Made the Szechuan-Hoisin pork & rice bowls today. They were yummy!! But it called for adding the seasoned rice vinegar into the cooked rice, along with butter. Does this seem right? Is this a thing I just didn’t know was a thing?
I added the vinegar into the sauce when I mixed it up. Anyone else made this one?
by BrilliantTop5012
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I made this today and skipped putting the vinegar (& butter) in the rice. Thought the recipe was just okay, but I had it with ground turkey and was rushing to make it, so any issues were probably on me…
Sounds like the recipe is aiming for a “sushi rice” style flavor.
What do you think sushi is? Lol
Seems normal to me. I put rice wine vinegar (mixed with a little sugar) in my rice when I make kimbap.
Ok I stand corrected, thank you folks! 🙂 I can’t do sushi for the life of me so didn’t know the rice was seasoned like that – the nori, smells like you’re going to eat the beach. I just…can’t.
Sushi (sticky) rice is made by adding rice vinegar to the cooked rice. If you didn’t do it then you missed out. Don’t be afraid to try new things and challenge yourself. My wife told me for 15 years she hates sour cream. She loves the breaded oven chicken, the one where you spread sour cream all over the chicken before cooking it. She also eats the crema I put on the table all the time, guess what, it’s like 85% sour cream. It’s all in your head!
Its seasoning it’s really good
I liked it alright, but I wish this one had more of the oranges. I think a cup of mandarin chunks in juice would have given more flavor instead of a fresh mandarin. Maybe my orange wasn’t ripe enough or something, but the other flavors just completely overpowered it.
Yes, sushi rice is seasoned with vinegar when it steaming hot. It’s a thing.
You have to season it while the rice is hot so it will absorb the seasoning better.