
How to make Jamaican Oats Porridge
Jamaican Oats Porridge is a perfect breakfast option to start your mornings it is quick and easy to make. Plus, it has the two H’s we all should look for when choosing breakfast hearty and healthy. Oats porridge is very filling and will keep you full until lunch or even longer. It’s jam-packed with nutrients, creamy, and super delicious, with just a few ingredients like; oats, condensed milk, vanilla, almond milk, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Oats Porridge is a staple in every Caribbean household.
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Which oats are best for porridge?
Out of all the forms of oat cereal steel cut oats are the least processed when cooked has a more nuttier flavor with a nice quality texture.
Can you use any oats for porridge?
The length of time your porridge will take to cook depends on which oats you are using. Oats Porridge is a quick and healthy porridge made with oats, water, or milk. Whether it’s quick-cooking oats or rolled oats both can be used to make Jamaican Oats Porridge. Tweak it by adding your preferred sweetener and spices, you can even top it off with nuts and fruits.
What makes oats porridge or porridge oats?
Porridge is a hot cereal made by boiling grains or legumes in milk, and or water. This gives the porridge a thick, sticky consistency.

Types Of Oats You Can Use for Porridge
Instant oats: These are pre-cooked and pre-dried for immediate use. These oats are microwave friendly and are ready in just 1 minute or so.
Quick oats: Cut, steamed, and rolled thinner to give you a silky smooth texture these oats take about 5 minutes to cook.
Old fashion oats: This course textured oat is whole grain, toasted, steamed, flatted, and flaked this takes about 10-15 minutes to cook.
Steel cut oats: Chewy and nutty in texture this oat is whole grain hulls that have been cut once or twice with steel blades. They take at least 20 minutes to cook.

Ingredients for Jamaican Oats Porridge
- Oats: Use your preferred choice of oat.
- Milk and or Water: We used almond milk and water but a coconut is a great option, Or simply use plain water.
- Spices: cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and vanilla these are used for the flavoring of the porridge these are essential.
- Condensed milk: This is to sweeten the porridge but feel free to use a sweetener of choice. (Vegan condensed milk)
- Salt: a pinch of salt to taste
How to make Jamaican Oats Porridge
- In a pot, add water, almond milk, and salt and bring to a boil on medium heat.
- Add the vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg.
- Add in the oats and whisk until the oats start getting thick.
- As the oats get thick, turn the heat on low and continue whisking.
- Sweeten to taste with condensed milk or your preferred sweetener.

Oats Porridge FAQs
Are porridge oats healthier than rolled oats?
All forms of oats are 100% whole grain, a good source of fiber, and have the same nutritional information same calories, fiber, and protein per serving. The only major difference between them is the cooking time.
Is porridge anti-inflammatory?
Studies have reported that oats have no anti-inflammatory effects
Do I need to soak oats for porridge?
Soaking your oats overnight makes them easier to digest. Also, this will help speed up the cooking especially if you’re using steel cut or old fashion oats.
Are grits and porridge the same thing?
Girts can be considered a type of porridge, but made from corn it’s more similar to Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge than oats porridge.
Are porridge oats better cooked or raw?
Cooking your oats will help to release some nutrients that your body can’t extract from eating just raw oats.
How to make the best porridge oats?
Pour milk and or water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Add vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, and a sweetener of choice and sprinkle in a pinch of salt to boil. Place in the Oats and bring to a boil and simmer for 4-5 minutes, whisking from time to time and watching carefully so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
What can I put in porridge instead of sugar?
Instead of sugar, you can use condensed milk or the vegan option of coconut condensed milk, banana, plums, strawberries, blueberries, and other sweetener options like honey, etc.

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How to Make Jamaican Oats Porridge
Ingredients
- 3 cups Old Fashion Oats use preferred oats
- 2 cup Milk
- 1 cup Water
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Allspice
- 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
- 1 tbsp Vanilla
- 1 can Condensed milk to taste
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- * In a pot, add water, almond milk, and salt and bring to a boil on medium heat for 5 mins.
- * Add the vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg.
- * Add in the oats and whisk until the oats start getting thick boil for about 10.
- * As the oats get thick, turn the heat on low and continue to whisk for 5 more minutes.
- * Sweeten to taste with condensed milk or your preferred sweetener.
Comments (2)
Shelly
June 5, 2023 at 3:46 am
Cane out perfect thank you!!
JERK TAVERN
June 18, 2023 at 5:54 pm
you are welcome shelly!
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