How to cook porridge in the microwave without making a big mess?

[hexsnidgett]

This is beyond me, I have tried different things, but always end up up with oats everywhere.

A big bowl and very short blasts of heat and stirring in between.
It also helps to mix everything up the night before to soften the oats, then you're just warming it through.

I mix it up in a 500ml Pyrex jug so the splatter just covers the jug and doesn’t coat the inside of the microwave forever more.

I use small Pyrex bowls and make up my oats the night before and then it’s just a case of microwaving for 1 minute, then stir add milk if needed and then microwave again for another minute.

Exactly this. I heat in bursts of a minute and stir in between, though if it’s been soaking overnight, it only needs a minute in total.

I use Flahavans Irish quick oats

It comes with a red scoop

Per serving is 2 scoops oats 4 scoops water or milk I use water only

It microwaves really well even in just a normal bowl that's sort of half a honeydew melon size like mine

But yes use a Pyrex measuring jug if you have one

Oh and microwave for 2 minutes

I always put a plate over the top of the bowl, no splatters then!

I tried soaking overnight, but the result was very stodgy.
Maybe I need finer oats?

Bigger bowl is the only thing that helped here.

I prep it the night before if I'm microwaving it - the oats soak up loads of the liquid which seems to stop the splatter, although I do also tend to pop a lid on just in case, but it always seems to come out fine. Add a little bit more liquid if it's a bit too dry after reheating.

The Quaker oat sachets where you tip the oats in a bowl, pour milk into the sachet, pour it into the bowl and put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.

MAke it with water not milk

Deeper bowl and keep stopping and stirring.

Stopping and stirring is what I did this morning, it still overflowed and took about 15 minutes. It would have been easier in a pan.
I find it hard to fancy cold cereal at 6.30 in the morning, but porridge may have to be reserved to weekends.

If it's overflowing bowl isn't big enough for the quantity you're putting in. But how on earth did it take 15 mins with a microwave, I'd have it made quicker in a saucepan! One of the few times when I'd suggest maybe a slowcooker overnight might work for you

For how many people??? How big is the bowl?

Big bowl, stirring, bring it just about to the boil then use the simmer or defrost setting so the oats cook through. The smaller oats do cook better than jumbo oats.

15 minutes!! Were you making enough for the 3 bears?! If the porridge is stodgy then add more liquid. You could try ready brek if you prefer it smooth.

Agree big glass bowl, I find it best to use less liquid than needed and adding hot/cold water or milk to the resultant stodge at the end works (as I think its the excess liquid making it boil over).

For one - half a glass of oats, glass of milk. Normal sized bowl. Microwave for 2 mins or so and let sit for a while to cool a bit so it's an edible temperature plus the oats continue to cook and thicken.

You could also make porridge in a pan, a large batch and heat up a bowlful in the microwave.

I never actually cook it in the microwave as it doesn't cook properly, unless you soak the oats the night before.

Same, it's not a small bowl I use but it's just a one person bowl not a big glass just or anything.

Oddly though, DH does the same and it goes everywhere.

It makes a massive as to what oats you use if you're microwaving

*difference

Yep, this is what I do. No mess .