Can I freeze a dressing with rice vinegar in it?

[clh2]

Hi,
Trying to eat a little healthier. Have a great recipe for a Thai Peanut Cuumber Ribbon Salad”

In trying to save time, can I make a bigger batch of the dressing and freeze it, and the pull out a packet of dressing out of the freezer when I will be making it?


The dressing calls for:
Rice vinegar
Lime juiceGrated gingerroot
Garlic
Salt
Honey
Red curry paste

I’ve frozen all of the above except rice vinegar and the red curry paste.

Any reason why I shouldn’t try this?
Thanks!

 

[ronandannette]

Hi,
Trying to eat a little healthier. Have a great recipe for a Thai Peanut Cuumber Ribbon Salad”

In trying to save time, can I make a bigger batch of the dressing and freeze it, and the pull out a packet of dressing out of the freezer when I will be making it?


The dressing calls for:
Rice vinegar
Lime juiceGrated gingerroot
Garlic
Salt
Honey
Red curry paste

I’ve frozen all of the above except rice vinegar and the red curry paste.

Any reason why I shouldn’t try this?
Thanks!

I can't think of why not; the flavor and texture might suffer a little but I imagine it would be close enough. With those ingredients though, just mixing them and storing them in the fridge should be OK for a very long while - months probably. Why not just do that?

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

The main issue with freezing vinegar is the dilution of its acidity and flavor. Of course it has the same exact problem if stored for a long time out of the freezer too. By the way never freeze vinegar in the glass bottle it came in.

 

[wenrob]

I can't think of why not; the flavor and texture might suffer a little but I imagine it would be close enough. With those ingredients though, just mixing them and storing them in the fridge should be OK for a very long while - months probably. Why not just do that?

I agree with this. Those ingredients stay stable for a very long time.

 

[clh2]

So...thanks to your suggestion to just make a bigger batch, and keep it in the fridge, I just hadn’t thought of making extra and just putting the rest in the fridge.

It worked fabulously! I made about 4 recipes-worth of dressing, and we’ve had this salad just about one time a month.

I am not comfortable keeping this longer than a month.

Thank you for the suggestion and your comments!