Savory Kimchi and Spam Oatmeal – Cheap & Delicious

Let’s face it, when it comes to oats, most people only think of sweet recipes. But why limit ourselves to just that when they can make am absolute delicious savory oatmeal?

This is inspired by kimchi fried rice but a lot easier to make as well as faster. The cost is great too at $1.77 per portion. It’s extremely cheap but chock-full of flavor. Cooked kimchi is something else, it releases so much flavor as you cook the oats. Couple it with the crispy fried spam bits, the optional fried egg and you’ve reached flavor central.

Savory Kimchi Oatmeal

A delicious and budget-friendly savory kimchi infused oatmeal

Servings 2

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 100g (1.1 cups) rolled oats
• 400ml (1.7 cups) water
• 1 tsp neutral cooking oil I use peanut
• 1 sprig scallion
• 1 tsp gochujang
• 100g (½ cup) kimchi
• 80g (½ can) Spam or similar
• 2 medium eggs optional, to add on top

Instructions

• Start by chopping the scallion, we'll use most of the green part for plating so cut it at an angle to make it look nicer.

  Separate the kimchi from it's juice and chop it down, but keep the kimchi juice. Then cut the spam into small pieces.
• Move on to the stove, add the spam pieces in the pan plus a bit of oil to help with the heat transfer

  Cook it down down until it turns crispy(~4minutes), then take it out but leave the oil in the pan.
• Add the kimchi and scallions and deglaze the pan. Keep scraping with a spoon or silicone spatula until the pan is deglazed.
• Add the oats in the pot, mix them in and toast for 1 minute or until it starts to smell a bit nutty.

  Then add half of the water and stir it in. The oats need to cook for a total of 10 minutes, in this time you'll stir from time to time as the water cooks down and gets absorbed by the oats.

  5 minutes in, or when you see it getting dryer, add the remaining water and keep cooking and stirring until it's almost done. At this point add the kimchi juice. Stir to combine and taste for seasoning, I usually add just two pinches of salt.
• Plate it in a shallow bowl and top with the crispy spam bits, green parts of the scallions and an optional sprinkle of sesame seeds. Enjoy!

Calories: 396kcal

Cost: $1.77

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Korean

Keyword: kimchi, oatmeal, oats

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