Help me handle my noodle

[TrickyBob]

I am making lasagna tonight and I bought normal lasagna noodles, not the kind where you put them in the lasagna dry.

My problem is that I don't have a pot big enough to put all my noodles in to boil them.

If I put them in a 9x13 pan and dump boiling water on them and let them sit while I brown my beef and get everything else ready, will that suffice?

I really don't want to boil them in small batches.

[winelady]

I never boil my lasagna noodles and I never buy the no boil ones. I just use more sauce than normal. Never had a problem.

[TrickyBob]

Hmmm, I want to do that but at the same time I don't want a super runny lasagna. I know with the oven ready kind, I must always add too much extra that it never sets up right but stays runny.

Do you bake it for the same amount of time in that case?


I didn't know it would really work with non-oven ready ones.

[Deleted]

It works with non oven ready ones. I swear. You don't even need a lot of extra sauce. Just cover it nice and tight with the foil and it steams them.

[cookies]

It works! You should be able to bake them for the same amount of time. The key is to put a little extra sauce on the bottom of the pan. You can layer the rest of the lasagna like you normally do.

[TrickyBob]

I will give it a try!

I knew there was a reason I loved you ladies, you're chalk full of a short cuts because sticky limp noodles are a pain to handle.

[mypunkinpie]

That's what she said

[MixedBerryJam]

Dec 17, 2012 16:20:28 GMT -5 winelady said:

I never boil my lasagna noodles and I never buy the no boil ones. I just use more sauce than normal. Never had a problem.

Making this discovery has been lifechanging. Life. Changing.

Your lasagna won't be runny as long as your sauce isn't. Just use a little more sauce than you normally would. The extra hydrates the dry noodles, so, voila, not watery.