Fresh cabbage in salad tastes bitter: 3 tricks to fix the situation

09.05.2023 08:00

Many people like to serve vitamin salads that contain fresh cabbage.

This simple and budget-friendly dish is extremely healthy.

However, it is difficult to enjoy the food if the vegetable is noticeably bitter. As a rule, this can be due to many factors, including improper care of the crop.

But with a certain approach, you can get rid of the unpleasant taste.

What 3 tricks will help with this?

Preliminary preparation

To remove any trace of bitterness, you need to lightly marinate the cabbage. To do this, chop the vegetable, put it in a bowl and generously sprinkle with salt.

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Next, the cabbage should be mashed and left for a while. The main task is to remove the resulting liquid.

Lemon juice

This citrus fruit will perfectly cope with the removal of bitterness. To do this, it is worth preparing a salad dressing, which will consist of lemon juice and high-quality vegetable oil.

Hot water

Often boiling water is used when preparing cabbage to improve its taste. Therefore, cabbage leaves can be subjected to light heat treatment before cutting.

Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor

Content
  1. What 3 tricks will help with this?
  2. Preliminary preparation
  3. Lemon juice
  4. Hot water