Current Events > Cooking lifehack: Always undercook your pasta

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For the simple reason that when you drain the pasta, it continues to cook. When you toss it with the sauce, it continues to cook. If you follow the directions on the package, your pasta will be overcooked. So always reduce the time by one minute, two minutes, three minutes at least. You will taste the difference. It's very simple.

I dont need sauce

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I don't cook my noods with my sauce.

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I eat my pasta dry out of the box

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Imagine not tasting the pasta while they cook to get the perfect boil

I grind my pasta up and snort it
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I only eat my pasta fresh out the freezer.

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uwa ej posted...

For the simple reason that when you drain the pasta, it continues to cook. When you toss it with the sauce, it continues to cook. If you follow the directions on the package, your pasta will be overcooked. So always reduce the time by one minute, two minutes, three minutes at least. You will taste the difference. It's very simple.

True, at least depending on the situation.

If I am doing Spaghetti with a red sauce, I usually do it with the sauce on top.
But for an Alfradio and maybe a Pasta salad then yes I do the undercook trick.
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I eat the individual ingredients that make up the pasta, with a fork.

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This isnt a hack, its the same for cooking anything
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I use just enough water to cover it, undercook, don't drain, and use a pasta server to put it directly from pot to sauce. The starchy water helps bring the sauce together.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I eat my pasta dry out of the box

https://youtu.be/23a0YFYwzCo

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its called al dente and this is standard practice

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The23rdMagus posted...

I use just enough water to cover it, undercook, don't drain, and use a pasta server to put it directly from pot to sauce. The starchy water helps bring the sauce together.

I just cook it directly in the sauce, because I'm a heathen.

Turbam posted...

I don't cook my noods with my sauce.

If you add hot sauce to noodles, you're cooking them with the sauce.
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I dont mix the sauce together. I put my portion in a bowl, and scoop sauce from the pot. I always keep them separate.

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uwa ej posted...

For the simple reason that when you drain the pasta, it continues to cook.

False. You're supposed to drain it, then run it under cold water immediately, effectively stopping the cooking process.

Also, I prefer sauce on top, rather than finishing the pasta in the sauce itself.

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HagenEx posted...

False. You're supposed to drain it, then run it under cold water immediately, effectively stopping the cooking process.

no italian cook would ever recommend doing this

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HagenEx posted...

False. You're supposed to drain it, then run it under cold water immediately, effectively stopping the cooking process.

Also, I prefer sauce on top, rather than finishing the pasta in the sauce itself.

Literally everything in this post is objectively wrong.

sktgamer_13dude posted...

If you add hot sauce to noodles, you're cooking them with the sauce.

I dont use sauces on my noodles

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TheGoldenState posted...

no italian cook would ever recommend doing this

@innertubehero

MabusIncarnate posted...

I eat my pasta dry out of the box

This is actually the intelligent man's snack.

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If you're cooking fresh pasta, you should toss the pasta in the sauce so it absorbs the sauce. Dry pasta doesn't really absorb the sauce as much, it doesn't need to be tossed together.

I like it well cooked, adds better texture

Edit: And boiled w/ Olive Oil

one all important thing i learned about pasta is the amount of salt required.

i tried to make do with a few small pinches when first cooking and it tasted bland af even for pasta xd

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my pasta is always al dente

although i dont salt the boiling water or add olive oil afterwards

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I never time pasta. Just pull a piece out when I think it's about done and try it.

And you have to really cook the shit out of dry pasta to really overcook it to the point that it's ruined

Also save your pasta water when you drain it and add a little to the sauce when you mix it with the noodles. Game changer

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Don't rinse it, you'll destarch it

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HagenEx posted...

False. You're supposed to drain it, then run it under cold water immediately, effectively stopping the cooking process.

Also, I prefer sauce on top, rather than finishing the pasta in the sauce itself.

This, easily the best way to do things for a home cook, and since this is CE that's all that matters.

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---Devin--- posted...

@innertubehero

I personally undercook it, but Im Irish.

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I drink the sauce and eat the pasta raw

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