Can I replace plain yogurt with sour cream?

I am making a new dish, it calls for yogurt, can i use sour cream to place that? (it is for a sauce for cube steaks and noodles)Can I replace plain yogurt with sour cream?
Absolutely, I use a LOT of yogurt, cream and sour cream in my cooking (Indian, French and Gourmet Mexican). The flavor will change slightly (tangier with the yogurt, ';creamier'; with the sour cream) and you can decide which you like best, but they are very interchangable.





(Oh and if you use Mexican style cream or yogurt and want a more ';sour'; taste, just add lemon juice)Can I replace plain yogurt with sour cream?
It sounds as though the substitution will work in your case. As yogurt becomes more available, it is being used in recipes that formerly would have listed sour cream anyway. They are both curdled dairy products, but sour cream is generally a more highly-processed food with the potential for more preservatives or other additives, hence the growing preference for yogurt.
absolutely. I do this all the time.
Yes, it's a common substitution.
ABSOLUTELY...and 10 times better for you. Sustitute it in a dip, you won't go back to sour cream, I mean c'mon your eating pure fat when you eat sour cream!
Yes, but DON'T Allow the sour cream to get too hot or it will curdle.


If it's a sauce you make with the cube steak drippings...make sure to take it off your heat source first!





Also, when using sour cream heated, NEVER USE FAT FREE...it's really grainy in texture and will ruin your recipe!
probably won't make much of a dif. although i think you will increase the calories using sour cream.
No. if you must replace it with something, use creme fraiche. Soured cream will ruin it.
yes you can, it will give you different flavor though
Sounds delicious. i substitute one for the other often. I think Yogurt has less fat calories,
Yes. Absolutely.
In sauces, dressings and dips plain yogurt is a wonderful substitute. It has (I think) better flavor and is lower in fat. You can even ';punch'; it up a bit by adding a squeeze of lemon juice and stirring it through before you add it to your recipe.
well, you replace the sour cream by putting away the yougrt and get the sour cream out the ice box. mixing them together might cause you to get really get sick and trust me it's very very disgusting.
Yes, I've done it and with meat and noodles I think it actually tastes better! Go for it!
It's use is very similar, but there will be an obvious flavor difference.
yogurt is often subbed for sour cream - why not?
Sour Cream =


1 cup plain yogurt can be substituted for 1 cup sour cream.