Although there are many cheap and delicious sauces, pasta dishes are surprisingly time-consuming to prepare and clean up. Especially when the kitchen is small, the process of boiling plenty of water and giving it to a colander is troublesome.
Therefore, this time, pay attention to the microwave cooking goods that I have been interested in for a long time. I tried a product called "Exquisite Range Pasta" released by Ebisu this summer.
A lid with a hole is attached to the pasta-sized body container. By the way, one serving (about 100g (3.53oz)) of pasta can be weighed in the hole in the center.
While looking at the side of the container, add boiling water according to the scale and add the pasta. The amount of hot water varies depending on the amount of pasta and the "original boiling time", but it is around 300 ml for one person.
Close the lid and heat in the microwave according to the time indicated on the pasta bag (for 600W). After about 3 minutes, bubbles burst out from the hole in the center like a volcano! This "structure that circulates boiled juice" keeps the flavor of pasta trapped.
After heating, when you open the lid, the water is almost gone, only the noodles. Mix the whole quickly as it is and entangle with the sauce to complete.
When I tried it, it had a completely different texture than when it was boiled in a pot. It's more chewy and tastes like fresh pasta! It was boiled evenly without uneven heating.
The inside of the refrigerator gets soaked with steam, but it doesn't get dirty with boiled juice, so if you wipe it off, you can clean it with two birds with one stone.
Is it different from 100-yen products?
By the way, the existence of a pasta cooking container that is also heated in a microwave oven cannot be ignored as an editorial department that goes to Hundred yen stores on a daily basis. I compared it with Daiso's products.This is also a structure with a lid and a main body container. After adding pasta, water and salt, heat without the lid . The heating time is longer than the display time of the bag plus 4 minutes because it is made from water.
After heating, discard the remaining boiled juice to complete. If you eat a bite ... It seems that the core still remained. The noodles made by additional heating have a smooth finish. This is fine, but it may not be enough compared to the previous one ...
In both cases, the container is long and slender, so it is safe to check the size of the inside of the microwave oven in advance for a rotating dish type microwave oven.
So, once you know its existence, you can't ignore it. I bought it at a home improvement store and the price was about 750 yen. If wiping after use is not a hassle, please give it a try!