How to make pasta salad that isn’t disgusting
Barbecue? Hanging out in the park? Pasta salad is the solution. The only shame is that most pasta salads are absolutely disgusting. With these tips, you can actually turn it into a delicious meal.
Admit it, you usually only eat pasta salad because it happens to be there. You don’t really look forward to it. The pasta is always overcooked, the dressing or sauce has already been completely absorbed by the pasta, and the individual pieces of pasta have stuck together into one block. Until now, that is, because with these tips your next salad will be a huge success.
Rinse with cold water
Cook the pasta until al dente and immediately rinse it under cold water. This prevents the pasta from cooking further and washes away the starch. That starch makes the pasta stick together, which we obviously don’t want.
2x dressing
If you mix all the dressing or sauce into the pasta and put everything in a Tupperware container, the dressing gets completely absorbed by the pasta, leaving the end result incredibly dry. What a horror. How do you solve this? Mix half of the dressing through the pasta, so everything doesn’t immediately stick together and the pasta already gets some flavor. Mix in the second half just before you eat, for an ultimate saucy pasta.
Crunchy
What makes the average pasta salad so uninteresting is that every bite is the same. Boring! To counter this, add a crunchy element. Whether it’s chopped nuts or crispy toasted breadcrumbs (our favorite), bring them in a separate container or bag and sprinkle them over your salad just before serving. Suddenly, it has many more layers, and every bite is even more delicious than the last.
The ultimate pasta salad
‘But what is the pasta salad that combines all these tips?’, you’re probably wondering. We found it for you. This pasta salad from Bon Appétit has a dressing made with roasted peppers and walnuts, already something quite different from the average version. The crunchy breadcrumbs with lemon make this pasta salad something you can proudly bring to the park.
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