Okay, I know I should go on a cooking site to ask, but here goes.
I am making pork tenderloin with a marinade. I have everything except the dijon mustard. Can I substitute the McDonald's hot mustard packet? I normally do not like mustard and it is optional for the marinate. I do like mustard in marinates though. I copied the ingredients incase that helps. Keep in mind the packet is my husband's favorite, so I have never even tried it and i know it looks and smells different from dijon. I feel like the mustard would allow the marinade to stick to the pork better, which is why I want to use it or a more viscous ingredient.
edit: i just asked my neighbor to borrow some and she was kind enough to give me an almost empty jar...with the exp date April 2012.
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons minced garlic, I use at least 2 tbls
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, if desired (I really like the mustard)
pepper
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I would use some kind of blend of the mustard you have or dry mustard with a bit of white wine vinegar or white wine.
Otherwise you could use a little horseradish.
FYI, dijon mustard is really unlikely to "go bad" so the date on the mustard you got from your neighbor is not a big deal. It may lose some flavor over time, but is really unlikely to spoil.
OK, I don't believe in consuming bad food. But ingredients like this, sometimes the dates can be fudged.
Is it truly an expiration date, or a "best if used by" date? Does it smell "off"?
If it smells OK, hasn't separated, a tiny taste test doesn't go badly, you can probably use your neighbor's mustard. Esp since you will be cooking with it, not putting it on cold.
Now you've made me hungry! T. =-)
I don't think it will taste exactly like it is supposed to, but I am sure it will be good. Mustard is pretty acidic, so mustard that has expired is likely pretty safe to use. I make a lot of marinades just using up what I have in the fridge, and usually as long as there is something sweet, something acidic and something savoury in it is ends up tasting good.
It will taste slightly different if you use a McDonalds packet rather than Dijon, but sure... why the heck not? Recipes aren't made for perfection - many people change them slightly anyways. So I'd go with the packets rather than the very expired mustard.
I have never tried a substitution like that but I wouldn't do it. Dijon has a very distinctive flavor and I've never found a good substitute. If you don't have Dijon I would just leave it out.
Go for it! It will have a slightly different flavor, but if your husband loves the McD's, he might like it better than the dijon
I almost never follow a recipe exactly. I use them as guidelines, and then tweak to suit my own taste.
Mustard, being mostly vinegar, doesn't spoil. It's fine to use it.
And you can use the hot mustard instead of Dijon, it will just be a little hotter.
