Salt vegetables during cooking to boost flavor and draw out moisture
Add salt partway through sautéing to enhance flavor and help pull moisture out of vegetables.
A couple pinches of salt can both season the vegetables and encourage moisture release. This can help you move from steaming toward better browning as water comes out and evaporates.
The short version
- Salt enhances flavor.
- Salt can help draw out moisture during cooking.
What goes wrong
Never salting until the end and missing the moisture-drawing effect
Season during cooking (in moderation), then adjust at the end.
Why it works
Salt increases perceived flavor and promotes moisture migration to the surface, aiding evaporation.
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