Tea Noodles

One of my favorite ways to prepare noodles or rotini is by cooking it in a small amount of liquid and letting the noodles absorb the flavor they are cooked in. The pasta turns out much chewier and starchy because you do not drain the pasta water, because there is none! This recipe uses tea, soy sauce, and liquid smoke, but it works very well with chicken broth or beef broth. The trick is to be constantly stirring the pasta and adding water as necessary.

Ingredients:

• Egg noodles
• Boiling water
• Tea bags
• Soy sauce
• Liquid smoke
• Salt
• Garlic
• Pepper

Directions:
Boil water and tea bags

• Remove tea bags
• Add remaining liquid ingredients
• Add pasta
• Add spices
• Stir constantly making sure pasta does not stick to bottom of pan
• Add additional water if necessary
• Pasta should be taken off heat before completely cooked as it will continue to steam in pan since you do not drain or rinse hot pasta

Enjoy!