March 5, 2001
How can you cook pasta in microwave?
Larry
Dear Larry,
Cooking pasta in the microwave is similar to cooking pasta on your stovetop. First, you boil the water with salt and vegetable oil. Then you add the pasta and cook some more (usually at 50% power). The length of time you cook depends on what type of pasta you want to cook and how much you want to make. What kind of pasta do you want to make and how much? The cooking times to use cannot be calculated without knowing these variables.
If you visit the Stuffed Mushrooms page in the Shared Recipe section, you'll find instructions for cooking orzo, which is a rice-shaped pasta.
(Note: After receiving this and many more emails asking how to cook pasta in the microwave, we added PASTA! PASTA! PASTA! to the site, with the cooking methods for preparing pasta in the microwave at the bottom of the page.)