Difference between 利かせる and 味をつける


I'm actually learning 味をつける which is translated by : to bring taste. But when
I looked it up on jisho.org, it was also translated by : 利かせる. I just want to
know if there is any difference or if one is more used than the other. Thank
you !




(～に)味をつける means using salt, sugar, pepper, miso, ketchup and so on to give a
flavor. 味付け is also a common word.

利く means something like "(for a thing) to do its job". この料理は塩が利いている means the
dish is salty (and delicious). 塩を利かせる means "to make salt do its job" or
simply "to salt something". ～に塩味を付ける and ～に塩を利かせる are both common and roughly
the same, but the latter has the connotation of "and make it more delicious".

