Speaking of vinegar, although there are a lot of fruit vinegar, balsamic vinegar and so on, the most commonly used are aged vinegar and white vinegar. What's the difference between the two? Which is more suitable for cooking?
1、 The difference between aged vinegar and white vinegar
1. The materials of aged vinegar and white vinegar are different
Aged vinegar is formed by taking sorghum as the main material, bran, water, rice, wheat, pea and white granulated sugar as the auxiliary materials, and adding an appropriate amount of edible salt and sodium benzoate.
The material of white vinegar is relatively single. Barley and water are the main materials, supplemented by wheat and corn, and an appropriate amount of edible salt can be added.
2. The efficacy of aged vinegar is different from that of white vinegar
Both are rich in nutrients and contain a lot of protein and energy, but the main functions of aged vinegar are dispersing blood stasis, hemostasis, detoxification and insecticidal. It is edible for ordinary people, but it should be contraindicated for people with excessive spleen and stomach dampness, gastric ulcer and excessive gastric acid. White vinegar has the ability of anti-virus and deep cleaning. It is generally used to improve and regulate human metabolism and promote digestion.
3. The state of aged vinegar is different from that of white vinegar
In terms of color and taste, aged vinegar belongs to vinegar stored for a relatively long time after brewing. The longer the aged vinegar is, the more fragrant it is. Aged vinegar is dark brown, cool and liquid, and has a mellow taste. You can see a small amount of sediment. Due to the long storage time, it is not easy to deteriorate. White vinegar is transparent in color, pure in sour taste and colorless.
2、 Which is more suitable for frying
1. The most used is aged vinegar
2. There are many kinds of vinegar. You can choose different vinegar according to different basic dishes and desired tastes
3. White vinegar is used for cooking, pickling hot and sour vegetables, sour radish and other snacks. It can also be used as a household cleaner, such as cleaning the dirt inside the coffee machine. White vinegar is sour and colorless, which will not destroy the color of ingredients, such as fried large intestine with shredded ginger and vinegar ribs; Or dishes used to emphasize acidity and remove fishiness, such as vinegar fish fillet, white vinegar shrimp, etc; In order not to destroy the color, appetizers are also pickled with white vinegar, such as cold cucumber.
4. Aged vinegar is the most sour and should be braised. In terms of taste, aged vinegar is the most sour. When cooking hot dishes, aged vinegar is often used in dishes that need to highlight the sour taste and have a darker color, such as sour and spicy sea cucumber, vinegar cooked catfish, etc. In addition, vinegar is also commonly used in cold dishes such as old vinegar peanuts and old vinegar jellyfish.