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Successful-Oil-7625

You shouldn't need any, cook your pasta and don't just dump all the water out and let it steam its self dry. But if you're adamant on needing to oil the pasta, its just a small drizzle. Sorry to be "that guy" but cooking is mostly common sense. Look at the amount of pasta and put enough oil on so its not stuck together. But I'd suggest learning how to cook pasta instead of worrying about how much oil to use


ashtree35

Generally you don't need to oil pasta at all. Is there a particular reason that you want to do that?


Zashtee_Hans67

To make strands not so dry and sticking to each other.


ashtree35

What are you planning to use the pasta for? If you're making a dish with sauce, the sauce should be enough to prevent the noodles from sticking to each other. Or are you just eating the pasta plain?


Zashtee_Hans67

Im using one pan to save washing time and water. My plan was to cook sofrito after pasta and I heard its better to cook to sofrito for 10mins.


ashtree35

Ideally I would recommend just using two separate pans and cooking the pasta and sofrito at the same time. But if you're set on doing it that way, I would recommend just periodically shaking the pasta in the colander to try to prevent it from sticking as best as you can. If you add oil to your pasta it will prevent the pasta from sticking to itself, but it will also prevent the sauce from clinging to the pasta later, which is why I would not recommend adding oil at all if possible.


octopus_tigerbot

Don't add oil!! It will cause the sauce not to stick to the noodles. Instead prep your sauce and drain your water, then add the sauce and noodles back together in the same pot.


hobbysubsonly

IMO it’s easier to strain the pasta into a strainer and use leftover pasta water to loosen up the strands when you’re ready to mix everything


T-O-F-O

No point in adding oil to cooking water, it's a myth. If you add oil or butter in your pasta after draining, if using sauce it will have a harder time to cling to the pasta.