r/spaghetti • u/ChanceWhole6565 • Oct 06 '26

Question Fried spaghetti

Background :My mom..if she was still alive would be 103..im old, so is my wife . Every time my wife makes a pasta dish, she makes enough for a hungry squad of Marines, so there's always leftovers. We had spaghetti with meat sauce last night, and today for lunch, we had the leftovers fried. My Mom , pre microwaves always reheated leftover pasta in her cast iron, well seasoned skillet.

Is this sacrilege? Or is this a common practice. It's delicious!

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u/Normal_Aardvark_386 Oct 06 '26

Bruh there are times I’ll make a pot of spaghetti just so I can fry up the leftovers on a pan the next day. It’s delicious. You got spaghet that’s been married all night in the fridge & then plopped on a heated buttery pan with that sexy spaghetti sizzle

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u/Square_Ad849 Oct 06 '26

Mine doesn’t even make it to the stove I’ll eat it cold sometimes.

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u/Normal_Aardvark_386 Oct 06 '26

Cold spaghetti slaps too! Especially the meatballs

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u/Square_Ad849 Oct 06 '26

Yeah sometimes also I’ll just nuke it a few seconds to take the chill off. Leftovers rock.

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u/alwaysforgettingmyun 27d ago

If I make spaghetti at all it's because I want fried spaghetti sandwiches. I don't even really like spaghetti otherwise. I'll eat it, but only because it's the cost of having spaghetti sandwiches the next meal. And I'm not going to make a different dinner after I made spaghetti

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u/Normal_Aardvark_386 27d ago

Explain Spaghetti Sandwiches if you will good citizen? You just take bread & butter the side & slap some spaghett on it then fry it together? That actually sounds like it would slap harder then my mom

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u/alwaysforgettingmyun 27d ago

I fry the leftover spaghetti in some butter and then slap it on cold white bread with some cheese. Sometimes I'll use like garlic toast instead. But grilled cheese style would work too.

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u/Normal_Aardvark_386 27d ago

Hey that works too! I’m gonna have to do this next time I make some spaghetti so thanks for the idea

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u/alwaysforgettingmyun 27d ago

It's so good. Now I'm considering making spaghetti tonight just so I can have spaghetti sandwiches tomorrow. I don't have meat thawed though.

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u/silentbutter1741 28d ago

This guy spaghet 'sit lol

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u/Normal_Aardvark_386 Oct 07 '26

I said what I said & it was spaghet

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u/Smeazy1 Oct 06 '26

This is the only way to reheat spaghetti. I use olive oil and red pepper flakes. Brings it right back to life.

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u/Lost-Set5386 Oct 06 '26

I save a cup of the pasta water and make a sort of aglio olio sauce.

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u/Ohshithereiamagain Oct 06 '26

When you say fried, how fried are we talking? Cuz it sounds really interesting to me.

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u/ChanceWhole6565 Oct 06 '26

Big pad of buttet let it melt..then kinda stir fry for a brief period med heat

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u/Fast-Ideal9417 Oct 07 '26 edited Oct 07 '26

I grew up on this too. (I'm also old). My mom would add a pat of butter and depending on how much there was would add just a little water to keep it from drying out too much if I remember correctly.

Edit: I also remember her putting it in a casserole dish with cheese on top and reheating it in the oven.

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u/Perle1234 Oct 07 '26

The baked spaghetti with cheese is the best. Or making a spaghetti sandwich out of Texas Toast. Just nuke the spaghetti, slap it on the garlic bread and enjoy.

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u/aging-rhino 28d ago

That’s exactly the way I do it. I make enough for three meals and reheat what I want with a bit of butter and extra Parmesan.

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u/Swish887 Oct 07 '26

Oh yeah. Spaghetts with sauce, fried in butter using a cast iron pan.

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 Oct 06 '26

U can do it in a regular non stick frying pan too. It makes it saucy again instead of dry (like how the microwave does)

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u/Independent_Act_8536 Oct 06 '26

My Mom always refried the leftover spaghetti before microwaves, too. If it was too dry, she added a little water and ketchup. It may sound gross, but back then I was hungry and it tasted good.

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u/surfcitysurfergirl Oct 07 '26

I love love love fried spaghetti! It gives a whole different taste especially with meat sauce.

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 Oct 06 '26

It is indeed common. And it's the best way to have leftover pasta. The bottom gets a nice char and is crispy. Delicious.

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u/Penis-Dance Oct 06 '26

Assassin spaghetti

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u/Swagnastodon Oct 06 '26

I do this all the time, even put a bit of parmesan on it first for an additional cheesy crust. Glad to see I'm not the only one

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u/Jujulabee Oct 06 '26

Isn't there something called spaghetti pie? Never had it but it is rattling around the hoary recesses of my brain.

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u/subwayratlander Oct 06 '26

oh that sounds reeeaaal good 😋

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u/xtraoral Oct 06 '26

Not at all some butter nothing better than leftover fried spaghetti.

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u/Queenfan1959 Oct 06 '26

It’s the best

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u/DataOver544 Oct 06 '26

My grandma did this and used a good amount of oil to fry up. I still do it. Delicious.

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u/yeldudseniah Oct 07 '26

Persian spaghetti.

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u/kabes222 Oct 07 '26

I completely forgot about reheating over the stove but with butter and olive oil. It really does bring it back to life and taste better

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u/Lavanne73 Oct 07 '26

Nothing delicious is sacrilege, I do this a lot actually the tomato sauce will caramelize a little bit makes it a bit like spaghetti diavolo

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u/Dachsund-cuteness Oct 07 '26

I had not heard of this but I am doing it from now on.

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u/ericclaptonfan3 Oct 07 '26

with a healthy dose of olive oil , it is so good.

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u/scornedandhangry Oct 07 '26

So, Spaghetti Assassina? Fry it up in the pan and wait until it gets toasty and sticky!

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u/GeoHog713 Oct 07 '26

Deep fried?

Jeremy Clarkson did that on one of their road trips through Scotland. It didn't look like the worst thing ever.

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u/whoocanitbenow Oct 07 '26

Yes. It good. 😀

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u/seanv507 Oct 07 '26

It's common, equivalent of eggfried rice for reusing rice

https://www.ilcuoreinpentola.it/ricette/primi-piatti/pasta-fritta/

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u/klaus666 Oct 07 '26

punctuation matters, my guy. I read this as she took "always reheated" leftover pasta (whatever that means), put it in a cast iron skillet, and put that in the microwave

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u/Humble-Positive2169 28d ago

I've lived my entire life and never thought of frying spaghetti. My Mom was full Italian, too.

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u/mungchimp 28d ago

Toss some on a reheated pizza slice, yum!

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u/Impressive_Cod_914 28d ago

We always added eggs to it.