How to salt potatoes?

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I would use boiled or fried potatoes inside other recipes like the Spanish tortilla which has usually a salty taste. Depending on how I cut the potatoes however, sometimes there is too much contrast between how salty mix and the potato chunks.

I wonder if there is a way I could salt the potatoes correctly before adding them to de mixture.

For instance, for the tortilla I mention, the spuds are cooked in olive oil for about 30min. Adding salt to the oil while cooking had little effect. I was thinking about leaving them in salty water for a while, but that would take a long time and pre-boiling it, doesn't seem to fit the recipe.. so..?



Best Answer

Add the salt in te bowl of egg and potato mixture, right before pouring the mix to the pan. You don't salt the potatoes you salt the whole tortilla.

Even if you use onion. The onion inside the Spanish tortilla tastes always sweet.

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Do you salt potatoes when boiling?

And the highest-impact way to avoid under-seasoned, taste-like-nothing potatoes is to salt the potato cooking water. (Sadly, if you skip this step, almost no amount of salt added directly to the cooked potatoes can redeem them.)

How much salt do you put in water for potatoes?

There are a varying amounts of salt used in salt potatoes, but the standard would be around 2 Tbsp of salt for every 1 cup of potato boiling water.

When should you salt your potatoes?

When they're finished cooking, the cells close off. That makes seasoning the center of the potato pieces more difficult. Add about one tablespoon of salt for every pound of potatoes.

Why do you salt potatoes?

As the potatoes cook, the salty water forms a crust on the skin, and the higher boiling temperature allows the starch in the potato to cook more completely, giving a creamier texture.



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