# How to fix your food

This video gives a rapid-fire list of ways to fix your food if you've accidentally messed it up.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 1 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pinch salt
- 1 splash acid
- 1 tablespoon fat
- 1 potato substance
- 1 tablespoon chicken stock or water
- 1 splash lemon juice
- 1 splash vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 pinch MSG
- 1 splash soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon parmigiano reggiano
- 1 splash Aji-Mirin
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar

## Instructions

1. If your dish is too salty, add acid, fat, or more substance (if it's soup, add a potato).
2. If your dish is too sweet, add acid (citrus juice, vinegar, etc.).
3. If your dish is too sour, add fat or salt (cream, butter, etc.).
4. If your dish is too bitter, add fat or something sweet (cream, butter, sugar, honey, etc.).
5. If your dish tastes bland or off, add salt and/or acid.
6. If your dish lacks depth, add something savory or umami (MSG, soy sauce, parmigiano reggiano, etc.).
7. When adding seasoning, use multi-dimensional seasonings instead of plain ones.

## Equipment

- bowl
- scale
- lemon juicer
- pot
- pan
- immersion blender

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCUd49ey4F0/?igsh=ZXdwaHZ6MHZ2NTFr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bec72853-cef7-4ef2-9d8b-8f5f287c1e34
- Extracted: 2025-04-27

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