pastalaya stock:pasta ratio

Look at the jambalaya calculator. Theres a pastalaya page on it.

I looked at the calculator and the related threads. There is no ratio for pastalaya. It just says fill pot to an inch from the top of pot.

How much is 4 lbs of water?

And when I say stock I mean stock/water/whatever liquid you are using

4 lbs is about a half gallon I believe

A tad less

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How much is 4 lbs of water?

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A gallon of water weighs 8.33 pounds. So 4 lbs of water is a little less than 2 quarts (1.92 qts).

A pound of rice is 2 1/2 cups. 4 pounds of rice is 10 cups (1 1/4 qts).

The amount of uncooked pasta that equals a certain amount of cooked pasta depends on the pasta shape.

By volume (cups or fluid oz.), pasta generally doubles in size.

By dry weight, 4 oz will give you 2 cups (volume). Said another way, a pound of pasta will yield about a gallon of cooked pasta, depending on shape.

3 cups liquid per pound of pasta.

Thanks everyone for the advice.

The ratio that I always use is three ounces of liquid for each ounce of pasta, regardless of the type of pasta.

8oz. of pasta (half pound) = 24 oz. of liquid (3 cups)

16 oz. of pasta(one pound) = 48 oz. of liquid (6 cups)

And so on ...

I like to make it with the little 7 oz. Mexican bags of pasta... that's why I broke it down all the way to an ounce to ounce ratio.

Of course, my recipe doesn't use ingredients with additional liquids, like canned tomatoes or "cream of whatever" soups.

I just use meats, seasonings, a little kitchen bouquet, and the above pasta to liquid ratio. Comes out moist, but not soupy.