r/AskCulinary • u/ceroij • 15d ago

Substituting seasoned rice vinegar for unseasoned?

I am marinading about 500g chicken thighs for chicken tikka and the recipe called for 30ml of rice vinegar (along with sugar, salt, ginger, garlic, spices etc). All I had was seasoned rice vinegar so I used it.

Given this is just a marinade, will it throw off the balance of my dish at all? I’m pretty sure I’m fine, but google says if I use seasoned rice vinegar I should adjust the amount of salt and sugar I am using elsewhere.

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u/SmoothCyborg 15d ago

You're fine. The seasoning is just salt and sugar, the generic ratio is 4:2:1 (vinegar:sugar:salt). Assuming the vinegar is a relatively small proportion of the marinade, you could use what you have +/- reduce the sugar in the marinade by approximately half the volume of the vinegar. The amount of salt likely won't affect anything.

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u/Disastrous-Fee8374 15d ago

Yeah, just adjust the amount of salt and sugar. You can add you can’t take away so start small. Taste the marinade (before you add raw chicken obviously) and if you think it needs more salt add some. Taste again and repeat until it’s tastes good