Can spaghetti be cooked in this pot? Thank you.
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Fill a little more than 2/3 of pot with water. Cover, and when at rolling boil uncover and add a good palm sized amt of sea salt. Wait a minute, then add your spaghetti, stirring to avoid sticking. Leave uncovered and give it a stir intermittently through about 8 or nine minutes. Depending on how soft or al dente you prefer your spaghetti. Keep tasting a strand till it's almost where you want it then either strain water through a colander or remove pasta with a slotted spaghetti spoon. Don't leave spaghetti in pot of water expecting it to remain edible. It will get too soft. More of a recipe than a simple answer to your question, but I figured if you might need some extra help, here it is. Enjoy. Fill a little more than 2/3 of pot with water. Cover, and when at rolling boil uncover and add a good palm sized amt of sea salt. Wait a minute, then add your spaghetti, stirring to avoid sticking. Leave uncovered and give it a stir intermittently through about 8 or nine minutes. Depending on how soft or al dente you prefer your spaghetti. Keep tasting a strand till it's almost where you want it then either strain water through a colander or remove pasta with a slotted spaghetti spoon. Don't leave spaghetti in pot of water expecting it to remain edible. It will get too soft. More of a... » Read More Fill a little more than 2/3 of pot with water. Cover, and when at rolling boil uncover and add a good palm sized amt of sea salt. Wait a minute, then add your spaghetti, stirring to avoid sticking. Leave uncovered and give it a stir intermittently through about 8 or nine minutes. Depending on how soft or al dente you prefer your spaghetti. Keep tasting a strand till it's almost where you want it then either strain water through a colander or remove pasta with a slotted spaghetti spoon. Don't leave spaghetti in pot of water expecting it to remain edible. It will get too soft. More of a recipe than a simple answer to your question, but I figured if you might need some extra help, here it is. Enjoy. « Show Less
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Yes you can, just added water and anything else you normally do - then bring the water to a boil. cook it as you would in any other pan ... just check it periodically and stir.
315533
Yes, I can boil a box of pasta in there. I feel like it's plenty of water to adequately boil pasta. We are a family of 4 and we use this pot for everything. I have one for sauce and one for pasta.
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If you are only preparing for yourself, you can make it work...though a tad crowded probably. Remember the fine art of cooking spaghetti says it is best to have plenty of room for the boiling process.
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I would say yes, with maybe a lid without the straining holes, or with it. I have only used this for spaghetti so far. It also depends on how high the simmer is on your stove. This new stove we have cooks higher on simmer. I liked the last stove with the lower simmer, therefore I maybe could use the pot with the straining holes as a stock pot. Try it and see how it works. I just purchased this a short time ago. Hope it works for you!
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You can cook everything in this cooker. I cook from a roast, nochos, and gumbo. This is more than a slow cooker but an everything cooker. I use it daily for everything. Spaghetti tonight and it really work, I cook it before. Have fun and try everything.
536257
yes, you can. The quality of the pot is not as good as I expected. It is indeed thin.
2131177
The pot that I own doesn't have the basket. But yes, that basket is not designed for pasta. I believe that the basket is intended for veggies, hard boiled eggs and such. This is probably not a large enough pot for pasta, except perhaps one or two servings. I use mine primarily for cooking rice. I did use it last evening to thicken some gravy from my slow cooker. I find that this is a very useful little pot. Now that I own it, I could not be without.
99935
Yes, it can be cooked as you do any other rice. You can use a rice cooker or regular pot.
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It would depend on how much pasta you want to cook. If 1-2 servings, yes, I've actually done that with mine. But once the water level gets too high in the bottom, you end up sort of boiling/steaming what's in the top. I suppose it wouldn't make that much of a difference, but when I like my veggies lightly steamed, I use very little water. A larger version of this would do more servings nicely I'm sure!
1426878
Yes you can, I have even seen some recipes for homemade spaghetti sauces online as well. Great machine!!
2120242
Yes, you can. I cook spaghetti sauce all day using the mat. I cook the meat on a higher temp. and when I am ready to let it simmer, I put the mat on the burner and turn the burner to its lowest temperature. I only stir it a couple of times during the day. The mat prevents it from burning onto the bottom of the pot.
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You can cook any pasta in this - you put in the pasta then add water. Once it is through cooking you drain and then you can add your sauces but I always put in a different pot to do that. You don't have to though, you could put your sauces right into this cooker - I just don't want to. I love using this - don't have a huge pot to wash and don't have to wait for the water to boil which takes forever on an electric stove.
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Yes I get the water boiling and throw the pasta in, after it is finished, I put the steamer part on, and drain it, it acts like a strainer ! I love this pot. I make the suddenly salad box side dishes and it more then accommodates the box of pasta. I only cook for one or two now days and this pot is great. I hope this helps.
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As Pam stated the Dutch oven is 12"x10" and is 5" deep. The oven is pretty heavy without anything in it. I would think it would be awkward to cook spaghetti and then have to drain it. Hopes this helps.
1691330
This pot is great for boiling lasagna noodles. It can handle anything you want to put in it. It's a "10"!
631591
If you are cooking pounds of spaghetti then yes. I have cooked 10 pounds or more for a fundraiser and used it. Some will go through the holes while cooking but most will go on the plate.
2016660
You probably could but it seems not to splatter all over. It gets condensation on the handles when you cook it. It kinda steams the noodles to cook them. It only takes 3 minutes too cook.