I just cooked a huge batch of burrito filling. Everything seemed okay, but then it turned out to have a really disgusting charcoal aftertaste. I think maybe some burned bits got stirred in while I was cooking it. Can you tell me how to remove the taste? I find it inedible, but it's about $50 dollars of ingredients. Any advice would be hugely appreciated.
Flavor – How to remove a smokey/ charcoal taste from food
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Best Answer
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't think there is anything you can do to remove that flavor. It sounds like what is often described as "scorched" flavor. In restaurants, that is well known as the one flavor you can't mask, you just have to dump the whole batch and move on. You can feel free to take a shot at masking it with acid (lemon, vinegar, ...), salt, sugar, and spices, but I don't think it is going to work.