ladyofillyria replied to your post “anyone have any suggestions for white wine substitutes in cooking? Or...”
I generally hear that a good substitute for wine in cooking (a thing I'm interested in because I don't drink wine) is stock plus acid (generally vinegar)
SAAAAAAME I don’t really like wine, so I’m not super excited about trying to cook with it. I’ve tried that, and it’s been okay but generally the acid has been too strong tasting - I like it, but it gets overpowering fast. Maybe I’m just using proportions wrong and will have to do more stock...
20thcenturyvole replied to your post “anyone have any suggestions for white wine substitutes in cooking? Or...”
I mean, sometimes I make a blend of olive brine, lemon juice, sugar and stock? But that's only if I forgot to buy wine and have to cobble together a substitute. Honestly, an opened bottle of wine can last weeks in the fridge, so maybe just use it in another recipe later.
I might end up going for that. One reason I don’t particularly want to do that option though is just the fear that well, I don’t like the taste of wine when drinking it so will I really like it lacing through my food? That being said, I’ll probably just go for it.
badimirputin replied to your post “anyone have any suggestions for white wine substitutes in cooking? Or...”
All of perfectanomaly's suggestions are good - if you're just avoiding red wine recipes because you don't drink red wine, you can buy a cheap bottle of a fortified wine like madeira - it'll last pretty much forever, and I've had good results using half and half madeira and chicken stock with a splash of lemon juice as a substitute for red wine, especially in stews and pasta sauce recipes
ooh, okay, I love the idea of something that lasts forever. How do you keep it once it’s opened? In the fridge? And since I mostly just want to be able to try those stews and sauces I’ve been avoiding in order to avoid red wine that sounds perfect! Thank you!!
lookninjas replied to your post “anyone have any suggestions for white wine substitutes in cooking? Or...”
No substitution recommendations, sorry, but for actual wine I use pinot grigio (for white). You could probably also just get a designated cooking wine -- that should work too.
Yeah I’ll probably end up doing that. Thank you for the specific wine idea, since I know nothing about wine I desperately need a name to go to the store and request lol.
perfectanomaly replied to your post “anyone have any suggestions for white wine substitutes in cooking? Or...”
Just buy one bottle of wine and make ice cubes out of it, then you'll always have some wine available whenever you need it. Also, if you have anything spare from the night before, this is a handy way to save it.
Genius, oh man. Thank you for all your suggestions, you are a god among peeps. Especially thanks for the specific wines too
thank you guys so much for all your help!! I am blown away and so touched by everyone coming forward to help me in my COOKING ADVENTURES. I love cooking, and am actually really dang good at it, but I have a fairly limited repertoire so thank you all so much for helping me expand it. I appreciate you so much <3 <3 <3
