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Asked by: Eudardo Weiland
food and drink world cuisinesCan you substitute rice vinegar for mirin?
Rice Vinegar
It's a pretty good substitute formirinespecially if you are going to use it to concoctsomedipping sauce and dressings. Rice vinegar is mild, andithas a slight taste of sweetness. Make sure you add halfateaspoon of sugar every time you use a teaspoon ofricevinegar to counteract the sourness.
Correspondingly, is rice vinegar the same as mirin?
A. Although it sometimes gets confused withricewine vinegar, mirin actually is a sweetricewine used in Japanese cooking. It doesn't just flavorfood. If youdon't have mirin, there are many commonsuggestions forsubstitutions. You can just use dry sherry or sweetmarsala, forinstance.
Keeping this in view, what can you use instead of rice vinegar?
This article will explore six of the best substitutesforrice vinegar.
- White Wine Vinegar. White wine vinegar is made throughthefermentation of white wine into vinegar.
- Apple Cider Vinegar.
- Lemon or Lime Juice.
- Champagne Vinegar.
- Seasoned Rice Vinegar.
- Sherry Vinegar.
Best Rice Wine Vinegar Substitutes
- Champagne Vinegar. The closest match is champagne vinegar.
- White Wine Vinegar. Another good substitute.
- Sherry Vinegar. Adds more flavour than rice vinegar whichmaynot be a bad thing!
- Red Wine Vinegar. Unless its home made, red wine vinegarisusually has the strongest and harshest flavour.