Will this pan work well for straining small pasta such as orzo without the pasta coming out when you empty the water? Thanks!
927076
I measured the smaller set of holes (there are two sets) and they are exactly 1/8" in diameter. Sounds like that should work for orzo.
927077
We tried to do long grain rice and the strainer function (tried to drain off excess water) didn't do very well as the holes are fairly small and the rice tended to plug them up. It does, however, work very well on steamed or boiled vegetables and anything where the size of the item is larger than grain size.
554175
I am not sure, I've never done it, but think it would be OK. The mesh is very fine. Sometimes I use the strainer to sift gluten free flours and cocoa powder together (brownies, cake ingred.); it is so fine my kosher salt won't always fit through the mesh.
298097
this will accommodate a 10" diameter 2 Handled pot... from lip to lip it is 10" ... nothing is really to small... just a bit awkward to hold the big strainer over a tiny pan... The drain holes are 1/2 cm apart & just 1/4 cm from the edge of the rim as well as being 1/4cm in diameter... so unless you are straining something very tiny it should work well... ... I am unconditionally pleased with it.
404381
only if you lay them down and bend them into a curve. I have cooked spaghetti that way and it worked fine. you can't lay them out straight. you really should buy a real spaghetti pan with a strainer.
426845
This little pan works wonderfully, but is definitely not the quality of my higher end pans. Wash it by hand, not in the dishwasher, and it should last. The non-stick coating will otherwise come off easily. And, be careful not to overfill with water, or you will be hard boiling, not poaching.
1405210
I'm not sure about that since I've never tried straining cooking oil with it. However, the strainer is lined with a nice fine mesh, so it should do the job.
1845794
I used it for straining kefir grains but I'd want a large one to strain cooked quinoa because the mesh is so fine that of soft quinoa may plug the holes. A small one would take forever to drain.
1385560
it's fairly fine-mesh -- we use it to strain broth. However, we're not too picky about having the broth turn out clear -- if you care about that, you'll probably need a second round with cheesecloth. Overall, a nice, strong strainer, though!
1853417
It would depend on how much pasta you want to cook. If 1-2 servings, yes, I've actually done that with mine. But once the water level gets too high in the bottom, you end up sort of boiling/steaming what's in the top. I suppose it wouldn't make that much of a difference, but when I like my veggies lightly steamed, I use very little water. A larger version of this would do more servings nicely I'm sure!
1398829
You can put less water in it and that way it will be thicker, to spoon over a baked potato. I used it as a sort of creamy, cheesy pasta sauce. It worked out well. :)
980784
It will press pasta that thin if the knob is held in place. Otherwise, the dial will turn to a wider thickness. I can only speak for the machine that I have though. It's not working properly.
715915
The same thing happened to me when I first used it. I just reduced the amount of pasta in the cooker and it comes out fine. I do 2 servings at a time.
114769
This is an excellent pot for pasta. Lots if room for large amounts and not too awkward to tip into a strainer
133919
Yes, it would work fine for pasta, especially for bigger sizes of pasta, like penne. Although it's possible that small pasta, like orzo or small shells, might fall through the holes a bit.
1203967
There are 3 of us and part of the pasta box is fine in the pot. To mush pasta in pot and the water runs out of pot as it is not deep enough. I use the pot for my sauce and making soup for it is the right size.
794534
I gave this question a lot of thought as I am not sure that I would want to use it for deep frying. The handle folds down and is very close to the edge of the pot, making your hand very close to the steam and boiling water, so I think the same would exist for boiling oil. I like a handle that extends out from the side for deep frying, but that's me and we don't do a lot of it. Also, the mesh seems a little too fine, not sure if that is good or bad. I use 2 different pot sizes: 9 3/4" W. x 7" H. which the basket sticks out about 1/2", and another deeper one: 10 1/2 W. x 9" H. which the basket sits below the rim about 1 1/2". The basket itself is 9 1/2" W. x 7 1/2" H. I use it for pasta and quick par-boiling veggies. I do gluten free pasta and my husband does reg. semolina pasta so my pasta goes into the boiling water first, then his, in the same water. Works for us, but I don't know if I'd feel safe using this for deep frying. Your decision.
1053480
Actually, I have the two tier steamer and I love it. The lid fits both the pot and the steamer. The steamer works great and I've cooked pasta noodles in the pot and then use the steamer tier to drain the noodles. Works quite well except when boiling water.the lid isn't real tight so I get water spitting out of the top everywhere but not a real problem.