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Instant Pot Steel Cut Oatmeal

Instant Pot Steel Cut Oatmeal – an easy recipe for light and fluffy steel cut oats cooked in an electric pressure cooker. Best of all, it’s gluten free, vegan and you can customize it with your favorite fruit or berries!

I’m a big fan of oatmeal and thankfully so are my kiddos. While we love classic steel cut and rolled oats cooked on the stovetop, it’s fun to switch things up here and there by making variations of overnight oats or baked oatmeal.

But my new favorite way to make it recently has been in my Instant Pot (an electric pressure cooker). They were kind enough to send me one to test out and you guys!! I am SO in love!!

If you’ve got kiddos and they are early risers that wake up hangry like mine, making steel cut oatmeal (and rice) in the Instant Pot is a total. GAME. changer! SO easy!!

You literally just toss in the ingredients and it takes ONLY 3 minutes of cooking time. The best part of all is that you don’t need to stir your oatmeal at 6 in the morning.

Plus the oatmeal cooks up perfectly light and fluffy.

And while you can totally jazz up your oatmeal with sweeteners or any spices you like, this simple recipe contains just two main ingredients – almond milk and steel cut oats.

Just add your favorite toppings and you’re good to go!

This is not a sponsored post, but thank you to Instant Pot for sending me product to make this recipe!

Yields 2 servings

Instant Pot Steel Cut Oatmeal

Instant Pot Steel Cut Oatmeal – light and fluffy steel cut oats cooked in an electric pressure cooker.

1 minPrep Time

3 minCook Time

4 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

1 cup steel cut oats (use gluten free as needed)

3 cups almond milk (water or any milk you prefer works as well)

Optional: cinnamon, sweetener (honey, maple syrup) vanilla extract, pinch of salt

Toppings of your choice: Berries, chia seeds, nut butter, splash of milk

Instructions

  1. Add oats into the Instant Pot followed by milk.
  2. Secure the lid and close the vent.
  3. Press the MANUAL button and set to 3 minutes.
  4. After the oats finish cooking, allow the pressure to release naturally (about 10-15 minutes).
  5. After the pressure releases, open the lid and give the oatmeal a good stir. Any extra liquid will absorb as it cools.
  6. Add cinnamon or other additions you like.
  7. Top oatmeal with fresh fruit, nut butter, a splash of milk, or any other toppings you like.

Notes

*Cook time does not include time for the Instant Pot to heat up and release. Depending on how much liquid you add, this may take about 15 minutes.

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Comments

  2. My son wakes up hangry too so I really need an Instant Pot to make mornings smoother! Love how easy this is!
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  3. Wow, I love learning you can make steel cut oatmeal so quickly in an instant pot. There's another reason I need to think about getting one! I seriously can't believe it takes 3 minutes and it really looks perfectly cooked. Thanks for sharing this, Kelly. Enjoy your week!
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  4. I never used to like oatmeal, but now it's growing on me, especially when the homemade kind. What a great way to use an instant pot, Kelly! I've been debating over whether I should get one for the longest time now, so I think I need to so that I can make this breakfast. Sounds so easy and SO good!
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  14. Steel cut oatmeal is a huge favorite of mine for breakfast! I wish I had a big bowl! I don't have an instant pot but I am intrigued by them. Then again, I have zero space for any more appliances so there's that haha
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  16. Just made this for breakfast using coconut milk - delicious! Topped it with blueberries, brown sugar, and chopped almonds. So good and easy.
    ★★★★★
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