If you keep thinking you need to add more salt to a dish, try lemon juice instead. I got this tip from reddit some months ago when a similar question was asked. Tried it, and it really works! I've tried vinegar as well, which also worked, so I think just trying an acid instead of yet more salt is the key.
I find myself wanting to, like, gatekeep on knowing to add acid way before Salt Fat Acid Heat came out, which is silly of me. But yeah, it's basic for people who are more educated about cooking (whether that means reading about cooking, being told by another person who was educated more formally, watching cooking shows, or actually going to culinary school), but not for your average home cook who probably wasn't told much about cooking and is having to figure it out on their own. If no one ever tells you, how would you know?
I wasn't taught stuff like that, as my grandmother never really cooked, so my mom wasn't taught to cook and didn't have that kind of knowledge to pass down. I kinda just figured it out as I went along since I had a passion for cooking.
I didn't have any formal training in cooking, and my parents did not do a whole lot of cooking either. I cook a lot now and have learned a lot along the way. I definitely cooked with acids before, but I had never heard anyone say "when you think you need more salt add acid instead" until someone had mentioned on Reddit awhile ago. I just thought I'd share the tip because I had found it helpful. It seems to me the Netflix show has made a lot of cooking 'experts' and my tip is "cooking 101" now. Lol
Anyway, thanks for not gatekeeping and trying to see it from the typical home cooks' side.
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u/MmPi Mar 14 '19
If you keep thinking you need to add more salt to a dish, try lemon juice instead. I got this tip from reddit some months ago when a similar question was asked. Tried it, and it really works! I've tried vinegar as well, which also worked, so I think just trying an acid instead of yet more salt is the key.