How to Cook Spaghetti

Spaghetti with meatballs is one Italian dish no one can ignore off the table. It is the easiest dinner or lunch you can cook if you're too bored to cook a big meal. Simply boiled spaghetti with ketchup or chili sauce can be tasty, healthy and filling. If you're a working mom or wife and get tired of cooking after a day's work, a bowl of hot steaming spaghetti noodles with salsa sauce can be a yummy treat for you and your family. The concept that you have to boil spaghetti to cook it is long forgotten since we have microwaves now. It can take less than 10 minutes to have your dinner ready to be served when it's spaghetti on the menu! Take a look at some delicious recipes for how to cook spaghetti in absolutely no time.

How to Cook Spaghetti Noodles
Since spaghetti is such a casual food, the procedure for how to cook spaghetti is the same. Being a type of Italian pasta, it doesn't take time to cook at all and can be eaten as simply as, by adding salt and pepper. Given below are some tasty and simple recipes for how to cook spaghetti which can leave your family smacking their lips.

How to Cook Spaghetti in the Microwave
Cooking spaghetti in the microwave can make cooking it an even easier job. It's tasty and well cooked in less than 10 minutes so, take a look at a microwave recipe for the same. More on how to make spaghetti noodles.

Sesame Chicken Spaghetti
Ingredients

• 8 ounces spaghetti noodles
• 4 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 1¼ pound boneless chicken pieces
• 4 chopped scallions
• 1 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• Salt and ground pepper

Directions
In a large sauce pan add some sesame oil and heat it over low flame. Add the ginger and cook it for some time and then add the scallions and sesame seeds to cook them. After they turn golden brown in color, add the soy sauce and let it cook for a while. Follow this with some chicken broth and then the chicken pieces. Heat this mixture on medium flame till the chicken is well cooked and flavored. Then add the salt and pepper to taste. Keep this thick gravy aside and meanwhile cook the spaghetti. Break it in a large bowl filled with warm water and heat it in the microwave for about 5 minutes with salt. After it is soft, bring it out and add the grave to mix it well. Again place it in the microwave for another 5 minutes and then garnish it with the cilantro leaves and serve hot. More on how to make spaghetti sauce.

How to Cook Spaghetti with Ground Beef
You must have authentic meatballs in the spaghetti dishes you cook the following recipe is one with ground beef meatballs and meat sauce.

Beef Sauce Spaghetti
Ingredients

• 2 large chopped onions
• 3 whole cloves
• 3 stalks finely chopped celery
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces ground beef
• ¾ cup evaporated milk
• 3 cups beef broth
• 1 ounce finely chopped dried mushrooms
• 2 cans diced tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons dried basil
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• ½ cup finely grated Parmesan
• Salt and pepper
• ½ pound spaghetti

Directions
For the meat balls, all to have to do is, add some oil to a skillet and roast the ground beef with some ground cloves, salt and pepper. Once the beef is cooked remove it from the heat and make small balls out of the ground beef and set hem aside in a plate. For the sauce, in the same skillet, add some more oil and heat it over low flame. Then add all the ingredients one by one and cook them for about 15 minutes on medium flame. Add the broth in the end and let the sauce cook a little more. After the sauce is ready, boil the spaghetti in hot water with salt, drain it and rinse with cold water. Remove it in a bowl and pour the beef sauce over it. Serve it with some fresh celery and the meat balls. More on spaghetti sauce recipes.

Tomato Sauce Spaghetti
Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 chopped onions
• 1½ tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• 4 ounces ground or sliced beef
• Spaghetti
• Salt and pepper

Directions
In a skillet, add the olive oil and heat it over low flame. Add the onions and let them brown a bit and then add the garlic. Fry them well and then add the tomatoes. Stir it till the paste is cooked well. Add the salt and pepper to taste and then the beef. Cook the beef for at least 20 minutes and then take it off the heat. In another bowl of water, cook the spaghetti with salt and then drain it off. Rinse it with tap water and remove it in a serving plate. Add the sauce to the spaghetti and serve it hot and steaming with some fresh cut parsley leaves.

With those yummy recipes for how to cook spaghetti, I am sure you can't wait to try them out. Well, go ahead and give your family a finger licking Italian treat.