ratio is used.
- Add sugar and salt to the bowl. To make the porridge sweet, a small pinch of salt is enough, and sugar can be put 1-1, 5 tablespoons. Place the butter in a bowl. So that the porridge does not "run away" during the cooking process, you do not need to fill the bowl more than half the height. Slightly above the level of all the ingredients on the sides of the bowl can be held with a lump of butter. This protective ring will also prevent the food from boiling over.
- Close the lid with a slow cooker and cook the dish in the "Porridge" mode for 15-20 minutes. The analogs of this program are the modes "Milk porridge" and "Pilaf". They involve heating to a temperature not exceeding 100 ° C and turning off the heating element at the end of cooking to steam the cereals.
- Set the "Heat" or "Keep warm" mode and cook the porridge for another 5 minutes, after which you can put it on plates and serve.
If you wish, you can garnish the milk porridge with fresh berries, fruits, or even mint leaves. It turns out very tasty with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.
Oatmeal with pumpkin in a slow cooker
Oatmeal with pumpkin is easy to prepare, but incredibly tasty and healthy. The pumpkin gives it a rich color and a pleasant fresh aroma. To cook porridge in a slow cooker, you will need:
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 2 glasses of milk (it is better to choose fatty milk);
- 1 glass of water;
- 3-5 walnuts;
- a slice of pumpkin (150-200 g);
- a little salt;
- 1 tbsp sugar;
- butter.
Cooking steps:
- It is better to choose a fragrant, sweet pumpkin for this recipe. Muscat varieties are ideal. Peel the pumpkin, remove the pulp and seeds, cut into small cubes.
- Pour the oatmeal into the multicooker bowl, add a pinch of salt, sugar, water and milk. Put the pumpkin pieces in the bowl too. Stir the ingredients gently with a plastic spatula. Close the multicooker with a lid and cook the dish in the "Porridge" or "Pilaf" mode for 20-30 minutes.
- After a beep, which indicates the end of cooking, open the lid of the multicooker, add butter to the porridge and leave to heat for another 5 minutes.
- Arrange the porridge on portioned plates. Peel the walnuts, chop finely and sprinkle each portion with them.
Oatmeal with apple in a slow cooker
Oatmeal with apples is a delicious and healthy homemade breakfast. To prepare it in a multicooker you will need:
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 apple;
- 1, 5 glasses of water;
- 1, 5 glasses of milk (better fat);
- a little salt;
- some cinnamon;
- 1-2 tbsp sugar;
- butter.
Cooking steps:
- Put the oatmeal in a multicooker bowl and add water and milk. Add a pinch of salt, cinnamon (1/2 tsp) and sugar.
- Peel and cut the apple into cubes. It is better to choose sweet and sour apples for the recipe. A few slices can be left to decorate the dish.
- Put the apples in the multicooker bowl, mix all the ingredients, close the lid and set the "Porridge" mode. Cook the dish for 15-20 minutes, then bring it to readiness in the "Heat" mode for 5 minutes.
- Divide the porridge into bowls and garnish each portion with a slice of apple.
Oatmeal with banana in a slow cooker
A delicious and very tender porridge can be cooked with a banana. This will require:
- 1 cup crushed cereal
- 3 glasses of fat milk;
- 1 ripe banana;
- 1 tablespoon sugar.
Cooking steps:
- Chopped oatmeal is ideal for this recipe. Porridge with them turns out to be tender and homogeneous. Pour a glass of flakes into a multicooker bowl, pour milk.
- Peel the banana, cut into cubes or circles, pour into a bowl, add sugar and mix everything with a plastic spatula.
- Cook the dish in the "Porridge" mode for 10-15 minutes, then open the lid of the multicooker, put the porridge on plates and put a piece of butter in each portion.
You can cook porridge with banana and raisins based on this recipe. The addition of raisins will increase the nutritional value of the dish. You can choose the amount of it arbitrarily, but before putting it to the multicooker bowl, you need to pour the yuzum with boiling water for 30-50 minutes to steam and soften.
