Breakfast · 15 min · british

Honey Porridge

Weeknight-friendly British cooking: Honey Porridge comes together in 15 minutes with rolled oats, milk, and not much else.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 cup Rolled oats
• 2 cups Milk
• 1 cup Water
• 3 tbsp Honey
• 1 Pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp Butter

Steps

1. Combine the oats, milk, water, and salt in a saucepan. The salt is essential — unsalted porridge tastes flat no matter how much honey you add.
2. Bring to a gentle simmer, stirring, then cook 5 to 7 minutes until thick and creamy. Scottish tradition says stir clockwise with a spurtle; a spoon works, but the spurtle is more fun to say.
3. Rest 2 minutes off the heat. Porridge thickens as it stands, so take it off slightly looser than you want.
4. Serve in warm bowls with a knob of butter melting in the center and honey drizzled over.
5. Eat slowly. This is the breakfast that fueled empires, or at least a lot of cold Scottish mornings.

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