Pasta question......plz....dinn... cookin?!
Answers: Alright, pasta's finished cooking, but the chicken in the oven needs 10 mins. The question is : is it better to leave the pasta in the hot water after cooking, or to drain and leave out to get sticky? Will it ruin the pasta to leave it in a couple of extra mins. i know it continue to cook, but thats ok right?
Oh my! Don't ruin the pasta! Do the best you can! Whatever happens at least you know you did your best!
Drain the pasta, slurp some olive oil or a pat of butter on it and put it in the oven, it'll be fine!
No, take it out of the water, it will turn to mush! It is not OK to let it continue to cook. Pasta should be done only to al dente (with a bite) anyway. Drain it, put it back in the pan and toss it with a smidgen of olive oil if need be.
Do not leave it in the water or it the starches will break down and you will end up with mush. Take your finished pasta and drain. Then place it into a bowl and add in oil, preferably olive oil, and toss it thoroughly. This will prevent the pasta from sticking together. Cover the bowl with foil until ready. You can even throw the bowl of pasta, still covered, into the oven the last 2 minutes your chicken is cooking to warm it back up. OR, to make it even tastier you can heat up a saute pan with some more olive oil and saute some garlic off and dump your pasta into the pan and season it with salt to give your noodles even more flavor. Good luck.
Drain pasta. While its' draining, spray Pam all through it, mixing well. Transfer it to a covered bowl, stir a little olive oil in and keep in microwave until ready to serve.
drain a little but not so much when it gets all sticky.
drain pasta add some olive oil to keep from sticking also cool in fridge then reheat when ready to eat leaving pasta in too long will make it mushy and totally effect the taste.