How to improve the taste of boiled potatoes: experienced chefs revealed the main tricks

11.01.2023 13:06
Updated: 13.04.2023 09:49

If you learn how to cook potatoes deliciously, you will always have the opportunity to serve a tasty and high-quality side dish to the table.

There are a lot of tricks that will help improve the taste of the root vegetable, as well as make it soft and protect it from darkening.

What culinary secrets are worth remembering?

How to Make Peeling New Potatoes Easier

Such potatoes have a delicate and pleasant taste, so housewives always try to serve them at the table at the first opportunity. However, the process of peeling the tubers is extremely difficult.

But thanks to one trick, you can simplify it considerably. First, pour water into a large bowl, add salt and leave the young potatoes in the liquid for fifteen minutes.

Vinegar and lemon juice

If you are boiling potatoes for a side dish or salad, it is important to preserve the shape of the root vegetable, since potatoes like to boil over.

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Regular vinegar can protect against this.

It is enough to add just one spoon of liquid to the pan to ensure that the root vegetable remains whole and tasty.

Lemon juice plays a similar role. One spoon will also be quite enough. It is worth introducing sour products in the second half of cooking, otherwise the potatoes may not cook.

For extra flavor

If you want the potatoes to be not only tasty, but also aromatic, then don’t forget about additional ingredients.

For example, you can add any spices. Bay leaf, rosemary, onion and garlic go well with the root vegetable. You can also add sprigs of dill and parsley to the pan. Carrots will also give a pleasant flavor to boiled potatoes.

Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor


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  1. What culinary secrets are worth remembering?
  2. How to Make Peeling New Potatoes Easier
  3. Vinegar and lemon juice
  4. For extra flavor