How do I decrease the saltiness in pork meatballs?

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If I simmer salty pork meatballs in low sodium tomato juice or sauce would it decrease the saltiness in the meatball?

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Best Answer

The easiest way to make the taste of the meatball less salty is to make the tomato sauce a bit sweeter than you normally want it.

Another option is to make the sauce a bit spicy. Both sweetness and spiciness will lower your tongue's perception of saltiness.

Note that it will not make the meatballs noticeably less salty themselves. This only hides the saltiness, so if you are trying to lower the sodium due to dietary restrictions, this will not help in that regard.

If the meatball is so salty that the sweet/spicy sauce doesn't mask it, you can re-purpose the meatball in other ways. Some ideas include:

  • Break them up into little pieces and sprinkle on top of a salad (treat it like how some people treat bacon bits in a salad).
  • Try eating the meatballs in a sandwich with the sweet/spicy tomato sauce. Sandwich bread is very neutral in taste and can help with the saltiness.
  • Break into bits and add into a baked pasta dish.
  • Add it into a vegetable or noodle soup.


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How do you make salty pork less salty?

Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of an acidic ingredient to the pork chops in a pan or brush it over the top. Acids can counteract salts on the palate. Spritz a citrus fruit, such as lemon, orange or lime over the pork chop to take away some of the salty flavor.

How do you cut salt in meatballs?

The easiest way to make the taste of the meatball less salty is to make the tomato sauce a bit sweeter than you normally want it. Another option is to make the sauce a bit spicy. Both sweetness and spiciness will lower your tongue's perception of saltiness.

How do you reduce salt in ground pork?

Try some of the following tips to salvage your recipe:
  • Squeeze some lemon juice or orange juice over your dish. ...
  • Drizzle in a mild vinegar like all-purpose vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or white wine vinegar to help mask the salt with acidity by distracting the taste buds.
  • Sprinkle some citric acid in your dish.



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    Answer 2

    Yes, cooking a salty meatball in a low sodium sauce will reduce the saltiness a bit as some of the salt will be cooked out, however the effect won't be that much. If you want to try it keep in mind that canned tomatoes have a fair amount of salt added (it helps preserve them), so you'd be best off making a fresh tomato sauce.

    Answer 3

    You can soak them in water for awhile then rinse out some of it out. Can do two three times. Or boil it out however this might make them tougher.

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