What can I use instead of Curing salt?

Cook it fresh instead: Use a fresh-meat recipe and cook and store it accordingly, or freeze the uncured meat promptly. Do not follow a cured-meat process without its specified cure.. Celery juice powder: No direct substitution. Use only the exact curing product and amount specified in a tested recipe for that product..

What changes when you substitute Curing salt?

No generic dose or conversion is safe. A different fresh-cooked product; it does not have cured meat shelf life.

Substitute for Curing salt

What it does in a recipe: Nitrite/nitrate curing products used only as specified in a tested meat-curing process; formulations are not interchangeable.

2 substitutes, ranked by what's already in your pantry. Amounts are dataset values — US and metric where a ratio exists.

Celery juice powder

Product-specific tested curing recipe only

USNo direct substitution. Use only the exact curing product and amount specified in a tested recipe for that product.

MetricNo conversion or scaling. Follow the tested recipe for the exact product and its stated nitrite concentration.

Specialty⚠ Not for bakingAlcohol-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeFish-freeGluten-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeSoy-freeVegan

Safety: Do not substitute celery powder by weight or volume for curing salt. Use the exact product, dose, meat quantity and process in a tested curing recipe. If those are unavailable, do not cure the meat.

Avoid in: the tested recipe does not specify this exact curing product and concentration

Celery curing products vary in nitrite concentration; ordinary celery powder is not an interchangeable curing agent.

What changes: No generic dose or conversion is safe

Best for: Only a tested process written for the exact curing product

Cook it fresh instead

per any cured recipe

USUse a fresh-meat recipe and cook and store it accordingly, or freeze the uncured meat promptly. Do not follow a cured-meat process without its specified cure.

MetricUse a fresh-meat recipe and cook and store it accordingly, or freeze the uncured meat promptly. Do not follow a cured-meat process without its specified cure.

Pantry staple⚠ Not for bakingContains meat

Safety: Skipping the cure does not make a curing, drying or fermentation recipe safe. Use a separate fresh-meat recipe.

Use a fresh-meat recipe with appropriate cooking and storage instead of attempting a cure.

What changes: A different fresh-cooked product; it does not have cured meat shelf life.

Best for: Anyone without curing experience

Common questions

What can I use instead of Curing salt?: Cook it fresh instead: Use a fresh-meat recipe and cook and store it accordingly, or freeze the uncured meat promptly. Do not follow a cured-meat process without its specified cure.. Celery juice powder: No direct substitution. Use only the exact curing product and amount specified in a tested recipe for that product..
What is the exact ratio to substitute Curing salt?: Cook it fresh instead (per any cured recipe) — US: Use a fresh-meat recipe and cook and store it accordingly, or freeze the uncured meat promptly. Do not follow a cured-meat process without its specified cure.. Metric: Use a fresh-meat recipe and cook and store it accordingly, or freeze the uncured meat promptly. Do not follow a cured-meat process without its specified cure..
What changes when you substitute Curing salt?: No generic dose or conversion is safe. A different fresh-cooked product; it does not have cured meat shelf life.

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