5 hacks a professional chef uses to make restaurant-quality oatmeal at home

It's possible to make restaurant-quality oatmeal at home.Alena Haurylik / Shutterstock

• Insider asked a professional chef how to make restaurant-quality oatmeal at home, and he had plenty of tips to share.
• Swapping out instant oats for rolled oats and cooking them in a creamy liquid instead of just water can make a huge difference.
• For a fuller flavor, toast the oats before adding any liquid and make sure to season the oats with salt.
• You can cook oatmeal in large batches and have breakfast ready for the whole week.
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There's something about restaurant oatmeal that always makes it better than the kind you make at home. It's perfectly creamy, not goopy, and has a certain flavor profile that you can't quite figure out how to accomplish.

So we asked an expert, chef Nate Weir, vice president of culinary operations at Modern Market Eatery, for his best tips to make your homemade oatmeal taste like it came from a restaurant.

Here are some easy ways to hack a bowl of oatmeal.