Cooking Pasta In The Microwave

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 -2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 2 ounces pasta

Recipe

• 1 pour 1 cup of water into a microwaveable pot for short pasta like elbow and ziti. pour 2 cups of water for long pasta like linguine and spaghetti.
• 2 cook in the microwave at full power until water boils (2:30 minutes for 1 cup and 5 minutes for 2).
• 3 add all the other ingredients except pasta. stir.
• 4 if adding short pasta, cook for 12 minutes at 350 watts (50% power if your microwave is 700 watt), until water is absorbed. serve however you like it.
• 5 if adding long pasta, the ends will stick out of the pot. cook for 1 minute at full power. the pasta in the water will have softened, and you can then push the ends into the pot.
• 6 cook another minute at full power, then stir, making sure all the pasta is covered by water.
• 7 cook 6 to 8 minutes, depending on how wide the pasta is, at 350 watts until the pasta is done.
• 8 drain the water away and serve however you like it.
• 9 to increase the recipe, add 1 cup water for each additional 2 oz of pasta. cook the water until it boils, then follow the recipe above exactly, because all the other cooking times remain the same.