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How to Prepare Boiled Potatoes, Carrots, Beets for Salad

December 26th, 2008 in Tips, Advices & How-to by
Total cooking time: 1h
Skin-on Boiled Beets

Sometimes you need to boil vegetables such as potatoes, carrots or beets for your salad or other dish.

This article will help you to to make it in the right way. Make sure your vegetables still contain all important nutrients after boiling!

Ingredients:


Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Take a cooking pot with size enough to fit the vegetables you want to boil plus at least 2-3 inches above them.
  2. Fill cooking pot with water and put on the burner and wait until water begins to boil.
  3. Put 1 spoon of salt to the water
  4. Don’t peel vegetables, just wash them with water.
  5. Put vegetables to the boiling water and put cover on the pan.
  6. Adjust heating so water with vegetables will not bubble too much.
  7. From time to time check vegetables with knife if they are ready. Prepared vegetable will feel soft when being pierced by knife.
  8. When vegetables are ready, get them out of the water and let them cool down so you can safely peel their skins.
  9. After peeling you boiled vegetables are ready for salad!

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Sonia
11 years ago

I boil beets in plastic bag so it won’t loose its color

Sunil
11 years ago
Reply to  Sonia

Thanks for the method of boiling beets in plastic bag to retain original color.

12 years ago

I learned from my [American] mom to prepare vegetables and we always peeled them first. The first time I saw it done this way was my Russian friend, Olga… What do you know?

12 years ago
Reply to  Julia Volhina

That I do! With fresh parsley and dill! Another dish I got from a Russian friend. She encouraged me to go to the Russian store in Detroit, and buy Russian oil – it does have a stronger flavor.

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