Why cook with alcohol?

Question

Whats the point of cooking with alcohol, like vodka, if the point is to boil/cook it all out? What is the purpose of adding it then if you end up getting rid of it all?

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Answer 1

The extent to which alcohol is “cooked off” is _greatly_ exaggerated in popular consciousness.

Here’s a chart:

|Time Cooked at Boiling point of alcohol|Approximate Amount of Alcohol Remaining|
:–|:–|
|15 minutes|40 percent|
|30 minutes|35 percent|
|One hour|25 percent|
|Two hours|10 percent|
|Two and one-half hours|5 percent|