Rice wine vinegar smells like bad sake for a start. I actually tasted both to describe the difference. Distilled white vinegar has sharp sour notes. Rice wine vinegar is a bit sweet and sour and smoother. I think you can substitute it for this recipe. The purpose of vinegar and the asian pear is to help break down the meat to make it more tender. You can also substitute kiwi for the asian pear.
Rice wine vinegar smells like bad sake for a start. I actually tasted both to describe the difference. Distilled white vinegar has sharp sour notes. Rice wine vinegar is a bit sweet and sour and smoother. I think you can substitute it for this recipe. The purpose of vinegar and the asian pear is to help break down the meat to make it more tender. You can also substitute kiwi for the asian pear.
This looks pretty good. Anything that comes off a pig is good, of course. This looks very melt-in-your-mouth tender.
How is rice wine vinegar? I keep seeing mention of it in certain recipes, what effect does it have? Is it anything like standard white vinegar?