Lemon Juice Substitutes
The three best lemon juice substitutes for any uses, from salad to baking, plus some honourable mentions so you always know what to use! If you don't have a lemon on hand, try some of these instead.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1:1 lime juice
- 1:1 orange juice
- ½:1 apple cider, white wine, or rice vinegar
- 1:1 white wine for deglazing/cooking only
- ½:1 cream of tartar for baking only
- Citric acid
Instructions
- Lime or orange juice: use equal amounts to replace lemon juice in almost any recipe with no changes needed.1:1 lime juice, 1:1 orange juice
- Vinegar: use half the amount of vinegar to replace lemon juice and replace the remaining liquid with water if needed.½:1 apple cider, white wine, or rice vinegar
- White wine: only for cooking, use an equal amount of dry white wine to replace lemon juice.1:1 white wine
- Cream of tartar: this only works for baking. Replace half the lemon juice with cream of tartar and add water to make up the difference.½:1 cream of tartar
- Citric acid: 1 teaspoon citric acid = ½ cup lemon juice, so use it sparingly and replace the liquid lost from the lemon juice with an equivalent amount of water.Citric acid