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Rolled oats

Also called oat flakes

Rolled oats are a cereal grain. Cooks use them as a cereal grain.

Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Switzerland
Rolled oats, whole

Photo: Slick · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use rolled oats

Preparing it

For no-cook use, soak in water, milk or a plant-based milk alternative for one to six hours.

Cooking with it

Thin-rolled oats that have had extra steaming take up water readily and need less time to make porridge.

On the table

Dishes made with rolled oats

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.
  • Birchermuesli

    Switzerland

  • Muesli

    Switzerland

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include rolled oats.

Around the world

What rolled oats is called

Names in 38 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    Copos de avena · Cereal de avena

  • French

    flocon d'avoine

  • Italian

    fiocchi d'avena

  • Portuguese

    flocos de aveia

  • German

    Haferflocken · Schmelzflocken

  • Dutch

    havermout

  • Turkish

    tahıl ezmesi

  • Russian

    овсяные хлопья

  • Polish

    płatki owsiane

  • Arabic

    شوفان مطحون

  • Persian

    haferfloken

  • Hebrew

    פתיתי שיבולת שועל

Show all 38 languages
  • Afrikaans

    Hawermout

  • Armenian

    Վարսակի փաթիլներ

  • Basque

    Olo-malutak

  • Bavarian

    Howanfloggn

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    аўсяныя шматкі

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Flocos de aveia

  • Catalan

    flocs de civada

  • Chinese

    大燕麥片

  • Chuvash

    Сĕлĕ хăрпăкĕ

  • Czech

    ovesné vločky

  • Danish

    havregryn

  • Esperanto

    avenflokoj

  • Finnish

    kaurahiutaleet

  • Hungarian

    zabpehely · simított zabdara

  • Irish

    coirce rollta

  • Japanese

    ロールド・オーツ

  • Javanese

    Oat gulung

  • Korean

    납작귀리

  • Malay

    Emping oat

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    havregryn

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    havregryn

  • Romanian

    Haferflocken

  • Silesian

    Hawerfloki

  • Slovenian

    ovseni kosmiči · ovsena kaša

  • Swedish

    havregryn · valsade havregryn

  • Swiss High German

    Haferflocken

  • Ukrainian

    вівсяні пластівці

  • Welsh

    ceirch rholio

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q1208221

Photos

Photo: Slick · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons