Food Friday: Steel Cut Oats in Mason Jars in Instant Pot

Yesterday morning I wanted some steel cut oats for breakfast.  I wondered if I could cook them in individual servings in the Instant Pot.  Someone on the net must have had the same idea.  I did find the idea had already been done.  Sorry to say, even though it was only yesterday, I have lost the site. I will try to find it before pressing "Publish" on this post. Probably this one.

What I did:

Went to our storage closet on the balcony...yes, that is where it is...and got out the box of one-cup mason wide mouth mason jars.  One-cup because I don't want more than that much food at a time.

Added:
2 Tablespoons steel cut oats
1 Tablespoon raisins, Craisins, and sunflower seeds
1 teaspoon chia seeds
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Tiny pinch coarse Kosher salt

Put on the lid and shook well.

Filled the jar with water up to the threads on the jar top.

Put on the lid and shook very well.

Loosened the lids to just barely closed.

Set jars on the trivet in the Instant Pot stainless steel insert.  Added 3 cups of water.  Set on HIGH pressure for 20 minutes.

The timer dinged just before we had to leave for the office so I left it to cool down naturally. (Right, no breakfast for me, thought Dear One found his Cheerios!)  When we got home I put the jars in the refrigerator.  This morning we had steel cut oats for breakfast right out of the refrigerator.


 Well, Dear One had his. I was eating my broccoli first and did not have room nor time for the oats. I have them in the office and will eat them for a snack at 10:00 or 11:00.  Never mind that last!

 I just opened the jar, stirred it, and had a couple bites.  It is pretty good!  And it was sealed!!!

Changes for next time:

Use pint jar instead of half pint jar. 

As you can see, there is no water left in the jar, though the oats are perfectly cooked and not dry.

Add more water.  Maybe add more raisins.  Since I don't like sweet cereals, in fact, I think they are an abomination created by food companies to get our little children addicted to sugar which wrecks their health forever (small rant there...),  so I might not add any more dried fruit.  These are perfectly sweet enough.  The person whose website I saw added lots of maple syrup.  Not necessary