As a kid, breakfast was sweet. Literally. Like you might as well just eat a spoonful of sugar sweet. And I went on living my life blindly believing in this false axiom. That breakfast – whether a sugary cereal or carbs coated in sticky syrup – was typically sweet, only occasionally savory. That is until I saw a better way.
You see, as you grow older – and your mornings are increasingly spent nursing a hangover – you start to crave savory meals. Salty fatty foods to bring you back to life the morning after. Eggs, bacon, sausages, American fries, and… oatmeal?
It’s weird right? I’m a newly converted believer that oatmeal is better savory than sweet. You can keep your sweet, cinnamony, mapley mess. I’ll take mine with chorizo and eggs please.
It’s a hard sell at first. But just try it. It’s a cheap and quick breakfast with an endless amount of customization. You can throw in some bacon or classic breakfast sausage. Try it with different hot sauces and chicken. Hell even a little salt, black pepper and olive oil is delicious. Savory oatmeal is a beautiful new lease on life.
So let’s get down to it.
Time:
- 10 minutes prep, 15-20 to cook.
What you’ll need:
- 1 egg
- Salt
- Pepper
- Olive Oil
- 2 cups of non-instant oats
- 1 Chorizo sausage (or protein of choice)
- 1/3 cup of chopped onion*
- 1/3 cup of chopped celery*
- 1/3 cup of chopped carrot*
- 1/2 cup of cheese of shredded gouda (or cheese of choice)
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- Hot sauce of choice*
*optional
What you need to do:
- Over medium heat, fill a pot with about 4 cups of water. Add a pinch of salt, bouillon cube, a pinch of pepper, and any chopped veggies.
- Bring to a boil. While waiting, cut up sausage into little pieces.
- Once boiling, add oats and sausage.
- Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Salt this shit generously, because oats – like life without beer – can be bland and boring.
- Whisk in the egg. Keep stirring.
- Cook for another 5 minutes.
- Turn off heat and add cheese and drizzle a teaspoon of olive oil. Add any hot sauce and enjoy.
