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Three chefs agree: don't rinse your pasta
Original: I Asked 3 Chefs if You Should Rinse Pasta After Cooking It—and They All Said the Same Thing
Simply Recipes asked three professional chefs whether pasta should be rinsed after cooking, and all three gave the same answer: no. Rinsing washes away the starchy coating that helps sauce cling to noodles. The unanimous verdict has reignited a familiar kitchen debate online, with home cooks weighing in on whether draining alone really makes a difference to the final dish.
Why now: A recurring pasta-cooking etiquette question that reliably divides home cooks, revived by chefs giving a unified answer.
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- I Asked 3 Chefs if You Should Rinse Pasta After Cooking It—and They All Said the Same Thing · Simply Recipes
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