How to Boil Carrots for Salad in 5 Minutes: A Culinary Trick Not Everyone Knows

05.03.2024 14:04

Salads with carrots are always tasty and healthy. But it is important to boil the vegetable beforehand.

This procedure usually takes a long time.

If you want to make a salad but don't have time to boil carrots for it, you should use one clever trick.

But if you don’t want to wait that long, and raw carrots aren’t suitable, then you should use a microwave.

Thanks to this device, you can cook vegetables in just five minutes.

Carrot
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To do this, the root vegetable needs to be cut into several pieces and then placed in a special microwave dish.

You also need to add a little water so that it covers the vegetable. Then turn the oven on to maximum power.

After five minutes, you can check the carrots.

The root vegetable should be soft, but not overcooked. The taste and texture should be preserved. As soon as the vegetable cools down, it should be added to dishes.

Earlier we told you how to save wilted carrots.

Author: Olga Kotova Internet resource editor