Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup red or wild rice
  • 1/2 cup steel-cut oats
  • 1/4 cup pearl barley or farro
  • 1/2 cup farina or wheat cereal
  • 1 2 -inch piece orange peel
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons packed dark or light brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup dried fruit (cranberries, cherries, raisins and/or chopped apricots)
  • Chopped nuts, maple syrup and/or milk, for serving (optional)

Method

  • Up to 12 hours before serving, put the rice, oats, barley and farina in a 6-to-10-cup rice cooker.
  • Stir in the orange peel, cinnamon stick, sugar, salt and 5 cups water.
  • Add the dried fruit.
  • Close the cooker, set the timer and program for the porridge cycle so that breakfast is ready at the desired time.
  • (If you don't have a porridge setting on your rice cooker, program for 50 to 55 minutes.
  • Serve the warm porridge with nuts, syrup and/or milk, if desired.
  • Photograph by Kana Okada