Burning food does not produce tasty results---especially in soup---but a quick-fix remedy to get a scorched taste out of soup could sit in your kitchen cabinets. To avoid scorching your soup in the future, use a low, slow heat and watch the pot, and you'll never have to fix burned soup again.
Instructions
1. Stop stirring as soon as you smell a burning odor from your soup. Immediately remove the scorched soup from the heat.
2. Tilt the soup pot, and place the bottom of the pot under cold running water. Be careful not to spill the soup in the sink. Let the water cool the outside of the pot for one minute.
3. Gently pour the soup from the top of the pot into a second soup pot. Leave one cup of the soup and any burned bits at the bottom of the first pot.
4. Place the second soup pot on the stove over medium to low heat, and add one cup water or broth to dilute the soup and compensate for the soup left in the burned pot.
5. Immerse a peeled, whole potato into the soup and let it cook.
6. Add extra spices used in the recipe such as garlic, onions or pepper.
7. Mix 1 tbsp. vinegar or prepared mustard into the soup to mask the scorched flavor.
8. Heat the soup over medium to low heat, stirring the entire time, for 15 to 20 minutes. Do not leave the pot unattended.
9. If the previous steps fail to fix the burned soup, then do the following: Add 1/2 tbsp. liquid smoke to the soup to increase the smoky flavor and make a slightly scorched taste more reminiscent of barbecue rather than an accidental burn.
10. Remove the potato from the pot and discard before serving.
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