In Asian cooking can I substitute lemon zest for lemon grass?




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I have be in one and the same dilemna myself making some Tom Yum Gai and I used the stalks of a bunch of cilantro and some lemon peel. I minced the cilantro stalks and bruised the lemon prepare with the flat of a meat sledge hammer. The flavor wasn't exactly the same but it be still really good.


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No - two different things!

you can but they had slightly different flavors, so be prepared for that. also, the grease in the zest will be stronger so use a bit smaller quantity.


no lemon grass has a stronger flavor to it

Well, they're both very different, but if you're desperate, I suppose it's worth a try.


There is nought stopping you from doing it, but you're not going to get alike result. Lemongrass has a totally distict flavour.

No. It is not like peas in a pod at all. Lemon grass have a distictive flavour. Its available at any grocery store in the asian part. The brand name "Thai" carry it. It really makes a dish special.


Lemon Grass have a unique flavor and the zest won't cut it.

Lemon grass has an herby lemon flavor, while lemon unsurprisingly just taste like lemon. A substitute would be parsley and lemon zest.


No, lemon grass taste entirely different than lemon zest. Lemon grass has much more of a complex flavor, which you will not attain by using lemon zet. Hard to explain, but give attention to of trying to substitute salt for garlic....go and get what I mean?

And by the process, if you happen to live contained by a remote area or a metro nouns where not too abundant asians live, try buying lemongrass in a tube. I've instinctively never used it, but I've seen lemongrass bond available in a tube (like pre-packaged wasabi) which at most minuscule I would think taste more like fresh lemongrass than does lemon zest. I'm sure the tube mixture is also available to buy online.
Lemon grass is not lemon at all, it's a type of grass. I grow it contained by my yard, and I use the end of the stalk . The flavor is much more subtle than lemon zest, which is intense.

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