How to Save Soup That's Too Spicy: Cooking Tricks

11.12.2023 14:30

No one is immune from culinary mistakes. Even an experienced housewife can accidentally overdo it with pepper while cooking a fragrant and hearty soup.

But there is no need to despair. The dish can be saved if you remember some tricks.

For example, any sour ingredient will quickly remove the spiciness. You can take vinegar, lime or lemon. However, you should remember about the measure so that the taste does not suffer.

Sweet ingredients also help out in this situation. Just a pinch of sugar or honey will help make the soup taste softer.

Dairy products are effective in combating the problem. If the recipe allows, then sour cream should be added to the soup.

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But there is another good way that helps not to completely neutralize the sharpness, but to partially cover it.

We are talking about carrots and potatoes, which need to be peeled and placed in a saucepan during cooking so that they absorb all the excess.

After cooking, these vegetables need to be taken out.

Author: Olga Kotova Internet resource editor