Why You Should Add Baking Soda When Boiling Regular Potatoes: A Chef's Advice

13.03.2024 22:32

It would seem that nothing could be simpler than boiling potatoes.

However, there are some nuances here too. For example, potatoes often boil over and turn into mashed potatoes.

If the potatoes are not boiled for mashed potatoes, but for salad, this becomes a problem.

Yulia Arkhipova, an expert in the field of cooking, a chef and a fourth-class baker from the online publication Belnovosti, tells us what to add to the water when boiling potatoes so that they don’t overcook.

What to add to potatoes so that they don't boil over

Adding baking soda to the water will help you get perfect boiled potatoes.

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For one and a half kilograms of potatoes, half a teaspoon of soda is enough.

Adding table vinegar (a tablespoon per 2 liters of water) also helps prevent potatoes from overcooking.

Earlier, the expert told how to make cream for a cake from sour cream.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor

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