ive just made a stew and put too much salt in,can i add anything to take some of the salt out?

Answer 1

if its a stew with water just drain and add more water and simmer to reduce the water again

Answer 2

Oh I hate it when that happens.

You can only dilute the stock, there's no additive way of doing this. You've just got to get rid of that salt.

Drain the stock until there is little left and re-fill with boiling water- not as much as you remove, about 3/4 that amount.

Let it simmer a while and taste it. If it is not salty at all you can add a little more of the salty stuff back, bit by bit. You did save it, didn't you..?

As all this will take a while, your stew will continue to, well stew. so it will be making new stock.

If you can add more ingredients with the water [or any other stock you might have]- all the better.

Good luck...

Answer 3

The old standby is add potatoes and then pitch the potatoes when it's finished cooking. I never believed in this until there was a show on TV about how and why this happens, and it's true, a potato will absorb salt.

Answer 4

not really, you can cover it with sugar or simply add more to the stew to dilute it, take a bag of carrots, cut them one inch pieces bake them like you would potatoes and add them, do the same with some potatoes would absorb some of the salt and dilute it, along with adding some sugar and some water

Answer 5

I believe that if you put in a raw potato it should draw some of the salt out. Worth a try.

Answer 6

unfortunately once the salt is in you cant take it out, but you can extend the stew with very bland vegetables such as celery potatoes carrots or swede be careful not to use to much onion as they have a tendency to make you fart, i always fry my onions before adding them to the stew this makes them much softer

Answer 7

A couple of sprinles of sugar , it really does work or a raw potato & simmer agsin until the potato is soft...it will absorb the extra salt.

Answer 8

You need to drain it off and add new stock, some chunky raw potatoes and let it simmer, gradually add some chopped up tomatoes, and a couple of spoonfuls of Chile sauce.
I find it works as I have done this on occasion also.

Answer 9

You can use a potato to soak up the salt.

Answer 10

Potatoes, But you will need to cook then in the stew (from raw) then take them out, can take a bit of time. but if you're not in a hurry it can be a life saver!!!