What does the term "steel cut oats" mean?!
As for steel cut correct there cut on roller instead of rolled but the roller have little teeth and are almost crushed or chopped, if they were not then the grains would be different sizes, theat is why it takes so much longer to cook, I like McCann the Irish type, but I eat alot of oatmeal and when I feel like something different I slow cook in my crockpot and go dose of Scottish Pin oats.
I soak them overnight get up early added a bit more water, a pinch of salt, then flip on the crockpot and in 2-3 hours there done.
Answers: The first 2 answers have surrounded the answer but are firing blanks as to the exact way, I am a former chef and have seen the process, correct in most ways the rolled oats we know of here in North America are pressed between roller to flatten the whole grain out, but in the case of insant and quick cooking oats they have been steam end re-rolled.
As for steel cut correct there cut on roller instead of rolled but the roller have little teeth and are almost crushed or chopped, if they were not then the grains would be different sizes, theat is why it takes so much longer to cook, I like McCann the Irish type, but I eat alot of oatmeal and when I feel like something different I slow cook in my crockpot and go dose of Scottish Pin oats.
I soak them overnight get up early added a bit more water, a pinch of salt, then flip on the crockpot and in 2-3 hours there done.
Exactly how it sounds. Oats that were cut by steel blades in a factory--some are rolled by a rolling pin, etc. and that's how you get "rolled oats."
Steel cut oats are chopped up into little bits instead of being squashed flat like the oats you're used to. They take longer to cook and have a heavy chewy texture- like a cross between oatmeal and cooked brown rice. You can find steel cut oats in fancy markets, a popular brand is McCann's: http://www.mccanns.ie/