15. Boiled dough:[1]

*Important note: This law refers specifically to cooked dough. For cooked bread [i.e. dough that has already been baked], see Halacha 17 ??!

Definition: Dough which is cooked while submerged in water.

The Law: While baked dough has the potential of becoming the blessing of Hamotzi, depending the various factors listed above in Halacha 3??, boiled dough always receives the blessing of Mezonos irrelevant of any other factor.[2] This applies whether it was boiled in water or any other liquid. This applies even to large size pieces.

Boiled dough that is then fried or baked: See Halacha 18!

Summary:

Any dough which was cooked in liquid is Mezonos and Al Hamichya even if one sets a Seuda on it and even if they are large pieces.

Examples:

• Boiled Noodles, Pasta, Spaghetti: All forms of boiled Noodles, Pasta, or Spaghetti are Mezonos and Al Hamichya, irrelevant of the amount one eats, even if one sets a meal over it. Furthermore, some Poskim[3] rule all noodles are Mezonos even if baked as they do not have the appearance of bread, as will be explained in Chapter 9 Halacha ??.
• Boiled Dumplings or Dough Patches– Kneidlach & Kreplach:[4] Boiled dumplings or dough Patches, known in Yiddish as Kneidlach and Kreplach, are Mezonos and Al Hamichya, irrelevant of the amount one eats, even if one sets a meal over it.

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[1] Admur Seder 2:12; Luach 8:11; SHU”A 168:15, 17 Kuntrus Achron 7; Taz 167:18; M”A 167:36; Ketzos Hashulchan 48:10; M”B 168:55; Shevet Halevi 7:23; Piskeiy Teshuvos 168:15;

[2] The reason is because cooked dough does not have the status of bread at all. [Seder ibid]

[3] Derech Chaim, brought in Ketzos Hashulchan ibid; Piskeiy Teshuvos 168:21

[4] Dumplings are small pieces of dough, often wrapped around a filling like meat, vegetables, or cheese, and then boiled, steamed, or fried.