If you’ve got an Aroma rice cooker, you don’t have to reserve it just for cooking up a grain of either brown or white rice (breakfast is also fair game). Since you don’t need to stir it constantly or use a stove, it’s actualy perfect for breakfast items.
First off, measure out whatever dry ingredients you’d like to make, say one cup of whole rolled oats; and simply dump them right into the inner pot. If you’re feeding more than yourself, double or even triple that volume; they’ll settles down softly at the bottom.
Customize And Enjoy Your Oatmeal
Next up, you’ll need to add some liquid, here’s where the ratio is simple: For each cup of oatmeal, use two cups of liquid. If you’d like to make a creamier oatmeal (and who doesn’t?), go ahead and use milk in this attempt. Otherwise, water will do just fine.
Your mixture might look a bit dry. Trust me, things change fast once you add heat. Be sure to use the correct measurement of two cups to balance out your one cup of oats.
Once in there, you’ll hit the designated button for “Oatmeal,” close the lid, pop the pot back into the cooker body, and go. From then on out, it’s hands-off; the clock kicks into motion right away (with a roughly fifty-minute cooking time), and the machine does all the work for you.
It sounds like a lot to wait for just oatmeal, but remember: Low-and-slow is almost always better when it comes to texture, so you can putter around the house as your appliance controls the temperature for you.
The timer turns off when it’s done, but don’t go serving it up just yet. The grains will continue to soak up any excess moisture while sitting on the “Keep Warm” function for a few more minutes; about 10, 20, to reach their perfect texture.
Skipping this step will leave you with something that could end up watery and not-so-nice looking, so be patient.
When it’s time to eat (after letting it rest), you pop off the lid: The oatmeal has transformed from a liquidy mess into something substantial… Thick, creamy, non-runny, and very dense, too. With one swift stroke of your spatula, you mix it around to ensure even heating throughout. It holds its form easily when scooped out of the pot, yet it stays consistently smooth all over.
It’s now ready to be customized to suit your tastes. Cinnamon will bind everything together. Add nuts for some crunch, honey for sweetness, and fresh fruit for natural sugar.
A breakfast appliance totally changes your morning routine. Now all you have to do is set your food to cook and forget. There’s no need to rush or fear that you’ll burn your oatmeal if you step away for too long.
With very little hands-on interaction (other than adding liquid), the Aroma does all the work from beginning to end, creating something remarkably similar to what you’d get on the stove top: just as hearty, filling, and comforting. It’s fast, it’s easy, and most importantly, it’s really tasty, which means you can make it your permanent week-day morning staple.
