Try these exciting leftover cooked pasta recipes! 8 unique and easy recipes.

Ways to use Leftover pasta

Author: Nupur Bhattacharya

Difficulty:Beginner

Description

Don’t we all end up with leftovers after a pasta dinner? Here I will show you 8 fun ways in which you can use your pasta leftovers! Let me know which leftover pasta recipe is your favorite!

Ingredients

The ingredients are mentioned in the instruction section

Instructions

Pasta sandwich

Set a pan on medium heat
Smear some butter or oil on 2 pieces of bread and pan fry till golden brown

Apply some mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, and hot sauce on the bread
Fill with leftover pasta and some cheese

Pasta stuffed Capsicum or Bell pepper

Set a pan on medium heat and add 1 tbsp. cooking oil
Add finely chopped onion, 1 teaspoon of finely chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon of chopped carrots, 2 tablespoons of chopped mushrooms, 1/4 cup of spinach leaves and 1/4 cup of Paneer (you can also use eggs instead)
Stir fry

Add some hot sauce, soy sauce and vinegar
Sprinkle some pepper powder and add in the leftover pasta
Place deseeded capsicum halves with the pasta filling, top with cheese and place them on a greased baking tray.

Bake at 350° fahrenheit or 180°C for 25 minutes or till the capsicum feel soft

Pasta staffed omelette

Break two eggs in a bowl

Add salt to taste, pepper to taste and beat wel
Add some cooking oil or butter to a pan set on medium heat.
Make an omelette, stuff it with the leftover pasta and some cheese

Cheesy pasta cutlets

To a grinder jar add one cup of leftover pasta, two slices of bread, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, black pepper powder (to taste) and pulse 10 to 12 times or till it turns into a coarse paste
Take a handful of the paste, flatten into a disc, fill with some mozzarella cheese and shape into cutlets

Set a pan on medium heat, add some butter or oil and fry the cutlets till they are golden brown on both sides
Dip it in some tomato ketchup or hot sauce and enjoy!

Crispy pasta

If your pasta has veggies, remove them (they may get burnt in the air fryer)
Sprinkle some oil on the pasta
Pour them in an air fryer basket, spread them in a single layer and cook at 350° fahrenheit or 180°C

Cook for 7 to 8 minutes or till they are nice and crisp

Pasta egg muffins

To one egg, add salt (to taste), pepper (to taste) and beat well

To a cupcake mould add in some of the leftover pasta and filled with the beaten egg
Top it with cheese and bake at 350° Fahrenheit or 180°C for approximately 15 minutes or till the egg is cooked through

Pasta salad

Vinaigrette:
Combine 1 teaspoon of fresh lime juice, 1 teaspoon of extra-virgin olive oil, salt (to taste) pepper (to taste), sugar (to taste), mustard powder (to taste) and mix well
To half cup of the leftover pasta add shredded lettuce or cabbage, chopped tomatoes, carrots, boiled corn, capsicum pieces, olives, red onion and the vinaigrette
Mix well and top with cheese

Pasta quesadilla

Add cheese on the tortilla
Add some leftover pasta

Pan fry with some butter until golden brown on both sides

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