How to cook nice Pasta

[ChiefKiasu]

ks2me:

Wah! All the pasta lovers have surfaced!


Chief, shall we do a 'Post the most scrumptious-looking pasta' contest for fun and earn some kiasu points?

Sounds good. You get it started... I do the collation and award of KS points

BTW... does love for cold soba count as \"pasta love\"?

[corneyAmber]

ChiefKiasu:

ks2me:

Wah! All the pasta lovers have surfaced!


Chief, shall we do a 'Post the most scrumptious-looking pasta' contest for fun and earn some kiasu points?

Sounds good. You get it started... I do the collation and award of KS points

BTW... does love for cold soba count as \"pasta love\"?

Ok on!...then why don't we extend to Noodles family or the noodles used is not critical as long as the sauce is pasta sauce? :celebrate:

PS: I used the wrong emoticon in my first post...

[Joy]

Hi insider


Thanks for the great link, my two darlings will love you very much.

Cheers
Joy

insider:

I prefer Japanese Spaghetti...

If no time to make the real one, will use those packet ones for a fast meal (boil spaghetti + packet sauce + seaweed = OK OK meal).

Usually will buy from Japanese supermarket either in Isetan Orchard or Liang Court.

Range of S&B packets that I commonly store in my house (kids can cook for friends / self sometimes if they are alone at home):

http://www.sbfoods.co.jp/eng/instantfoods.html

Extract:

Japanese style spaghetti sauce with spicy cod roe(karashi mentaiko からし明太子）.
Just mix it with boiled pasta.
For Two servings.
Net: 53.4g
Manufactured by: S&B Foods Inc

http://www.postimage.org/

[PlayfulFairy]

For the oriental palate of my dd,

I cook my penne/fusilli/farfalle/conchiglie in these ways
1) a) braise chicken with garlic, onion, ginger, oyster sauce, Worchester sauce, pepper, sesame oil and cornflour( tenderise the chicken and produce thicker gravy aka 'cream')
b) cook pasta with garlic till al dente. When pasta is cooked, pour the braised chicken and sauce over. Garnish with a sprig of coriander.

2) make teriyaki sauce using sake, mirin, sugar and Kikkoman soy sauce. Stir fry chicken fillet in it, add corn flour to make it 'sticky'. Pour the sauce over the pasta and garnish with toasted white sesame seeds.

Or...Fusion-looking carbonara pasta garnished with shreds of seaweed.

For western palate like my dh,
Pasta cooked with garlic, olive oil, Italian seasoning. Mix it with flakes of smoked salmon and pine nuts. Alternatively, use smoked oysters..

For a real quickie, I like to pour some of Marks and Spencer canned soup over the pasta...

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

MLR, thanks for the reply :D. Did not try it out yesterday. Only got the chance to read your reply today. Will try one of these days.

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

[quote]ks2me wrote:

Wah! All the pasta lovers have surfaced!

Chief, shall we do a 'Post the most scrumptious-looking pasta' contest for fun and earn some kiasu points?


Sounds good. You get it started... I do the collation and award of KS points [/quote]Wah!!! I likeee.... Can include recipe to the picture as well? Otherwise, the picture for us to drool but no chance to try it out.

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

[quote]EN wrote:


I usually will add shredded chicken and mushroom.


Sounds like I may have to do the same thing one day. For the shredded chicken, you mean you have some on standby all the time when you reach home late? How do you keep it fresh without having the \"leftover\" smell? Or you prepare them on the spot?[/quote]I prepare on the spot. Not very time consuming as I compartmentalized meat into a single cook portion in a container. So, it is quick to defrost. To remove chicken smell, I stir fry the chicken with mashed ginger, garlic & chop onions using olive oil. I go easy on the ginger and garlic cause my kids do not like them.

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

[quote]For the oriental palate of my dd,

I cook my penne/fusilli/farfalle/conchiglie in these ways
1) a) braise chicken with garlic, onion, ginger, oyster sauce, Worchester sauce, pepper, sesame oil and cornflour( tenderise the chicken and produce thicker gravy aka 'cream')
b) cook pasta with garlic till al dente. When pasta is cooked, pour the braised chicken and sauce over. Garnish with a sprig of coriander. [/quote]Fairy, does this recipe taste the same as teriyaki chicken pasta sold in Swensen in the past?

[Funz]

I am not a cream sauce person so I normally cook pesto, white wine sauce or tomato base pasta. The kiddos love creamy mushroom pasta though so here is my simplified version


Fresh brown button mushroom (I get the readily sliced ones, hehe, lazy)
Cream (usually bulla low fat)
garlic
olive oil
salt
freshly crushed black pepper

Can throw in some ham, sausage, bacon, or shredded chicken.

[PlayfulFairy]

Fairy, does this recipe taste the same as teriyaki chicken pasta sold in Swensen in the past?[/quote]


hii,
I don't go to Swensen, so I don't know it serves teriyaki chicken pasta or how it tastes like...
I cook my own version...