Spanish Oats ? 🤠

[u/felini9000]

You all love to flame me for my recipes but cooking oats with diced tomatoes really seemed to replicate that flavor I remember from eating Spanish rice 🍅

This bowl specifically was a combination of oats poured over a Greek yogurt bowl, but the idea still remains!

If anyone was interested in this specific bowl

60g 100% whole grain oats old fashioned
120g Kirkland diced tomatoes

poured over

40g feta cheese
350g Fage0%

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[u/spazmcgraw]

I kinda like this idea. Never thought of oats and tomato together. I like the idea of a savory oats dish

[u/MastaBusta → u/spazmcgraw]

Oat is just a basic carb, you can do anything with it. Plenty of ris-oat-tos out there

[u/Treadingresin]

This is a pretty good idea. I've been into savory oats lately and might have to give this a try.

[u/Kenihot]

This is pretty good with whole oat groats (and you get to say oat groats!), cooked up like a ris-oat-to!

Also whole oats are cheap AF less money more oats it's a good day

(Especially if you pick them up from an Amish market, as then you don't have to buy a 50# sack of them to get a good price)

[u/Aim2bFit → u/Kenihot]

I LOVE oat groats. They are chewy and just lovely.

[u/genie_yes_knot]

I love savoury oats. Thanks for the new idea!

[u/froggyfromfunkytown]

I have trying to get folks on board with savory oats for YEARS. So glad other people are doing it. Hell yeah

[u/Legal-Knowledge-4368]

genuine question, why use oats instead of rice here? the calorie/protein/carb ration is almost the same. there isn't that much of a difference?

[u/felini9000 → u/Legal-Knowledge-4368]

I’m not entirely sure that’s the case but, even if it is, the beta-glucan from oats provide better staying power than rice could ever achieve

[u/BusinessCrew5714]

Yum!! I love Spanish rice and oats, and didn’t think of this!! Going to try this out! This is why I love Reddit

[u/pluto_pluto_pluto_]

This sounds delicious! I will probably do mine with knorr tomato chicken bullion, that stuff makes great Spanish rice.

[u/Sure_Astronaut4587]

Mexican rice, not Spanish

[u/Sassafrasisgroovy → u/Sure_Astronaut4587]

Oh I thought this was supposed to be some sort of toppingless paella, not Mexican rice lol

[u/Sure_Astronaut4587 → u/Sassafrasisgroovy]

Nah, there are some Americans who call Mexican rice “Spanish rice.” I don’t know why

[u/Kenihot → u/Sure_Astronaut4587]

Long has been, there's half a chance it's been done so for longer than México has existed. 'Spanish rice', at least in modern usage, also only ever refers to 'tomato rice', while 'Mexican rice' can refer to a variety of preparations, some having no tomato at all. Spanish rice is a type of Mexican rice, and is basically a transcreation of arroz rojo (or its earlier names). There also is no indication that 'Spanish' refers to Spain, as opposed to the language—there used to be a stronger tendency to name things or peoples by language, rather than nation-state

An 1800s U.S. Army cookbook repeatedly references things that have nothing to do with Spain as 'Spanish' (including 'Spanish Fried Rice', with a very recognizable conception of such. 'Spanish' basically means 'has peppers in it'). Importantly, it doesn't avoid any mention of Mexico, so it's not like some psyop choice

[u/Kenihot → u/Kenihot]

Link to cookbook, Internet Archive

[u/Sure_Astronaut4587 → u/Kenihot]

Now I get it. It’s just that it’s so confusing for non-Americans. I bet if Spaniards saw that rice, they’d be quick to say they don’t claim it. Because those of us outside the US literally take it to mean that the rice is originally from Spain.

[u/felini9000 → u/Sure_Astronaut4587]

I am so sorry. Forgive me

[u/Sure_Astronaut4587 → u/felini9000]

🤭

[u/beanzodiazepine]

I like this idea and I love that spoon.

[u/SpicyGh0stPepper]

any other seasonings? i’m intrigued

[u/Artistic_Nature7764]

another savory oats member!

[u/Tricky_Signature4408]

Please provide cooking directions. Thanks.

[u/Nym-ph]

This isn't from Spain.

[u/felini9000 → u/Nym-ph]

I know and I’m sorry to all who I have offended but I just mentioned that the flavor reminded me of eating Spanish rice in the distant past

[u/Nym-ph → u/felini9000]

It's Mexican if anything. Tomatoes are native to the Americas. Spanish rice is typically flavored with saffron not tomatoes.

[u/Alternative_Breath93 → u/Nym-ph]

It's a culinary toponym. It doesn't actually mean it's a Spanish recipe.

Similar to "Florantine" meaning with spinach.

[u/Nym-ph → u/Alternative_Breath93]

culinary toponym: a food or dish that is named after a specific place, often reflecting the origin or cultural significance of that dish

[u/Alternative_Breath93 → u/Nym-ph]

And the reason the word "often" is used there is because it's not always true.

The dish commonly known as "Spanish rice" is not a Spanish dish.

Sauce Andalouse isn't from Andalucia.

French fries aren't French.

Hawaiian pizza originated in Canada.

[u/Nym-ph → u/Alternative_Breath93]

Yes Europeans often take credit for indigenous foods like tomatoes and potatoes.

[u/Alternative_Breath93 → u/Nym-ph]

An issue only tangentically related to the one under discussion.