Cook pasta and sauce together in one pan to minimize washing up
Add pasta and sauce ingredients to the same pan so the dish finishes as the pasta cooks, reducing cleanup.
The video frames this as a one-pan method where everything is thrown into the pan and tossed together, taking about as long as the pasta needs to cook. This is presented as a way to make a quick pasta with minimal washing up.
The short version
- Aim for a method where the total cook time matches the pasta cook time
- Finish by tossing everything together in the pan
What you need
- panSingle pan used for the whole dish
Why it works
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