Food Marsala cooking wine or real Marsala wine?

[jcriley5]

I am planning to make chicken marsala. Does it matter if I use the Marsala cooking wine that you buy in the oil/condiment section of the grocery store? Or should I buy the real Marsala wine in the liquor section? I once heard that you shouldn't use wine in cooking that you wouldn't drink. What do you all think?

 

[Mikan]

I have only used the real Marsala wine from the liquor store and it turns out great every time. I've never tried the other one.

 

[carolinagirl73]

Don't bother with the grocery store stuff. blech

 

[dallas]

I wouldn't bother with the cooking wine, I would use the real deal. It will give you the proper flavour.

 

[carolinagirl73]

My husband makes great marsala (veal and chicken) and he adds a step.

He reduces the sauce after adding wine, adds more wine and reduces again. The additional wine adds quite a bit more sweetness to the dish, but we love it.

 

[jcriley5]

great, thanks all! I will definetly get the real thing. Carolinagirl73, thanks for the tip! I will try that!

 

[missisa07]

I've heard that cooking wines are junk to use in cooking. I used to watch a lot of Food Network lol.

They said to never cook with a wine that you wouldn't drink.

 

[Hyacinth]

They add salt and other additives to "cooking wine" to make it undrinkable - why would you put that in your food? YUCK!