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Agua de avena is an agua fresca made from oats. Not only is this beverage delicious it is also healthy.

Oatchata

Oatchata or oat horchata is a delicious way to make horchata using oats.

Course Drinks
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword agua de avena, horchata de avena, oat water
Prep Time 2 hours
Servings 16 servings
Calories 118 kcal
Author Carissa

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of old fashioned oats
  • 1 mexican cinnamon stick broken into pieces
  • 10 cups of water
  • 12oz oz evaporated milk
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 tbs Mexican vanilla

Instructions

  1. Soak the oats and cinnamon stick in 6 cups of water for a couple of hours.

  2. Transfer the oats, cinnamon stick, and water to a blender and blend for 1-2 min. Do this in two batches if your blender is too small.

  3. Strain into a pitcher using a fine mesh strainer and discard the solids.

  4. Add the sugar, vanilla, evaporated milk and two cups of water to the blender and blend until smooth. Strain into the pitcher. Add two more cups of water to the pitcher and stir.

  5. Serve over ice. Refrigerate any leftover.

Nutrition Facts
Oatchata
Amount Per Serving
Calories 118 Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 6mg2%
Sodium 31mg1%
Potassium 103mg3%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 51IU1%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 68mg7%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.