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12 Savory Oatmeal & Porridge Recipes for a Filling Breakfast

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Savory Oatmeal with Cheddar, Collards & Eggs

These savory oatmeal recipes put a new spin on the classic sweet oatmeal preparation. Combine the warm, creamy taste and texture you love from oatmeal with your favorite savory breakfast ingredients, like fried eggs, bacon and scallions. Recipes like our Savory Oatmeal with Cheddar, Collards & Eggs and our Sriracha, Egg & Avocado Overnight Oats are healthy, filling and so flavorful.

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Savory Oatmeal with Cheddar, Collards & Eggs

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Have you tried savory oats yet? It's a nice change-up from the sweet way oatmeal is typically served, plus you get a full serving of vegetables. Serve with hot sauce, if desired.

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Shrimp & Chicken Congee

Shrimp & Chicken Congee
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This recipe for savory rice porridge comes from EatingWell's Test Kitchen manager, Breana Lai Killeen, who shared it for Father's Day because it is one of her father's favorite dishes. "In the U.S., this dish is called congee, but in Hong Kong, we call it jok," she says. "My dad's version was always pretty bland, but this recipe is adapted from one in the cookbook A Place at the Table from a Laotian chef who, just like me, is a first-generation Asian raised in North Carolina." Congee can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and leftovers freeze well.

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Savory Oatmeal with Tomato & Sausage

Savory Oatmeal with Tomato & Sausage
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Oats get a new life in this savory dish, serving as the backbone for a satisfying combo of sausage, greens, tomatoes and herbs.

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Sriracha, Egg & Avocado Overnight Oats

Sriracha, Egg & Avocado Overnight Oats
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If you love avocado toast, give this savory overnight oats recipe a try. The oats soak overnight for easy "cooking." In the morning, just top with a fried egg, avocado and Sriracha for a satisfying healthy breakfast.

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Slow-Cooker Overnight Barley Porridge

Slow-Cooker Overnight Barley Porridge
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At 6 grams per 1-cup serving, barley is high in fiber compared to many other whole grains. And it has high levels of prebiotic fiber, making it great for promoting healthy gut bacteria. Like oats, barley contains beta-glucans, a type of soluble fiber that's been shown to improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

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Slow-Cooker Overnight Fonio Porridge

Slow-Cooker Overnight Fonio Porridge
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Fast-growing and drought-resistant, this ancient grain is an important crop in West Africa. It's a type of millet, making it gluten-free. Fonio's light and fluffy texture and mild flavor make it work equally well with sweet and savory toppings.

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Slow-Cooker Overnight Brown Rice Porridge

Slow-Cooker Overnight Brown Rice Porridge
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Using a slow cooker makes it easy to cook up almost any whole-grain porridge while you sleep. Short-grain brown rice slow-cooks to a soft and sticky texture reminiscent of rice pudding. Brown rice stands up to the long cooking time better than white, plus this whole grain contains some magnesium, phosphorus, thiamine and niacin (which get stripped from white rice).

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Arroz Caldo

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Arroz caldo, a bowl of comforting rice porridge seasoned with plenty of ginger and garlic, has countless variations throughout the Philippines. The porridge can have a variety of toppings, such as hard- or soft-boiled eggs, crispy tofu, crispy garlic bits or crispy shallots, lime, lemon, nutritional yeast and so much more. For a change of pace, you can swap cubed smoked tofu for the chicken. Quinoa, wild rice, cauliflower rice and other grains can also be substituted for the jasmine rice. Feel free to increase the amounts of garlic and fish sauce for an even more flavorful porridge.

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Jakarta-Style Savory Rice Porridge (Bubur Ayam Betawi)

Jakarta-Style Savory Rice Porridge (Bubur Ayam Betawi)
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We cut down the cooking time for this healthy chicken stew by fortifying store-bought broth with chicken and aromatics and then using the flavorful liquid to both simmer the rice and make the gravy. Try subbing five fresh curry leaves if you can't find the Indonesian bay leaves.

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Kinche (Cracked Wheat)

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This Ethiopian buttery grain porridge recipe is often served for breakfast, but you can also top it with other dishes like messer wot (spiced lentils) or gomen (Ethiopian-spiced collards) for lunch or dinner and eat it in place of the traditional flatbread, injera.

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Slow-Cooker Overnight Quinoa Porridge

Slow-Cooker Overnight Quinoa Porridge
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This slow-cooker porridge recipe features quinoa. Quinoa is a gluten-free pseudocereal (it's a seed!) that is a nutritional powerhouse and a complete protein. It contains a wide array of vitamins and minerals, including phosphorus, manganese, zinc and iron, many of which Americans don't get enough of.

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Slow-Cooker Overnight Farro Porridge

Slow-Cooker Overnight Farro Porridge
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Originally from Mesopotamia, farro is a type of wheat with a wonderful nutty flavor and toothsome texture. It's packed with plant-based protein, niacin, magnesium and zinc. Ancient wheat strains have also been found to have higher levels of antioxidants and carotenoids, important for eye health.

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    1 of 12 Savory Oatmeal with Cheddar, Collards & Eggs
    2 of 12 Shrimp & Chicken Congee
    3 of 12 Savory Oatmeal with Tomato & Sausage
    4 of 12 Sriracha, Egg & Avocado Overnight Oats
    5 of 12 Slow-Cooker Overnight Barley Porridge
    6 of 12 Slow-Cooker Overnight Fonio Porridge
    7 of 12 Slow-Cooker Overnight Brown Rice Porridge
    8 of 12 Arroz Caldo
    9 of 12 Jakarta-Style Savory Rice Porridge (Bubur Ayam Betawi)
    10 of 12 Kinche (Cracked Wheat)
    11 of 12 Slow-Cooker Overnight Quinoa Porridge
    12 of 12 Slow-Cooker Overnight Farro Porridge

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