Bob’s Red Mill Oats Whole Groats, 29-Ounce (Pack of 4)
- Pack of four, 29-ounce (total of 116-ounce)
- All natural
- Kosher certified
- Trans fat free
- Cholesterol free
Whole Oat Groats were cooked as hot breakfast cereal hundreds of years ago and are still enjoyed today. Groat is an old Scottish word that describes an oat kernel with the hull removed. Use your home mill to grind groats into fresh oat flour.
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I love this better than steel cut oats due to the full-body texture,
Oat groats are the harvested oats in its pre-processed form before they have been steel cut. To me each oat looks like the size of a fat grain of rice. However, they have a nuttier flavor because they are the full kernel and are as good for you nutritionally as steel-cut (if not slightly better) and also lower on the glycemic index since they are unprocessed.
These oats are my new love and once I finish the several pounds of steel-cut still in my possession, I will buy groats instead. The only drawback to groats is that they take longer to cook. I always steam one serving of Oatmeal in my Oster 5711 Mechanical Food Steamer, White. For the steel-cut oats, I use ¼ cup of oats to ¼ cup of water and steam for 17 minutes. For the groats, I use the same measurements but have to steam them for 22 minutes (5 minutes longer). Since I can set it and forget it in my electric steamer every morning while I’m getting ready for work, the extra 5 minutes do not matter to me. If I were cooking them on the stove in water that would be different because then I would have to attend to them and the cooking time would probably be around 30 minutes. (NOTE – When using this type steamer I remove the drip tray or the oats will take longer to cook. The drip tray is not needed when I am using the rice bowl or another bowl inside the steamer bowl.)
In summary, groats are lower on the glycemic index and have a more robust / nuttier / meaty texture due to the larger size pieces. The only negative is the cooking time. This is definitely my new morning oatmeal and I doubt I’ll purchase steel-cut oats again. It’s also delicious with ground flax seed, fresh fruit, and skim milk. I gave a bag of these oat groats to the same friend who turned me on to McCann’s steel cut oats. He has now become a convert as well and loves the full-body texture.
Don’t get me wrong, McCann’s, Quaker, and Bob’s Red Mill steel-cut oats are delicious and nutty and are five-star products (except for Country Choice) as well; it’s just that these groats take the taste and texture further along the taste stratosphere making it a five-star-plus product to me.
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These oats are amazing. The taste is full and the texture is not mushy like rolled oats. I could eat these day and night. I have found that cooking them in my “rice cooker” also an Amazon purchase…works great. It has a built in timer. I put these oats in at night, with water. And in the morning the rice cooker kicks in around 6:15 and by 7am my oats are perfect.
I dont even eat these oats with sugar anymore, a few blueberries or banana on top….delicious. The taste is awesome!
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