Instant Pot blueberry oatmeal, anyone tried the 1:2 oats to milk ratio?

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Found a recipe for blueberry oatmeal in an Instant Pot. Thought I'd share it since the ratio of oats to milk are interesting. 1 cup oats, half a cup of blueberries, half a tbsp sugar and cinnamon to taste and 2 cups of milk. 1:2 ratio of oats to milk. Pressure cook 4 minutes.
I'm curious how well straight milk work in an Instant Pot. When I see recipes for pressure cookers using milk as a cooking liquid, they usually tell you not to use it as it will trigger the burn sensor on the newer model of pressure cookers. There's no mention of adding water or using the pot in pot method in the recipe. So will it work without deglaze the pot first?
Also, will it work using the quick release method? I've seen recipes for porridge based recipes that use the natural release method for at least 10 minutes. However, 4 minutes seems like a sufficient time for rolled oats using the high pressure method. However, steel cut oats would take longer. When making this recipe with blueberries in, do you add the blueberries in at the same time or after the oatmeal is cooked?


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straight milk in mine throw the burn warning every time on a duo plus. I put water in the bottom and do pot in pot in a stainless bowl, comes out perfect no scorching.
 
Rolled oats at 4 min HP is fine, steel cut I do 10 min with 10 NR and it's still got bite. Always toss berries in after though, frozen ones especially will turn the whole pot purple sludge.
 
wait does the burn sensor on an Instant Pot read the temperature of the liquid at the bottom of the pot? or does it detect if the food at the bottom of the pot is burning?
 
QR on oatmeal is asking for a starchy mess all over your ceiling. NR 10 min minimum or you're cleaning the valve for an hour.
 
Prehistoric Plunger said:
wait does the burn sensor on an Instant Pot read the temperature of the liquid at the bottom of the pot? or does it detect if the food at the bottom of the pot is burning?
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to answer the question above, its a thermal sensor on the bottom plate. When stuff stick to the plate and burns the plate spikes in temperature. Thats why recipes with tomato sauce or milk trigger the burn sensor.
 
Claustrophobic Animal said:
to answer the question above, its a thermal sensor on the bottom plate. When stuff stick to the plate and burns the plate spikes in temperature. Thats why recipes with tomato sauce or milk trigger the burn sensor.
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huh interesting. So if you stirred the pot well before adding the liquid to the pot it might not trigger the burn sensor? unless the sensor ramps up to pressure too fast.
 
I make this recipe almost weekly. 1 cup oats 1.5 cups milk 0.5 cup water. Works fine, never burns. Pure 1:2 milk to Instant Pot is asking for trouble on a Duo Plus or newer.
 
Prehistoric Plunger said:
huh interesting. So if you stirred the pot well before adding the liquid to the pot it might not trigger the burn sensor? unless the sensor ramps up to pressure too fast.
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ramp rate on an Instant Pot is too fast usually. The liquid at the bottom of the pot is already cooking on the plate before it starts to ramp up to the cooking pressure.
stirring helps a tiny bit but itsnot a real fix
 
steel cut in the IP is the only reason i own one tbh. 4 min for rolled is overkill, its 3 min and NR
 
Shado said:
I make this recipe almost weekly. 1 cup oats 1.5 cups milk 0.5 cup water. Works fine, never burns. Pure 1:2 milk to Instant Pot is asking for trouble on a Duo Plus or newer.
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Agree about the milk dilution. I usually just use full dairy although blueberries hold up better if added later in the process.
 
QR is a bad idea as I learned the hard way with my steel cut porridge that squirted out onto the cabinet above the pot. Took forever to clean up and the smell lasted for days. Now I always use NR for full release for porridge.
 
Does anyone else have the question of if the older models of the Lux have a burn sensor? The model I own is from 2017 and I have never seen the warning.
 
Prehistoric Plunger said:
Does anyone else have the question of if the older models of the Lux have a burn sensor? The model I own is from 2017 and I have never seen the warning.
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No burn sensor on the Lux. Only on the Duo Plus and newer models. Thus, the old recipes work for the older models of the Instant Pot and not for the newer models.
 
Save Yourself said:
3 min for steel cut oats is not edible. I usually use 10 min for steel cut and 10 min of NR and it comes out a little chewy.
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It depends on the brand of oats that you use. I use Bob’s Red Mill and 3 minutes works for me. I use a 1:3 ratio of oats to liquid and let it sit covered for a few minutes after releasing the pressure. Are you making your oatmeal dry?
 
For the question of blueberries specifically, I typically stir in blueberries during the NR step while the pot is still hot. This preserves the color of the berries and ensures that they don’t disintegrate in the porridge. Adding them before the cook will turn your porridge into purple paste.
 
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