Name: Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups Water; 1 cup Steel Cut Oats

A fool-proof method with a hands off approach at cooking Steel Cut Oats in the Instant Pot for the week!

Perfect Steel Cut Oats

I had a health scare and was determined to improve my health once and for all. But this time, I was going to put in the work. I decided I wasn’t going to just eat less of what I love, because that plan didn’t work the past 536 times I tried it. It always ended with me going back to eating too much of what I loved.

I didn’t know where to start so I decided to ask a friend of mine, who is a health nut, for help. She practices what she preaches and makes it look easy! I need easy, especially as I journey through giving my entire lifestyle a makeover. I needed her help learning how to sustain the changes I knew I needed to make.

She invited me to her house on a Sunday morning, for what I thought was to look through her recipes. To my surprise, she had recipes laid out on her counter, with the ingredients, and everything I needed ready to go so I could make and try the recipes myself!

Spending that morning with her changed my life forever – I was given the tools I needed. I came away with easy meal ideas, recipes to fall back on when I am short on time, and recipes that are family friendly. She knew what I needed before I did and that morning spent with her will live with me forever. She gave me inspiration, confidence, and courage, and I love her for it!

This Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats recipe is hers and I’ve had it for breakfast every morning since that day. I keep it from getting old by changing up the toppings. I make enough for the week, so my mornings are really easy!

If you need more inspiration for healthy breakfast ideas, check out Easy Healthy Pancakes , Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies , Strawberry Smoothie Bowl , and Easy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Breakfast Squares , too!

What You’ll Need

4 cups Water

1 cup Steel Cut Oats

How to Make Steel Cut Oats in Instant Pot

Place 4 cups water and 1 cup steel cut oats in your Instant Pot.

Close the lid to your Instant pot and turn the Quick Release Valve (knob on top of the lid) to ‘sealing.’

Set your Instant Pot to 5 minutes on normal pressure and press ‘Pressure Cook.’

Just let it sit on your counter until the time is up and the Float Valve (next to the Quick Release Valve) goes down.

Then remove the Instant Pot lid and stir the oats. You’ll have extra water, that’s okay. Just stir every now and then until the oats have absorbed the water.

10 Steel Cut Oats Toppings

I like to scoop a heaping cup of Steel Cut Oats into a bowl, warm them up, then stir in chia seeds and a little almond milk and syrup. I vary the toppings each day. You can use toppings like

Peanut Butter & Banana

Mixed Berries

Blueberries & Pepita’s (Pumpkin Seeds)

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Cocoa Powder & Peanut Butter

Blueberries & Bananas

Apples & Cinnamon

Strawberries & Nutella

Apples, Caramel & Nuts

Dried Fruit & Seeds/Nuts

Are Instant Pot’s Worth It?

Yes, I think so! But here are some things to consider

If you give up easily, the Instant Pot is not for you. If you are willing to practice using it so it can do the work for you then I think it will be a good investment!

Make sure to have storage space available for it in or near the kitchen, or you’ll never use it.

The Instant Pot requires time to get ready, just like pre-heating the oven. You can’t just push 5 minutes and feel like you got ripped off if your oats aren’t literally done in 5 minutes. It absolutely speeds things up, and takes a lot of the work out of some things for you, but it’s not instant (contrary to it’s name)!

It takes a small window of time one day a week for me to prepare my Steel Cut Oats for the entire week. And I can walk away from the Instant Pot, I don’t have to stand over it like a stove. That’s why I love it!