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Chai-Spiced Steel Cut Oatmeal

January 22, 2015 Updated: August 23, 2019 By Julie Menghini 32 Comments

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Chai-Spiced Steel Cut Oatmeal makes a warm and filling breakfast that is a healthy and flavorful way to start your day.

Top-down photo of a white bowl filled with Chai-Spiced Steel Cut Oatmeal. Cinnamon sticks, a spoon, and a chai tea bag sit next to the bowl.If you follow my blog very closely, you may think that this entire blog is on oatmeal. Maybe you are just thinking that I seriously need an intervention. Bear with me, I have one more for you…Chai-Spiced Steel Cut Oatmeal.

I do love the stuff, but another reason that I am such a fan of oatmeal is because it is probably the single best way for me to watch my weight. How can a food that fills you up still allow you to lose or maintain weight? In my case, it fills me up and keeps me satisfied. If I start my day with a serving size of cold cereal, in many cases that is 2/3 to 3/4 of a cup, I am hungry within 2 hours and looking for a snack. Who wouldn’t be? Also, there isn’t any added sugar hiding in oatmeal. Not hidden meaning you control the way you eat it.

Top-down photo of a white bowl filled with Chai-Spiced Steel Cut Oatmeal. Cinnamon sticks and a chai tea bag sit next to the bowl.
I’ve recently seen recipes that are flavored with tea bags. What an amazing idea! Flavor without calories. One of my favorite tea is Chai. Especially during the colder months. The spices are warm and just like a big ole hug in my book. Oatmeal is kind of like that for me too. The combination of the two is a pretty big hug! I recently came across a similar recipe in the “Cuisine at home” magazine. This recipe uses banana. I like a fresh banana or banana bread, but don’t put it in my oatmeal or my smoothie. People say your can’t taste it. Phooey, I can too. I used unsweetened applesauce instead and adjusted the spices a little more to my liking.

One more benefit of this recipe is that it is cooked in the crockpot. Can you imagine waking up in the morning to the smell of warm spices? It makes you want to put on those bunny slippers and head for the breakfast table! I stored the remaining oatmeal in the pyrex measuring cup used in the recipe, and just covered it with plastic wrap. Each morning I just spoon a serving into a bowl, added a bit of almond milk, and warmed it in the microwave.

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Chai-Spiced Steel Cut Oatmeal

Chai-Spiced Steel Cut Oatmeal makes a warm and filling breakfast that is a healthy and flavorful way to start your day.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 7 hrs
Total Time 7 hrs 10 mins
Servings 6
Author Hostess At Heart

Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup half-and-half
  • 1 cup steel-cut oats
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon each ground cardamom and cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon each ground cloves and ginger
  • 1 bag Grey tea
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract

Instructions

  • Combine all of the ingredients except the vanilla into a 4 cup pyrex measuring cup.
  • Press tea bag into liquid.
  • Place measuring cup inside a 6 to 8-quart slow cooker. Add water to the slow cooker to come halfway up the side of the measuring cup.
  • Cover slow cooker and cook oats on low setting, 7 to 8 hours.
  • Discard tea bag and stir in vanilla.
  • Refrigerate unused servings in a covered container.

Nutrition

Serving: 6g | Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 410mg | Potassium: 82mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 143IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 1mg
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
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Comments

  1. Salty Sweet Life says

    January 28, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Lol! Julie when I opened up this post in my email, the first thought that came to me was, “wow, Julie really does like oatmeal”! This combination of ingredients sounds really delicious–cozy and warming. I have not yet joined the oats-in-a-crockpot team, but this technique is intriguing. Sounds like you cook it in a water bath! This is totally unexpected and I’m glad I read that through because I would have put it right into the slow cooker and cooked it to a crisp!

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 29, 2015 at 10:28 am

      Glad to see you survived the wedding! Congratulations! This recipe comes out very dense, but I mixed a bit of almond milk with it and was good to go. I don’t use my crock pot much but it came in handy for this recipe.

      Reply
  2. afracooking says

    January 26, 2015 at 8:31 am

    There is something so soothing about the gentle sweetness of oats. This bowl must be such a heatwarming treat – lovely!

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 26, 2015 at 8:50 am

      Is is so nicely sweetened and delicious. Thank you for stopping by!

      Reply
  3. Jewels says

    January 23, 2015 at 12:02 pm

    Omygosh this sounds AMAZING Julie! Definitely going to try this one! 😀

    Reply
  4. Elaine @ foodbod says

    January 23, 2015 at 2:10 am

    Lovely lovely lovely!!! And a whole blog about oats sounds good to me!!!

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 23, 2015 at 9:46 am

      Thanks Elaine! I wouldn’t mind reading it. 🙂

      Reply
  5. pattisj says

    January 23, 2015 at 12:38 am

    Mmmm, I can almost smell that! An intervention–you are hilarious.

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 23, 2015 at 9:46 am

      Thank you Patti!

      Reply
  6. Traditionally Modern Food says

    January 22, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    Steel cut oats, I dont know that.. I should try it

    Reply
  7. Chitra Jagadish says

    January 22, 2015 at 6:39 pm

    Anything oatmeal am in- and here I love addition of chia seeds… looks delicious Julie… 🙂

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 8:23 pm

      Thank you Chitra!

      Reply
  8. Nancy says

    January 22, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    Delicious and hearty breakfast for a cold winter day. Looks great, Julie!

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 2:29 pm

      Thanks Nancy! I think it’s one of my new favorites!

      Reply
  9. skd says

    January 22, 2015 at 12:45 pm

    What an eclectic mix of spices and flavors Julie. I have oats every single day for breakfast combining it with muesli, fruits or cereal. This is a nice variation which I would love to try

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 2:39 pm

      The idea intrigued me too. It came out even better than I thought it might.

      Reply
  10. teatimechic says

    January 22, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    Love the teabag idea! Does it add a lot to the taste? Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 12:36 pm

      Believe it or not it does! I think I will be experimenting with this technique a bit more. thank you for visiting!

      Reply
  11. MealsWithMel says

    January 22, 2015 at 9:20 am

    Wow!!! I mean WOW that looks good!! Great recipe 🙂

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 10:04 am

      Thank you so much Mel! I was very surprised how much flavor you get from that one teabag.

      Reply
  12. Celebrating Sunshine says

    January 22, 2015 at 9:05 am

    I actually started eating oatmeal for breakfast using you recipes, Julie! And why not? It is healthy and there are so many ways I can prepare it that it seems that I eat something different every time. So thank you very much and keep these recipes coming! 🙂

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 10:05 am

      Thank you Ana! What a great tribute! I love the stuff and it’s so good for you. I have to say that this recipe is easy and delicious! I’m glad I haven’t oatmealed you out!

      Reply
      • Celebrating Sunshine says

        January 22, 2015 at 1:52 pm

        Haha, you actually oatmealed me just the right amount! 🙂

        Reply
  13. simplyvegetarian777 says

    January 22, 2015 at 6:50 am

    This is excellent take on oats Julie

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 10:06 am

      Thank you Sonal!

      Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 10:08 am

      You must be working on your website? I couldn’t get in.

      Reply
      • simplyvegetarian777 says

        January 22, 2015 at 10:51 am

        Probably! Let me know if that continues

        Reply
        • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

          January 22, 2015 at 10:52 am

          Still can’t get in. I’ll try again in a little while.

          Reply
  14. Aaron says

    January 22, 2015 at 5:48 am

    I eat oatmeal almost every day, but never tried this version!

    Reply
    • Julie is HostessAtHeart says

      January 22, 2015 at 10:09 am

      It was new to me too Aaron and I eat it about every day too. I must say that this is a new favorite. Thank you so much for visiting!

      Reply
      • Aaron says

        January 22, 2015 at 10:16 am

        Cool, I’ll try your recipe one day! 🙂

        Reply

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