[Recipe + Video] Avena Caliente (Oatmeal and Milk Hot Drink)

Pouring avena caliente (hot oatmeal drink)

[Recipe + Video] Avena Caliente (Oatmeal and Milk Hot Drink)

Avena Caliente (Oatmeal and Milk Hot Drink) is a nutritional drink that is often served with breakfast when I was a kid. Practical, simple, quick to make, and inexpensive.

Course Breakfast, Drinks

Cuisine Dominican, Latino

Keyword hot drink, kids, oatmeal, school breakfast

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 220kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

½ cup rolled oats [58 gr]
4 cup water
¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
4 cup milk (whole or skim) (see notes)
2 cinnamon sticks
6 cloves
¼ teaspoon nutmeg (freshly-grated)
4 tablespoons brown sugar (or more, to taste)

Instructions

Mixing: Combine water, milk, salt, and oats and mix (in a blender) until the oatmeal is nearly dissolved.
Heating: In a 3 quart [3 lt] pot mix with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Reducing: Once it breaks the boil, lower heat and simmer until volume has reduced to ¾ of the original. Add sugar to taste
Serving: Serve warm.

Video

Notes

For a thicker, richer drink use evaporated milk. For a lighter drink, skim milk works very well. If you are lactose intolerant, or vegan, I have enjoyed it with almond milk.

To sieve or not to sieve. That is the question. You'll lose some fiber if you sieve this drink, but not as much as you'd think since most will be blended in, it will only remove the large pieces left. Some like it like that. I'll leave it to you to decide.

Nutrition