At what stage of cooking do you need to salt soup and borscht: useful tips from housewives

Very often soups and borscht are very salty, and this can completely ruin the taste of the dish. It is very important to add salt and spices to the dish correctly and in time during cooking.

The FoodOboz editorial team shares useful tips from chefs on how much salt to add to soup and borscht.

When and how to salt borscht and soup

Culinary experts say that both soup and borscht should be salted at the end, when the main products have already been cooked, but you should make sure that the vegetables are not overcooked. Only in this case will the salt be absorbed evenly, and the taste of the dish will be rich and spicy!

How much salt to add to soup and borscht

Culinary experts advise adding 1-1.5 tsp of salt for every liter of soup (i.e., counting not pure water, but together with the ingredients).

The exact proportions:

• 1-1.5 tsp of salt for 1 liter of soup.
• for 2 liters of soup - 1-2 tsp of salt.
• for 5 liters of soup - a maximum of 5 tsp.