Do you need to add water when stewing cabbage: advice from chefs and cooks

07.06.2023 15:17

Stewed cabbage is a tasty dish that many people love.

You can dilute the taste with additional components. For example, the vegetable goes well with eggplants, mushrooms, chicken, and so on.

The treat is quite easy to prepare.

But during the cooking process, questions may arise.

Some housewives are sure that water should be added to cabbage. Is this true?

Cabbage
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Chefs point out that this is a mistake and should not be done.

The thing is that the cabbage will release juice in the frying pan anyway, and if you add more water, it will simply “drown”. If you decide to add water, you should keep in mind that it should not be more than 20 percent of the cabbage’s weight.

If you need to stew sauerkraut, then you should still pour half a glass of water into the pan. But you should do this if it seems that there is too little cabbage juice.

Author: Olga Kotova Internet resource editor