How do I keep my pasta from sticking together?

Question

...bachelor living alone :)

WOW! I haven't gotten this much attentin from the ladies since I was a chubby little baby! Thank you all...I will try your ideas and see :)))

Answer 1

If you want, you could do the above, also you can wash it under running water and then warm it up in the oven with a little cheese. Or you can put regullar butter in it, right after you drain it. When you put a little oregano and garlic salt, it gives it a good taste. The link below will give you something to do with your pasta. The clock next to the recipe means it is quick.
Have fun, Good Luck and Enjoy.
P.S. to find out if your pasta is ready take one string or whatever kind you are cooking and break it apart with a fork, if the middle is white, it's not ready, it has to be the same color as the outside. Even the colored pasta.

Answer 2

Once pasta is dropped into boiling, salted water, clumping will occur when starches and glutens are released...usually in the first 30-45 seconds of cooking. That's the time you want to give it a really good stirring making sure the pasta is all separated from each other. Once that is done, it won't stick any more during the rest of the cooking process.

Stay away from suggestions to put oil in the water. Doing so doesn't prevent clumping but does prevent your sauce from adhering to the pasta.

Answer 3

No Olive OIL or any kind of oil....this keeps your pasta from absorbing the sauces later. The best thing to do is stir it more frequently during the cooking process. After your water boils, add your pasta and stir immediately until it boils again. then stir every 2 minutes or so for the first six minutes. This will prevent the pasta from sticking together. Stirring at the start is crucial.

Answer 4

Olive oil. You need to put a tablespoon or two in the cooking water, but wait and add it just a couple of minutes before the pasta is done cooking and ready to drain. If you add it at the beginning and get oil on the raw pasta before it goes into the water, it changes the way the pasta absorbs salt flavoring from the water (you ARE salting the water, right?). The idea is to get a coating of oil on the pasta immediately when it is on its way OUT of the pot, as you are draining it.

Answer 5

The best way to keep pasta from sticking together is to put a little bit of olive oil in the water that you are using to boil. Just a little will do.

Answer 6

I add a lil oil to my water before cooking the noodles. I also stir a few times during cooking. When my past comes out i add only like 2 tablespoons cold water and toss n strainer and a tespoon of oil to past and toss together then do as u wish w ur pasta....good luck hope this helps and if it doesnt u did it wrong ahhaha jk it works for me.

Answer 7

You can put a little bit of oil in the water. After it is done instead of draining all of the water out leave about 2 TBS of water in the bottom of the pot, as the pasta sits it is going to get sticky when this happens simply toss in the water you left in the pot. I do this everytime I make pasta, it works great for me.

Good luck!

Answer 8

it depends on the brand of pasta, but usually all you have to do is cook it in abundant water and stir it at the beginning.

Do not throw the pasta in the water and leave it until it's cooked. That's usually when it sticks

Oil will help, but it is not necessary.

ciao

Answer 9

a little bit of olive oil will help, but also make sure you stir the pasta regularly as it cooks with a fork. The fork keeps the pasta seperated as you cook it.

Answer 10

u can add very little olive oil in the boiling water and the pasta noodles won't stick together or a tiny pinch of salt won't let the noodles stick.