Auntie Chu is on to Something Big: Black Sesame Quaker Oats!

Campbell has an Asian line of condense soups:  Hot and Sour, Chicken with Winter Melon, Scallop with Seafood.   Then why doesn’t Quaker Oats have an Asian line of instant oatmeal:  Ginger + Pian Tang, Masala Brown Sugar, Chinese almond, or Black Sesame?

It is just a matter of time.

When I visited my friend Lee Ann and Jay, I woke up to a hot breakfast prepared by Jay’s mom.  She made her doctored instant oatmeal.  I predict we’ll be seeing Quaker infiltrating the Asian market with a new line of instant flavors, and they better give Auntie Chu the credit!  This black sesame oatmeal may have been inspired from the black sesame pudding or soup (tong sui)  “zi ma wu” – a Cantonese dessert.

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Auntie Chu’s Instant Black Sesame Oatmeal

Ingredients:
• 1 pack original instant oatmeal
• ½ cup of water
• ½ cup of milk
• 1 tsp sugar

Directions:
Stir together oatmeal, water, and sugar. Microwave 1 min and stir. Add ½ cup of milk. Microwave for 1 min.  Stir in 1 tsp of grounded black sesame. 

Yields 1 serving

Auntie Chu’s Black Sesame Oatmeal

Ingredients:
• ¼ cup of oats
• 1 ³/₄ cups water
• ¹/₂ cup of milk
• 1 ½ tbs brown sugar
• 1 tbs black sesame powder

Directions:
Place oats, water, sugar into a pot on medium-low heat.  When it comes to a simmer, lower heat and let it simmer low and slow for 20 mins.  Add milk, and bring back to a simmer.  Turn off heat and stir in black sesame powder.

Yields 2 servings
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