Instant Pot Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats Recipe
This Instant Pot apple cinnamon steel cut oats recipe is a quick and easy, healthy and vegetarian breakfast. It is dairy-free and refined-sugar free, filled with dietary fibre and complex carbs. Enjoy this nourishing warm breakfast porridge especially during the cooler months.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 3 cups water
- 1 medium apple grated
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk of choice (almond milk, oat milk)
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp mixed seeds of choice goji berries, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds
- 1 tsp maple syrup or honey optional
- 1 tbsp nut butter of choice optional
Instructions
- In an Instant Pot combine the oats, water, cinnamon powder and grated apple. Set on porridge for 12 min high pressure setting
- Once 12. min are completed, pour over the cooked oats in bowls and add chia seeds and oat milk or almond milk (as per choice). Wait for a few minutes until the chia seeds start to soak up the additional liquid .
- Once the chia seeds have soaked in the extra liquid, put toppings of choice i.e. mixed seeds, nut butter, slices of fresh apple and serve
Notes
For stove top method : In case you don't have an Instant Pot of slow cooker, then just cook the oats, water, cinnamon powder and grated apple in a deep sauce pan on a stove top for 20-25 minutes. Keep adding additional water and keep stirring to ensure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan and is thoroughly cooked.