Started boiling potatoes? Know: you need to add salt exactly 420 seconds after the liquid starts to boil.
Why do you have to wait exactly seven minutes and not three, five or nine?
The answer is simple: one important culinary rule says so.
Follow it and your boiled potatoes will always turn out perfect.
An interesting life hack was told by the Belnovosti online publication's expert in the field of cooking, chef, and fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova.
An important rule for adding salt when cooking potatoes
When boiling potatoes, you should not rush to add sodium chloride.
The salt should be added to the water exactly at the moment when seven minutes have passed since the liquid began to boil.
Following this rule will ensure that the nightshade will practically not boil over.
In addition, the potatoes will turn out extremely appetizing.
Want to make the taste of the side dish even brighter? Then use such an additional ingredient as garlic!
A few cloves thrown into water are enough to give boiled potatoes incredible taste.
Expert: Julia Arkhipova
