How can I reduce the salt taste in a dish [duplicate]

Can a dish prepared with too much salt be overcome without changing the water or ingredient content? Or least in a drastic way.

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Best Answer

a stew or soup can be fixed by adding a halved potato into it and simmering for as long as it takes for the potato to cook. Carefully remove the potato with a slotted spoon afterwards.

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How do you fix an overly salty dish?

If you do end up with too much salt in your dish, adding fat is a good way to reduce an overly salty flavor. Cream, yogurt, and butter work well to cut salt\u2014but be sure to add slowly. Wolfgang uses a touch of honey in his pea soup. To balance the flavor, he adds a little lemon juice for acidity.

How do you neutralize the taste of salt?

Lemon juice, vinegar\u2014whatever the acid, it's your saving grace. Use a squeeze of lemon or a drizzle of a mild vinegar to help mask some of the aggressive salt with a new flavor.

How to rescue a salty dish

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