How to Boil Carrots for Salad in Just 5 Minutes: Chefs' Secret Trick
Sometimes housewives need to quickly prepare ingredients for a salad, including carrots.
And a simple trick can help with this, thanks to which the vegetable will be ready in just a few minutes.
Chef Yulia Arkhipova told how to quickly cook carrots.
An effective way
First, you need to wash and peel the carrots. Then cut them into cubes or circles.
Then place the carrots in a microwave-safe glass container.
Add some water and put the container in the microwave. The device should be turned on at maximum power for five minutes.
After this, the carrots will become soft and can be used for various dishes.
Just keep in mind that the cooking time will depend on the power of the device.
There is another method for cooking carrots in the microwave.
The vegetable can be placed in a plastic bag with a little water added to it. Then we tie it up and put it in the microwave.
The carrots will be ready in 10 or 15 minutes. The cooking time will be reduced if you cut the vegetable into several pieces beforehand.
Previously, we talked about why experienced cooks add citric acid to food.
