Cooking Porridge In A Slow Cooker Overnight.

[dave50]

Does anyone know the best way to do this. My wife and I are fancying a bowl of porridge ready to eat on a morning. 

[Hazlinny]

Would take about three hours on timer setting.  Much quicker to do in microwave (if you have one) - 5 minutes, stirring half way through.

[pastafreak]

This is for 4 portions...

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/slow-cooked-porridge

And, here's a list of things not to do...

https://www.tastingtable.com/1423899/mistakes-making-overnight-oats/

[wiltsman]

On BBC Morning Live this morning, they were showing porridge being cooked in a slow cooker for seven or eight hours overnight, ready to be served up for breakfast.

[barry1010]

I cook it the BBC way with jumbo oats.  The second link if for uncooked, cold overnight oats.  

[barry1010]

That's what I do, Wiltsman.  It's often in the slow cooker longer than that but it does get stirred as soon as I get up.

[newmodarmy]

I soak my organic  oats plus nuts and chia seeds overnight in oat milk. That way it only needs a couple of minutes ( instead of the recommended  7 minutes which would just mean it boils over) in the microwave. Add some fruit and Greek yoghurt and maybe a blob of peanut or almond butter. Stir, eat and enjoy. Lovely.

And cleaning the bowl afterwards is easy. None of the mess you get from porridge cooked on the hob.

[pastafreak]

Barry @16:31....oops! That's what I get for jumping in without reading thoroughly

[piggynose]

I don't own any gadgets.

Every night B4 bed I tend to cook bung my porridge into a saucepan with the milk of yr choice, sprinkle of cinnamon, and small handful of sultanas.place on the gas, Cook to it's boiling, turn off gas. Put lid o

Next morning just put on medium gas, quick stir. Cook for 2 or 3 mins. Job done !!

[piggynose]

Sorry for typos. But some strange reason, my keyboard is delaying the letters I've typed for me to see for about 15 secs a letter. Arrrrgghhh

[barry1010]

Oat milk is just the fluid from oats soaked in water. My wife and I make our porridge with water but my oldsters have it made with full fat milk.  I can get two Pyrex dishes in my slow cooker, more than enough for the four of us.

[smurfchops]

Flahavans Organic two minutes microwave.

[dave50]

Thanks everyone 

[DarceyK123]

Quakers do sachets of the right amount of oats, mix with milk and put in the microwave for 3 minutes, I do it every morning, so quick and easy when you get up and don't want to faff about.

[barry1010]

Those sachets work out very expensive (£1.30 per  100g)compared to Quaker Rolled Porridge Oats (25p per 100g).  They can also be cooked in the microwave although it doesn't say that on the packet.

I buy Tesco Scottish Oats (12p per 100g) which does have microwave instructions on the packet.

Huge difference between £1.30 and  12p.

My top tip. Soak the oats in the fluid you usually use for ten or twenty minutes before microwaving. Longer if you've got time