Take your oatmeal outside the bowl and try this unique pan fried oatmeal with fresh fruit and yogurt. You’ll love the crispy buttery crust.
Pan fried oatmeal, guys. I’m pretty excited about this. Push aside that typical bowl-of-mush oatmeal and replace a beautifully presented pan-seared oatmeal.
How to Make It
The scenario starts basically the same as the bowl-of-mush (which, by the way, I also love). Cook steel cut oats and milk (and a couple other pantry staples) until they are thickened. Then pour it into a baking dish and let it cool in the fridge overnight. Once it is firm, you cut it into slices. This is where the magic happens.
Heat a pan with some butter (of course!) and sear a slice of oatmeal until golden brown and crispy. Top with anything you want! I chose yogurt and fresh fruit, but I’m also looking forward to trying this with maple syrup, fruit preserves, or milk.
Great for Meal Prep
It’s also a great way to get a head-start on breakfasts for the week. Pop a pan of this oatmeal in the fridge and then in the morning all you have to do is cut a slice and sear it up, top and serve. The combination of oats and milk (and yogurt if you go that route!) will keep you full all morning long. It’s an easy and delicious way to get your day off to a great start.
More Oatmeal Recipes
- Crockpot Oatmeal (steel cut oats)
- Carrot Cake Slow Cooker Oatmeal
- Baked Oatmeal
- Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats
- Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Steel Cut Oats
Pan Fried Oatmeal with Fresh Fruit and Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups steel-cut oats (or Irish oats)
- 2 cups 2% milk (any type of milk is fine)
- 2 cups water
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- butter, as needed for frying
- Topping suggestions: yogurt, maple syrup, fresh fruit, milk
Instructions
- In a large and deep saucepan, add the oats, milk, water, brown sugar and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce heat and let simmer for about 20 minutes, until thick. Be careful as it gets thick, it tends to spatter.
- Spray an 8 × 8 or 9 × 9-inch pan with nonstick spray. Pour oatmeal in the prepared pan, smooth into an even layer, cover and refrigerate overnight.
- When ready to serve, slice oatmeal into 6 evenly-sized squares. Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat and add a small pat of butter (about a teaspoon). Fry oatmeal squares for about 5 minutes per side or until golden brown and heated through.
- Serve immediately topped with your choice of toppings. I recommend yogurt, maple syrup, honey, fresh fruit, or milk.
Notes
- Nutrition information does not include butter for frying or toppings.
- Oatmeal will keep for 4 days in the refrigerator, or 3 months in the freezer.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I love this! I like oatmeal, and wish I ate it more often, but sometimes I get bored with the texture. This looks like a very cool way around it. I love it.
This is absolutely brilliant! It’s taken me a long time to appreciate oatmeal and I think the texture of this would make me very happy.
This is so creative! I never would have thought to pan sear oatmeal. I can’t wait to try it…sounds fantastic!
Totally loving this Rachel!! Anxious to try it!
I love oatmeal but have never pan-seared it before! Can’t wait to give this a whirl!
This is brilliant! I can’t wait to try it, what a fabulous new way to enjoy oatmeal!
I cant lie. The title made me nervous. I eat oatmeal EVERYDAY….but I was all “pan seared? SAY WHA” But then I read your description about butter and crispyness and i was SOLD. Can’t wait to try this! Pinning!
I love oatmeal, but pan seared? Oh yes! Reminds me of French toast but in oatmeal form (if that makes any sense at all). I’ll be trying this for sure!!
I am loving your twist on oatmeal. We eat oatmeal everyday here and I would have loved to have had this version this morning!
OMG…. I love Oatmeal…But pan seared oatmeal…..THAT IS AMAZING