How to make the best oatmeal porridge with this easy and delicious traditional recipe as good as my overnight oats porridge. Follow this complete guide and try my basic recipe, served with fresh fruit, seeds, and nuts, perfect for filling up at breakfast.
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What is oats porridge recipe?
Oatmeal porridge is a traditionally British recipe also known as Scottish porridge and is usually served for breakfast with fresh fruit, dried fruit, and nuts.
There are several porridge recipes made with different grains and legumes, like buckwheat seeds, quinoa, or rice. But usually made with rolled past or instant oats, also known as oatmeal porridge.
The grains are mixed with a liquid, such as water or milk, and heated in a saucepan to a thick mush-like, and chewy texture.
It is a delicious meal that everyone can enjoy, both young and old, it can be flavored with all kinds of tastes and flavors, with cinnamon spices, fresh fruit, cocoa powder or nut butter like peanut butter or almond butter.
Is oatmeal porridge the same as overnight oats?
Although these 2 recipes are very similar in their composition because they both contain rolled oats and milk. But they remain different in their method of preparation and in the way of eating them.
Oat porridge is usually eaten hot, while overnight oats are best eaten cold after a night in the fridge.
The overnight oats has also in its composition Greek yogurt in addition to milk which gives it a creamier and softer texture, while the oats porridge has a chewy texture and a bit sticky.
Healthy breakfast
Porridge oats are a very popular meal all over the world and especially in healthy food for all their nutritional qualities that make it a healthy and delicious breakfast.
A source of fiber and nutrients, porridge offers everything you need to start the day.
It's delicious but above all complete and very satisfying, it's perfect to avoid little tiredness and small nibbles of the day.
Eaten daily with fresh fruit, seeds, and dried fruit, it is a gourmet recipe and a great ally for better health.
Benefits of oatmeal porridge
Eating oatmeal porridge on a regular basis will extend your life! It is certainly the best choice for breakfast and if you are not yet sure, then here are some of the benefits of porridge on your body:
- Good for health: Reduces the level of bad cholesterol (reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases), low glycemic index, it balances the blood sugar level.
- Rich in fiber: Satiety effect, porridge is more satiating than other classic breakfasts, it reduces cravings, perfect for weight loss.
- Better transit: Rich in soluble fiber that helps digestion and prevents constipation.
- Rich in nutrients: Source of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and protein.
Ingredients and substitutions
Here are the basic ingredients to make oatmeal porridge recipe, with the substitutions for each ingredient. You will find a recipe card at the end of the page that you can print.
- Grains: Use rolled oats or instant oats (quick cooking oats) instead of steel cut oats. You can also use other grains like buckwheat, quinoa, rye, barley or spelt seeds.
- Liquid: cow's milk or vegetable milk like almond milk, soy milk, cashew milk, oat milk or coconut milk or simply us water. You can also make a mixture of both.
- Sugar: as an option to sweeten the porridge you can add a natural sugar like maple syrup, honey, or coconut sugar, brown sugar etc..
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- Fresh fruits: Red fruits, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, apples, bananas, peaches etc…
- Nuts: Almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pecans.
- Seeds: pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, chia seeds.
- Chocolate: cocoa powder, chocolate chips.
- Spices: Ground cinnamon, gingerbread, pumpkin pie spices,
- Dried fruits: Raisins, cranberries, goji berries, coconut flakes, dates,
- Nut butter: Peanut butter, almond butter, homemade spread.
- Vanilla and salt: a little liquid vanilla extract to flavor and a small pinch of salt which is a flavor enhancer and brings out all the flavors.
- Condensed milk: as in the Jamaican oats porridge recipe, you can replace the milk with sweetened condensed milk.
You will find all the quantities and instructions to make the oatmeal porridge in the recipe card further down this page.
How to make oat porridge
- Put the quick cook oats, liquid (water or milk) and sugar in a medium sized saucepan.
- Heat over medium-high heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you have a mush-like texture.
- Serve the hot porridge with sweet or savory toppings.
- Enjoy!
Tips: You can also make your porridge in the microwave, mix all the ingredients in your bowl and heat for 1 to 1 m 30.
Conservation
Homemade porridge is usually eaten hot, immediately after cooking. But you can store it in the fridge for up to 2 days and reheat it in the microwave.
Homemade porridge is usually eaten hot, immediately after cooking. But you can store it in the fridge for up to 2 days and reheat it in the microwave.
After cooling its texture hardens, you can add more cold milk before reheating it or simply eat it cold.
Frequently Asked Questions
Oats porridge is usually eaten hot but can also be eaten cold.
Oatmeal porridge has nutritional qualities and multiple benefits that make it a healthy meal.
The ideal amount is about 3 to 4 tablespoons of oatmeal, which is about 50 g (½ cup).
More porridge ideas
Want to vary the pleasures at breakfast, try these delicious combinations for your morning porridges:
- Apple pie oatmeal with cinnamon and pecan flavored apples
- Banana and peanut butter oatmeal
- Chocolate oatmeal with raspberries and chocolate chips
- Carrot cake oatmeal porridge
- Banana bread porridge with mashed banana, maple syrup and nuts
- Pumpkin oatmeal with pumpkin puree and pecan nuts.
- Blueberry compote with fresh blueberries.
More oatmeal recipes
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Banana oatmeal muffins
- Healthy oatmeal and seed cookies
- Chocolate chip cookie dough truffles
- Healthy granola
- Healthy dark chocolate granola
More breakfast recipes
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Oatmeal Porridge
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 bowl
Description
Recipe for traditional homemade oatmeal porridge (for one bowl)
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp (½ cup) instant oats - or quick oats - about 50 g
- 100 ml (⅓ cup) water
- 100 ml (⅓ cup) milk
- 1 tsp. sugar - maple syrup or honey
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
- Place instant oats, water, milk, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan.
- Heat over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes while stirring until it boils and the texture looks like mush.
- Serve immediately in a bowl and add your fruits, seeds and nuts.
Notes
Storage: Up to 2 days in the refrigerator.
You can use only milk or water.
Add a few pieces of baked chocolate or chocolate chips to make a chocolate oatmeal porridge.
To flavor it with spices add ground cinnamon or other spices to the saucepan.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: breakfast, porridge
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