Steel Cut Oats Steamer Recipe

Maybe I have old-fashioned taste in breakfast, but if I could only have one morning meal for the rest of my life, it would be a bowl of steel cut oatmeal. Today, I’m going to be sharing how to cook Steel Cut Oats that are creamy and perfect every time.

If you think oatmeal is bland, unappealing, or (as one reader expressed) you “just can’t get into it, ” this foolproof steel cut oats recipe is worth another chance.

In place of the bland, textureless muck that had been my prior bowls of oatmeal, steel cut oats were thick and creamy, pleasantly chewy and nutty, and left me feeling satisfied in a deep, wholesome way that I thought was reserved only for those who practice yoga.

Steel Cut Oats Flatbread

In the sense that all come from the same grain, yes. How they are processed, however, is different, which is why making a bowl of oatmeal with each of the different types of oats yields different results.

Toppings and mix-ins are one of the best parts of steel cut oats! Use them to add flavor and nutritional benefits alike.

Since steel cut oatmeal takes longer to make than I typically have time for on an average weekday morning, I like to make a big batch on weekends and store it for healthy breakfasts all week long.

Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats {dad's Ukrainian Recipe}

Absolutely! See Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats for a recipe. Be sure to tightly seal your Instant Pot and use non-dairy milk.

If you’d like to make overnight oats by soaking them in liquid, I recommend this overnight steel cut oats recipe, which is typically served cold (though you can heat it if you like). It is one of my favorite make-ahead breakfasts.

Quick-cooking steel cut oats are regular steel cut oats that are cut a bit smaller so that they cook more quickly. Their texture is not as nice and chewy as regular steel cut oats, but they are a better option for a bowl of oatmeal than instant oatmeal or quick-cooking oats.

Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats {perfect Every Time!}

Whole grain and high in soluble fiber, oats have been shown to help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol, which can lower risk of heart disease. They are also rich in iron and vitamin B. For those with celiac, oats are a gluten-free grain. (benefits info found here).

Groats are the whole kernel of a grain after the husk has been removed. Steel cut oats are whole oat groats that have been toasted, then chopped into small pieces.

How to cook steel cut oats. The secret to making perfect steel cut oatmeal on the stovetop that turns out delicious and creamy every time! Healthy and low calorie, this is the only oatmeal recipe you need. Simple, vegan, and high in fiber, steel cut oats keep you full all morning long. Easy to make ahead and you can add any of your favorite toppings.

Overnight Steel Cut Oats Oatmeal (easy + Healthy)

Serving: 1 (of 4), about 1 cup Calories: 158 kcal Carbohydrates: 27 g Protein: 5 g Fat: 3 g Saturated Fat: 1 g Fiber: 4 g Sugar: 1 g

Hi, I'm Erin Clarke, and I'm fearlessly dedicated to making healthy food that's affordable, easy-to-make, and best of all DELISH. I'm the author and recipe developer here at and of The Well Plated Cookbook. I adore both sweets and veggies, and I am on a mission to save you time and dishes. WELCOME!In our house, most mornings currently look something like this: baby in high chair chewing on toy/washcloth/kitchen utensil (anything but food, it seems); big kid racing around on the floor with whichever train/car/monster truck toy has taken his fancy for the morning. Hubby and I attempting what may be the only conversation we have all day in between making coffee (him), assisting with toy vehicle play (also usually him), keeping the baby happy (me) and providing food for everyone (me, or a joint effort).

At some point the big kid will decide he’s ravenously hungry and start pulling cereal boxes, plastic bowls and spoons out of the pantry before roaring for milk to drown the day’s selection in. Coffee will be made, thank you brilliant coffee-making husband, I have no idea how bad this time of day would look without your skills and do not care to find out. We will all dash to consume some sort of meal before the baby cries to be released from the high chair, and the day really kicks off* with trying to get everyone out of the house.

Mango Steel Cut Oatmeal

*I say ‘kicks off’ with an ironic nod to the fact we’ve probably all been up for at least 2 hours by that point.

I think it’s fair to say, then, the so-called most important meal of the day often sees me (and hubby) struggle with the time to eat, let alone spend any length of time making it.

Nursing a little one means it’s actually essential that I get something nutritious and filling in soon after getting up, but I am easily bored and find if I don’t have something interesting ready to go I end up snacking on random bits of fruit and toast discarded by the 3 year old as he eats his second breakfast (yes, really. Twenty minutes after the first breakfast, mostly).

Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats With Peaches

I have been known to turn to baked goods if that’s what my eyes land on first, which is gratifying in the short term but leaves me feeling low by about 9am.

If you’re yet to encounter oatmeal made with steel cut rather than good old rolled oats, let me convince you that this is the week to try it. I don’t mind a bowl of rolled-oat oatmeal at all, but steel cut oats takes breakfast to a whole new level.

Rather than being steamed and rolled flat, the oats are, as the name implies, cut (with steel blades? One can only assume) into nubbly little pieces which cook up into nutty, distinct grains with far more personality than a rolled oat. They retain a sort of chewiness and I absolutely adore it.

Savory Steel Cut Oats Recipe

As with pretty much all the recipes you find here, this can be done quite successfully without a steam oven – in this case using a saucepan and a lot of stirring on the stovetop. But the steam oven gives steel cut oatmeal – and, incidentally, rolled-oat oatmeal, but that’s for another day – a better texture with far less active work. I think if your steam oven cooking is reserved only for entertaining and fancy meals you are missing out on all the great everyday recipes you could be using it for, and this is definitely a case in point.

Before you head off to buy steel cut oats (most supermarkets and every health food store I know sells them now, but you can get these ones online if they’re hard to find near you) and set them on the bench for the morning, be warned that this recipe takes a full hour to cook in the steam oven. It’s not much work to get started and there’s no stirring or attention needed during that time, but I can see you wondering how on earth that fits into the chaotic morning scenes at our place, and how it will work at yours.

Here’s the truly great thing: steel cut oatmeal is even better reheated than it is straight after cooking, so you can cook it the day before. I cook enough for 4-5 days worth of breakfasts in one hit and we just spoon it into bowls and use the reheat setting on our steam oven when we want to eat.

Easy Steel Cut Oats

Top the hot oatmeal with whatever you normally would (maple syrup, roasted fruit or fresh berries are my staples; my husband likes brown sugar and cinnamon) and you’ve got an almost effortless but really hearty breakfast ready to go in a few minutes.

Finally, if you get bored eating your oatmeal for days in a row, you can use the leftovers to make these muffins, which I have done a number of times and will definitely do again (I cook them using a combi steam setting and they’re lovely and moist). They don’t keep that well but they freeze and reheat beautifully, so you’ve got a not too sweet and portable oatmeal-like breakfast option to mix things up.

There are precious few resources to teach us HOW to use a steam oven in everyday cooking. I’m guessing that’s why you’re here! If you love cooking but aren’t making the most of your combi steam oven, you aren’t alone.

Slow Cook Steel Cut Oatmeal With Apples

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Creamy and soft with a nutty chew from the steel cut oats, a batch of this oatmeal made at the start of the week will give you happy mornings for several days afterwards.

Calories: 289 kcal | Carbohydrates: 39 g | Protein: 11 g | Fat: 10 g | Saturated Fat: 4 g | Cholesterol: 18 mg

Vanilla Protein Steel Cut Oats