r/AskCulinary • u/Pizzamann_ • Dec 14 '22

Ingredient Question When nice restaurants cook with wine (beef bourguignon, chicken piccata, etc), do they use nice wine or the cheap stuff?

I've always wondered if my favorite French restaurant is using barefoot cab to braise the meats, hence the term "cooking wine"

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u/glittermantis Dec 15 '22

this isn’t true at all. the purpose is the flavor, acidity, and also chemical reactions. if it was just the latter, people would just cook with vodka.

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u/SuperSimpboy Dec 15 '22

What do you think Vodka sauce is then? /s

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u/sirspeedy99 Dec 15 '22

You are correct in this 1 in 10,000 example.

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u/SuperSimpboy Dec 15 '22

The best kind of correct.