When to add salt to water when boiling potatoes: many people make a mistake – wait 5-7 minutes
If the potatoes are overcooked, you may not be salting them correctly.
Yulia Arkhipova, an expert in the field of cooking, a cook and a fourth-class baker from the online publication Belnovosti, told us when to add salt when boiling potatoes.
When to salt potatoes
It depends on how it is prepared. Boiled potatoes are salted 5-7 minutes after the water boils.
If you add salt at the very beginning of cooking, the potatoes may overcook.
When cooking potatoes in their skins, add salt immediately after the water boils.
If the potatoes are being boiled for mashed potatoes, you can add salt either immediately after the water boils or after 5-10 minutes.
Fried potatoes are salted 5-7 minutes before they are ready, French fries – after they are cooked.
Earlier, the expert told how to make potato pancakes.
