Some debates about food have been going on forever. Should eggplant be salted or left alone? We found out how some people feel about it and also learned a tip for what else you can do with your eggplant to make it taste truly amazing!
Why You Should Or Should Not Salt Your Eggplant:
Our Kitchn team, Sheela and I represented those two opposing ideas, with Kelli swooping in with a new idea
Yes
Salting is a tool to get you to your desired outcome, I'm firmly of the stance that salting is essential to bringing out the best in eggplant. The best isn't necessarily an issue of taste, but texture.No
Sheela, self-described Type A kitchen personality, says salting isn't necessary — it's fussy. Salting doesn't make enough of an impact of removing the bitterness of eggplant and that the threat of bitterness isn't really any issue.Microwave Your Eggplant
Our wild-card opinion belongs to Kelli. In the service of better texture, the microwave is the best option for quickly removing water and changing the physical structure of eggplant so it absorbs less oil.
Either way just enjoy your eggplant!
What Do You Think?
Now that you know how some people feel about salting eggplant, you may feel differently about it! Do you salt your eggplant?
Do You Salt Your Eggplant?
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Salting keeps the eggplant from turning into a mushy blob once cooked. I heavily salt eggplant and let the salt draw out the oil from the eggplant for at least 30min. Then you rinse the salt and oil off and pat dry with paper towels. Now when you cook the eggplant it’ll be more solid and less gooey.
the salt just draws out the oil and should be rinsed. Salting is not for flavoring