How do you keep noodles from sticking to eachother after they’ve been boiled?
Once you’ve boiled the noodles and separated them from the water- how do you keep them from sticking to one another?
My gf suggested pouring a bunch of olive oil on the noodles and just mixing it in. I’m no chef, but to me that just seems wrong. Is this OK? If not, what is the best way?
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19 comments a "How do you keep noodles from sticking to eachother after they’ve been boiled?"
Rince them in cold water, it takes the extra starch off.
Pour a bit of oil in the water after putting the pasta in, while it’s boiling, and stir with a spoon. It prevents the pasta from sticking together.
Rinse with cold water. The oil will prevent sauce from adhering well. Personally, I don’t like to rinse my pasta.
yes, what conoe said…
put a little bit of olive oil in with the boiling water before you put your pasta in, should do the trick, bacondebaker
i put 2 tablespoons of oil in the water before it starts boiling
She’s right but just use about a tablespoon of olive oil after your pasta is drained.
You dont’ need a LOT of olive oil, just a few dashes.
Or, add some OO to the cooking liquid. Then as the noodles are stirred, cooked, and drained, they get just enough OO on them to prevent sticking.
You don’t want to rinse the “extra” starch off. This is what makes the sauce adhere to the noodle. You can apply a little olive oil, yes, but the main issue here is that you actually want the noodles to be sticky, so the sauce will stick to them. Toss the noodles with sauce right away and serve them fresh. I’m sure you’ve had pasta before where there was practically no sauce on the noodles, and a puddle of sauce underneath. That’s what happens if you remove the stickiness from the noodles.
I add just a bit of olive oil to the water. After they have become al dente i drain them and give them a good toss. If they still want to stick then i run just a bit of water of them and give them a second toss.
Very simple actually. It doesn’t matter how long they’ve been lift standing, if you put them in a colander and rinse under running water (warm or cold), they’ll seperate completely.
a pinch of salt before the water boils or a drop of olive oil (again before the water boils) should keep them from sticking together. this is what my grandmother does (she’s first generation from Italy).
Rince pasta with ice-cold water, let water drain off, add olive oil and mix. Once this is done add choped parsley and it will stay fresh for 2 days.
Use a pinch of salt or a tablespoon of olive oil while boiling. Neither of the two will hurt and there isn’t much flavor afterwards, so it’s okay. Also, after you’ve cooked them, before you get another plate of noodles, run them under very hot water.
that depends. olive oil or vegetable oil is fine. to ensure that the noodles do not stick after draining it is best to add them to your sauce right away, the oil trick is a restuarant staple because they make so much cooked pasta ahead of time and put them in a cooler to use later, that is to make sure your dinner does not have sticky noodles.
I don’t want all the extra calories from a lot of oil, so I just give mine a quick spray of Pam and stir around to coat.
Be sure you have a large enuf pot & enuf water for noodles to move freely–stir often–a dab of butter mixed in after draining & another good stir should do the job..
When I strain the noodles I place a cup underneath and collect about a half a cup of the water that is draining… I add butter to the pot that the pasta just came from and mix it with the water (you can use your own eye for how much) I use and entire package so… about a 1/2 cup of the liquid and maybe 2 or 3 tablespoons of butter and melt them together, once the water and butter are boiling turn off the fire add the pasta and just mix it. They will stay separated for a really, reallly really long time… you will not have to repeat this.
If you think you have too much of the butter sauce mixture in your noodles… just dump them back into the strainer… you can refrigerate you noodles for days and the will NOT stick.
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