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

[Thomas Martinez]

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?

 

[Claustrophobic Animal]

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.

 

[Ingenious Dog Dre]

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.

 

[Prehistoric Plunger]

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?

 

[Save Yourself]

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.

 

[Nervous Newt]

recipes that say dump and go with straight milk are wrote by people who have never tested the recipes themselves lol

 

[Claustrophobic Animal]

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?

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.

 

[Prehistoric Plunger]

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.

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.

 

[Shado]

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.

 

[Impossib]

who is putting half a tbsp of sugar in oatmeal that's barely nothing

 

[Claustrophobic Animal]

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.

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

 

[Neo]

steel cut in the IP is the only reason i own one tbh. 4 min for rolled is overkill, its 3 min and NR

 

[Ingenious Dog Dre]

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.

Agree about the milk dilution. I usually just use full dairy although blueberries hold up better if added later in the process.

 

[Proud Pollan]

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.

 

[Nervous Newt]

who is putting half a tbsp of sugar in oatmeal that's barely nothing

I find the amount of sugar required in the recipe to be quite wild. Half a tablespoon for a whole pot is next to nothing.

 

[Prehistoric Plunger]

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.