15+ Great Substitutes for Ginger – Chef's Pencil

15+ Great Substitutes for Ginger – Chef's Pencil

HomeCooking Tips, Recipes15+ Great Substitutes for Ginger – Chef's Pencil

You were making that fresh lemonade and wanted to grate some fresh ginger into it. Maybe you wanted to make a soothing ginger tea. Or you were cooking up your famous stir fry or fried rice only to find that there was no ginger in sight.

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The best way to grate fresh ginger

What can I use instead of ginger you ask? We have plenty of ginger substitutes. Some are more surprising than others.

It flavors gingerbread doh! It’s in ginger beer doh! And it’s a staple in Asian African Caribbean and even European cuisine. You can also make a delicious ginger syrup from it that’s great for flavoring sodas and cocktails.

It’s quite the medicine they say. But we’re not going to focus on its antibacterial or anti-inflammatory properties. We’re going to find the ginger alternative you’ve been looking for to make that meal. What can you replace ginger with? We’ve rounded up some herbs and spices! But first…