Horchata Steel Cut Oatmeal with Almond-Raisin Crunch

Ali Clarke and Santos Loo
Ali Clarke and Santos Loo
November 1, 2023
Oatmeal is one of our favorite breakfasts to have, but we don’t love stirring oats for what seems like forever in the mornings. Instead of making instant packets, which would mean missing out on the creamy, delicious texture you get from slowly cooking oats from scratch, we turn to the Anova Precision Oven. The oven makes it easy to cook steel cut oats almost entirely hands-free. Plus we can use it to make a sweet and crunchy topping. You can flavor the oats in many different ways but we loved the idea of using horchata ingredients to add lots of flavor to our breakfast! Notes: Using 4 tablespoons sugar in the oatmeal will give you a breakfast with similar sweetness to pre-flavored packets. Reduce it to 2 tablespoons if you'd like a less-sweet oatmeal. Add different spices or sweeteners to flavor your oatmeal however you’d like! You can also use all whole milk, for an ultra-creamy texture, or all rice milk, for a dairy-free version. (Sub coconut oil for the butter for a dairy-free topping.) This recipe uses Diamond Crystal kosher salt.
Serves
4
Prep Time
00:15
Cook Time
01:08
Horchata Steel Cut Oatmeal with Almond-Raisin Crunch
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Ingredients
For Topping the Oatmeal
½ cup (80g)
raw almonds, roughly chopped
¼ cup (35g)
raisins
2 Tbsp (25g)
light brown sugar
½ tsp (0.75g)
ground cinnamon, preferably Mexican
2 Tbsp (30g)
cold butter
kosher salt
For the Oatmeal
2 cups (480g)
rice milk
2
Mexican cinnamon sticks or 2 teaspoons (3g) ground cinnamon, preferably Mexican
2 cups (480g)
whole milk
1 cup (160g)
steel cut oats
2 to 4 Tbsp (25 to 50g)
packed light brown sugar
1 Tbsp (13g)
vanilla extract
kosher salt
1 Tbsp (10g)
chia seeds
Steps

1. Preheat the Oven

Rack
Sous Vide Mode: Off
Steam: Off
Temp: 350°F
Heat: Rear, Top

2. Prepare the Topping

Rack
Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Add the almonds, raisins, sugar, and cinnamon to a medium bowl. Toss to combine. Add the cold butter and use your fingers to mash the butter into the ingredients so that everything is evenly coated. Spread out evenly on the prepared pan and bake until the butter and sugar lightly caramelizes and the almonds are toasted, about 8 minutes. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with salt, and let cool.
Prepare the Topping
Sous Vide Mode: Off
Steam: Off
Temp: 350°F
Heat: Rear, Top
00:08 Timer

3. Prepare the Rice Milk

While you're baking the topping, add the rice milk and cinnamon sticks to a blender and blend on high speed until the cinnamon is finely ground and evenly combined, about 1 minute. Set aside. (If using ground cinnamon instead of the cinnamon sticks, you can skip this step and add the rice milk and cinnamon to the pot in step 5).
Prepare the Rice Milk

4. Adjust the Oven

Rack
Change the placement of the oven rack to position 2.
Sous Vide Mode: Off
Steam: Off
Temp: 350°F
Heat: Rear, Top

5. Cook the Oats

Rack
To a 2-quart pot with a tight fitting lid, add the whole milk, oats, sugar, vanilla, salt, and blended rice milk. Stir to combine. Place the lid on the pot, transfer to the oven, and cook the oats until they're just turning tender, about 30 minutes.
Cook the Oats
Sous Vide Mode: Off
Steam: Off
Temp: 350°F
Heat: Rear, Top
00:30 Timer

6. Add the Chia Seeds

Rack
Remove the lid from the oatmeal and stir in the chia seeds.
Add the Chia Seeds
Sous Vide Mode: Off
Steam: Off
Temp: 350°F
Heat: Rear, Top

7. Thicken the Oats

Rack
Place back in the oven, uncovered, and continue to cook, stirring half way through, until the oatmeal is tender and thickened, 15 to 30 minutes.
Thicken the Oats
Sous Vide Mode: Off
Steam: Off
Temp: 350°F
Heat: Top, Rear
00:15 Timer

8. Serve

Spoon the oatmeal into serving bowls and add the crunchy topping. Serve immediately.
Serve
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