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Another recipe from Healthy Slow Cooking. My new books, The Great Vegan Bean Book and Vegan Slow Cooking for Two or Just You, are available for pre-order now.
The more I cook with oats the more I find they have an endless amount of uses. Savory oats are my latest obsession. These steel cut oats retain an al dente quality to them just like arborio rice does in a risotto.
Mushroom Sun-dried Tomato Oat Risotto
serves 4
1 to 2 tablespoons water or veggie broth
½ small onion, minced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 cup minced mushrooms
¼ cup minced green bell pepper
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried marjoram
⅛ teaspoon ground rosemary or 1/4 teaspoon regular rosemary
1 cup Roland© Steel-cut Oats
2 tablespoons minced sun-dried tomatoes
4 to 5 cups water (as needed – see instructions)
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
salt and pepper, to taste
Water saute the onions over medium heat, cook until translucent then add the garlic, mushrooms, bell pepper and herbs. Saute for 5 to 20 minutes, until the mushrooms have browned and released their juices.
Add in the oats and stir to prevent them from burning. Cook until lightly toasted, about 3 minutes.
Add the sun dried tomatoes and 1 cup of water. Simmer over medium heat stirring often to keep the mixture from burning on the bottom.
Once the first cup of water has been absorbed by the oats add a second cup of water and keep stirring. Add the third cup of water once the second is absorbed and keep stirring (isn’t risotto fun?).
Once the third cup is absorbed add one more cup water (the forth) and after it’s absorbed try a piece of the oats to see if it’s cooked through. You want it to be al dente so tender but a little chewy.
If it’s not tender yet add an additional cup of water to insure the oats are cooked through. They should still have a chewy texture and not be mushy.
Right before serving add the nutritional yeast, salt and pepper.
Don’t forget you can use the same technique to make a clean out the fridge oat risotto!
January 8th, 2017 at 9:44 pm
I made this tonight and wow! It was awesome and surprising. It actually tastes creamy due to the steel cut oats. I would not have believed this if I hadn’t tried it myself. I substantially increased the vegetables including one red, one yellow and one orange pepper, and bunch of fresh kale and a can of artichoke hearts. I also quadrupled the mushrooms. This led me to increase the steel cut oats by 1/2 cups. The result was out of this world. I’ll definitely be making this again in spite of all the stirring. Thank you so much for the recipe!