Cooking Sherry or Cooking Wine

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Cooking sherry or cooking wine is typically a poor quality sherry or wine to which a quantity of salt has been added. The reason is to avoid the “Alcohol tax” as the salt renders it pretty much undrinkable. The added salt will flavor the final dish, usually unpleasantly.

Here a good rule of thumb is “if you won’t drink it, don’t use it to cook with”. The purpose of cooking with sherry or wine is to add the flavor and complexity to the dish, as the Alcohol evaporates during cooking.