Pasta. It can be purchased with pocket change. It’s hearty. Incredibly easy to prepare. But it can seem like an eternity waiting for the water to boil.
Solution → cook extra pasta and freeze the leftover noodles. Yes you can freeze it and re-heated in boiling water or the microwave. Only takes a minute. Here are a three steps to consider when freezing cooked pasta noodles.
Step 1: Cook to “al” what?
The term “al dente” means cooking until the pasta is still firm when bitten. You’ll want that little extra firmness when freezing pasta because it’ll become slightly softer when you heat it again.
Step 2: Toss With Olive Oil
Before freezing cooked pasta noodles, toss with a small amount of olive oil to keep them from sticking.
Step 3: Freeze Flat and Label
Place in a zip lock bag or a stasher bag (our choice) and flatten as much as possible to get any excess air out to prevent ice clumps.
Label the bag and date it before sending it to the freezer. Helps answer the question “how long has this been in there?”
Happy Cooking!
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