May 14, 2016

Cooking Spaghetti without Boiling, Part 2/スパゲティを茹でずに調理する、パート2

Yesterday, I went to a 100-yen shop and bought this item among others.
昨日は、100円ショップに行き、こんな物を買いました。
Plastic container specifically for use in cooking spaghetti in a microwave oven.
スパゲティを電子レンジで調理する専用のプラスチック容器です。
The hole in the lid is for measuring out 100 g of spaghetti. Cool!
蓋にある穴は、100 gのスパゲティを測るためのものです。クール!

I thought it was a great product, but I found that instructions on the bag were pretty stupid.
すごい製品だと思いましたが、袋に書いてある説明はかなり馬鹿げていました。
For a 600/500-W microwave oven, you need to heat spaghetti for the specified time plus 4/5 minutes! Isn't that ridiculous?
600/500Wの電子レンジで、スパゲティを通常の茹で時間プラス4/5分も茹でる必要があります。馬鹿げていませんか?

Anyway, last night, I put 100 x 2 = 200 g of spaghetti in the container, and added 140 x 2 = 280 g water.
ともかく、昨晩、スパゲティを100 x 2 = 200 g容器に入れ、水を140 x 2 = 280 g入れました。
I kept the container in the fridge until around 11 o'clock today.
容器は今日の約11時まで冷蔵庫に入れていました。
As you can see, not all the water is soaked at this point.
見てわかる通り、この時点では、水は全部吸われてはいません。
I placed a plastic wrap on it (the lid is not microwavable), and put it in the microwave. I expected that it would take a total of four minutes to cook the spaghetti in the 800-W microwave.
ラップをして(蓋は電子レンジでは使えません)、電子レンジに入れました。800Wの電子レンジでスパゲティを調理するには全部で4分かかるだろうと予想しました。

One minute later:
1分後:
Not much difference.
あまり変化はありません。

Two minutes later:
2分後:

Three minutes later:
3分後:
I stirred the spaghetti with cooking chopsticks before taking the photo.
写真を撮る前に菜箸でスパゲティをかき混ぜました。

Four minutes later:
4分後:
Almost done. I stirred some more. As you can see, almost all the water is now absorbed by the spaghetti.
ほぼ完成です。もう少しかき混ぜました。見てわかる通り、水は殆ど全てスパゲティに九州されました。
Meanwhile, I made some simple meat sauce, with two large onions, 300 g of ground pork, and one tomato can. I added a generous amount of tomato ketchup after turning off the heat.
その間、私は玉ねぎ大2個、豚の挽肉300 g、トマト缶一つで簡単なミートソースを作りました。火を止めてから、トマトケチャップをたっぷり足しました。
Done!
完成!
I transferred one half of the spaghetti to a plate, and added some margarine to the container and mixed it with the remaining spaghetti to keep it from sticking together.
スパゲティを半分、お皿に乗せ、容器にマーガリンを足し、残りのスパゲティと混ぜ、くっつかないようにしました。
My lunch today.
今日の私の昼食。

9 comments:

  1. Breaking the spaghetti into smaller pieces would reduce the amount of time it needs to soak, speeding up the process some.

    There are also recipes for Spaghetti with meat sauce on the internet, called "One Pot Spaghetti", where you cook the noodles in the sauce with a little added liquid (usually broth or water). Here's an example.

    http://www.marthastewart.com/978784/one-pan-pasta

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  2. Dear Hiroyuki-san,

    I read in the past you can help with ordering a shigefusa

    http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~y3-rikou/syouhinn/syouhinn-top.htm

    I have seen that a 32cm Kitaeji is available as we speak, will it be possible to assist me with the purchase?

    Best regards
    Evangelos Kapris

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  3. Cheryl: Thanks for your suggestions.

    I will make more recipes for my son so he can feel comfortable with cooking pasta.

    ekapris7880: I'd like to, but the one of the two 32 cm (shaku issun) kitaeji yanagiba has already been sold to someone else, and the other has already been claimed by someone else.

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  4. Dear Hiroyuki-san

    This is unfortunately, will be then possible to assist me with potentially placing an order for 3 shigefusa knives

    1. Kitaeji yanagiba 30cm
    2. Kasumi Guyto 24cm
    3. Kasumi Sujihi 27cm

    How much will be the cost of each and should I pay in advance finally will it be better to be shipped to USA or in Japan ?

    I have contacts in both places for that matter.

    By the way, I enjoy your blog and it is interesting to follow the "cooking" lessons you are giving to your son.

    Best regards
    Evangelos

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  6. Looks Yummy. I will make this dish. I may replace the Pork with Beef.

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  7. seeandoh: Do make a dish like that! With pasta and canned tomato, you can never go wrong!

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  8. Hello Hiroyuki - I just found your blog and am enjoying the recipes and the topics you write about. My husband and I visited Japan for the first time in March and I returned (to Boston, Massachusetts) missing Japanese food very much. I look forward to trying some of your recipes especially for pickles and sweets! Thanks for this blog.

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  9. Holly C:

    Thanks for your comment. Japan in late March? You must have seen lots of cherry trees in blossom then.

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