porridge in the slow cooker

bizzylizzy

I can understand porridge in the slow cooker, getting up to ready cooked breakfast, just dish up, eat, put pot to soak and go to work! Sadly I tried it and it was a disaster. I used 1 cup oats, 2 cups milk/water as I do in saucepan but it was NOT nice.
It may have been on for too long I suppose, anyone else been successful? How long do you leave it?

squeaky

It's a long thread but I seem to remember some slow cooker advice somewhere in here:-

The glory of porridge (merged)

bizzylizzy

squeaky wrote:

It's a long thread but I seem to remember some slow cooker advice somewhere in here:-

The glory of porridge (merged)

Thank you, I have just looked through that thread (10 pages!!) but there was only one question about SCs and one SC disaster! But I did see some people soak the oats overnight which could speed things up a bit in the mornings as well as making it nicer.
I think porridge and SCs are not to be!

nick_b

Like other people here, I also use the microwave (3 mins full power), but prepare it all the night before so it's all ready to go when I finally emerge in the morning. Now it's so cold in my kitchen I don't have to keep it in the fridge, as I had to in the summer. (Once I forgot to do this this and it tasted a little, er, funny )

johnjp

I stick with the cooker. I use 3/4 cup jumbo oats to 1 cup boiling water, don`t add salt yet (it slows down cooking). I cook on a VERY low heat for about 20 mins, then add a pinch of sea salt. I`d guess that the power used is very little compared to micro wave and slow cooker.

elliebean_2

Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate what people have said about a slow cooker being a bit of a 'sledge hammer to crack a nut'. I do usually use the microwave, but because I'm in such a rush in the mornings, I can't always keep a constant eye on it and it sometimes boils over and makes a horrible mess in the microwave. Also, my daughter (who loves porridge) leaves quite early, so I thought if I could set the SC up on a timer to come on a couple of hours before we got up, it would be ready to serve up.

Never mind... looks like I'll just have to get up 10 minutes earlier in the winter to allow time to watch it in the microwave

researcher

I had the same problem with it boiling over, solved by using a larger bowl and tuning down the power slightly. + I give it a couple of minutes more (this is for two people) - result = perfect porridge with out having to watch it.

Brassic

I don't have a microwave so I cook it <shock horror> on the hob! Takes a smidgen over 5 minutes and is delicious. Why don't you do that?

Gryfon

I do mine in a microwave, just make sure you do it in either a big dish, or a pudding dish with tall sides Then no worry about boiling over!

Personally I like the stuff you get in packets as no measuring needed...usually get in bulk when they have an offer on!

mikeywills

Gryfon wrote:

I do mine in a microwave, just make sure you do it in either a big dish, or a pudding dish with tall sides Then no worry about boiling over!

Personally I like the stuff you get in packets as no measuring needed...usually get in bulk when they have an offer on!

I don't get you all porridge comes in packets, a cup is a very simple measuring tool you scoop out the packet!!!!

Am I being dull?