I see some TV chefs advocating in adding salt after each ingredient(vegetable and meat alike) is added to the cooking process in order to "seal in" the flavor. For instance, you add a bit of salt after adding onion and saute it a bit, then add a bit of salt after celebrity and carrots are added a bit later, and so on.
Is this claim legitimate? I personally feel this is pretty bogus - the purpose of adding salt, at the END of cooking process, is to stimulate the saltiness taste buds in order to accentuate the flavor. Salt doesn't actually react with the ingredients chemically to alter the flavor.
I don't think there is such thing as "sealing in" the flavor of each ingredients. Of course, each ingredient sequentially added to a dish would taste "a lot" better after you add a bit of salt to it, and then you sample that particular ingredient immediately after that. But this is the same thing as adding salt to your liking at the end of the cooking process.
So, is their claim correct?
2006-10-05
07:34:53
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