Food Works How to Cook Pasta
- Ready In:
- 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Yields:
-
500 Grams
- Serves:
- 5
ingredients
directions
- Read the package directions for guidelines before beginning.
- Bring 16 cups of water to a boil in a large pot.
- Add the pasta to the boiling water, breaking spaghetti in half, if desired.
- Make sure all pasta is covered with water. Add more tap water if needed.
- Keep boiling on medium-high heat. Lid or spoon optional.
- Stir every few minutes so noodles don't stick to the bottom.
- To check doneness, pull out a noodle with your spoon, let it cool, then eat it. Noodles are done when they are "el dente", which is chewy, but not crunchy or mushy.
- Once pasta is done, add a cup of very cold water to the pot (optional) to stop cooking.
- Put a strainer in the sink. Carry your pot with oven mitts, and pour contents away from you into the strainer so that steam doesn't come up in your face.
- Don't run cold water over noodles, as pasta sauce won't stick to it.
- If your pasta gets stuck together before you serve it, run hot water through the strainer to un-stick.
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