Anyone tried making oatmeal in an Aroma rice cooker?

[Thomas Martinez]

Saw a recipe for blueberry oatmeal in an Aroma rice cooker so curious as to how this work with oats. Following the recipe it asks for 1 cup of oats, 1/2 cup of blueberries, 1/2 tbsp of brown sugar or coconut sugar, cinnamon to taste and 2 cups of milk or water at a 1:2 ratio. Rice cooker will take around 40 minutes to cook the oatmeal using the White Rice setting.
What concerns me about this is that rice cookers turn off when the rice has absorbed the liquid in the pot. Oatmeal tends to come out more soupy, so would the sensor be different for this situation? Would it be risky to use milk in the rice cooker as it could easily scorch on the bottom of the pot? Water would be safer but less sweet tasting. Would the blueberries go in with the rest of the oats or would someone stir them in near the end? It would make sense to put them in at the beginning so they dissolve after 40 minutes but that would make it purple…ish. It seems the half tbsp of sweetener would be less than plenty for taste but the blueberries would add to that.
I wonder if anyone has tried this out and seen if it worked out without a scorched ring on the bottom of the rice cooker bowl.

 

[Quaint Quail]

I’ve done steel cut in mine probably 50+ times. White rice cycle will work but you have to use water not milk otherwise it will burn.

 

[Better Badger]

why does it cut off at all if the oats is still soupy? Isn’t that the whole point of rice cookers?

 

[Enchanting Elk]

why does it cut off at all if the oats is still soupy? Isn’t that the whole point of rice cookers?

Because of the temperature on the bottom plate. When all the liquid is absorbed the temperature spikes past 100C and it shifts to warming function. With oatmeal there is still moisture so it will continue to cook.

 

[Impossible Ibex]

milk is a no go in any rice cooker imo. Doesnt matter what brand

 

[Prehistoric Plunger]

blueberries at the start will be purple mush, blueberries at the end will be blueberries. Pick your fighter.

 

[Better Badger]

Because of the temperature on the bottom plate. When all the liquid is absorbed the temperature spikes past 100C and it shifts to warming function. With oatmeal there is still moisture so it will continue to cook.

so if I did half milk and half water it would be safer or is any form of dairy basically gambling with a rice cooker?

 

[Quaint Quail]

so if I did half milk and half water it would be safer or is any form of dairy basically gambling with a rice cooker?

half and half is doable but straight milk is gambling.

 

[Caesar's Bubble Returns]

Why are people overcomplicating oatmeal lol. Just throw it in the microwave for 2 minutes and call it a day.

 

[Fut]

Why are people overcomplicating oatmeal lol. Just throw it in the microwave for 2 minutes and call it a day.

Because I don’t want to have to tend to my rice cooker while I’m having oatmeal in the mornings.

 

[Forbidden Plunger Babi]

rolled oats takes 5 minutes on the stove. 40 minutes of white rice cycle to cook rolled oats is insane.

 

[Enchanting Elk]

rolled oats takes 5 minutes on the stove. 40 minutes of white rice cycle to cook rolled oats is insane.

For rolled oats it is. For steel cut it’s not too bad because you'd be on the stove for 30 minutes otherwise.

 

[In Search of Sc]

Whenever I cook oatmeal I put a little butter or coconut oil in the rice cooker with the oats prior to starting the cycle.

 

[Better Badger]

Whenever I cook oatmeal I put a little butter or coconut oil in the rice cooker with the oats prior to starting the cycle.

does the coconut oil mess with the sensor for the rice cooker?

 

[In Search of Sc]

does the coconut oil mess with the sensor for the rice cooker?

nah, you only put in a tsp or so to help the oats from sticking to the bottom of the rice cooker.

 

[Impossible Ibex]

congee in aroma rice cooker is better than oatmeal.

 

[Feverish Disco Dynasty]

The 1:2 ratio is for oatmeal in a rice cooker wrong. Should be closer to 1:3 ratio for steel cut or even 1:4 with rolled. 1:2 will be gluey and cycle will end early.

 

[Quaint Quail]

The 1:2 ratio is for oatmeal in a rice cooker wrong. Should be closer to 1:3 ratio for steel cut or even 1:4 with rolled. 1:2 will be gluey and cycle will end early.

this. The rice cooker ratio is for stovetop not rice cooker.

 

[Bewilder]

Ran the same recipe as the one in this post. Used water instead of milk. Added the blueberries in around the 20 minute mark after cracking the lid. Oatmeal came out fine after the 40 minutes however the flavor was bland. It needed more cinnamon and more sugar. The blueberries did sweeten the oatmeal some however it needed honey on top. Would I make oatmeal in an Aroma rice cooker again? Possibly but only if I was trying to multitask.

 

[Prehistoric Plunger]

Ran the same recipe as the one in this post. Used water instead of milk. Added the blueberries in around the 20 minute mark after cracking the lid. Oatmeal came out fine after the 40 minutes however the flavor was bland. It needed more cinnamon and more sugar. The blueberries did…

cracking the lid of an aroma rice cooker in the middle of cooking a program will mess it up?