That said, I did find that spaghetti squash jap chae is pretty good. Doesn't have the right texture as actual jap chae but the sauce carries it, and it works better.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

I've never been overfond of it myself, but I like it better with some cheese or meat in the sauce.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yeah people take the name literally and it doesn’t turn out well. I find using it to replace noddies in a heavy noodles casserole actually works, cause it’s baked and soaks in the flavor for a long time and you can make them extra saucy to make up for it too. There’s good recipes for it, but as a literal substitute for spaghetti noodles in sauce plopped on top spaghetti? That’s not a good recipe

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 3 points 21 hours ago

Fuck yea. Easier to make this "from scratch" than actual pasta, too, and tastes almost the same. Personally, I like this better because the texture of the "noodles" has a slight crunch to it while still being "al dente."

Besides low-carb diets, it's obviously a great sub for gluten-free folks as well.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Spaghetti squash is great!

[–] GhostPain@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Love spaghetti squash. It's a touch too sweet for me to be eating it regularly, but otherwise, hell yea.