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How to Boil Potatoes Properly: Why Add One Spoon of Vegetable Oil to Water – A Culinary Trick
11.01.2024 06:20
When boiling potatoes, some housewives add a little vegetable oil to the boiling water.
They do this for a reason: the supplement helps achieve two important results at once.
Firstly, the cooking process is significantly accelerated.
Secondly, the side dish turns out much more appetizing.
Speeding up cooking
If, while cooking boiled potatoes, the cook adds 1 tbsp of sunflower oil to the pan, a film will form on the surface of the water.
Thanks to this layer, the temperature of the liquid will remain very high.
As a result, the nightshade will be ready much faster than usual.
Improving taste
Another result of adding oil to water is that it improves the taste of the dish.
The potatoes will become more appetizing due to the quick cooking, as well as the taste of the additive itself.
Other tricks for getting delicious potatoes
To make the side dish even tastier, you need to follow three additional rules.
First: it is advisable to add raw potatoes to the pan after the liquid in the container begins to boil.
The second rule: do not overdo it with water. You need to pour just enough liquid into the pan so that the vegetables are completely covered, but not "at depth".
The third rule: adding salt should only happen at the final stage of cooking.
Earlier we talked about what happens if you soak potatoes in water before frying.
