Fresh cabbage in salad tastes bitter: 3 tricks to fix the situation

09.05.2023 08:00

Many people like to serve vitamin salads that contain fresh cabbage.

This simple and budget-friendly dish is extremely healthy.

However, it is difficult to enjoy the food if the vegetable is noticeably bitter. As a rule, this can be due to many factors, including improper care of the crop.

But with a certain approach, you can get rid of the unpleasant taste.

What 3 tricks will help with this?

Preliminary preparation

To remove any trace of bitterness, you need to lightly marinate the cabbage. To do this, chop the vegetable, put it in a bowl and generously sprinkle with salt.

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Next, the cabbage should be mashed and left for a while. The main task is to remove the resulting liquid.

Lemon juice

This citrus fruit will perfectly cope with the removal of bitterness. To do this, it is worth preparing a salad dressing, which will consist of lemon juice and high-quality vegetable oil.

Hot water

Often boiling water is used when preparing cabbage to improve its taste. Therefore, cabbage leaves can be subjected to light heat treatment before cutting.

Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor


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  1. What 3 tricks will help with this?
  2. Preliminary preparation
  3. Lemon juice
  4. Hot water