Does Alcohol Really Burn Off When You Cook It?

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Most people believe that alcohol will “cook out” of food when it's simmered, but studies suggest﻿ that this is total myth﻿. Here's what's really going on.

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00:00If you thought the alcohol in your pasta sauce cooked off completely before the pasta hit the table, think again.

00:06Alcohol begins evaporating or cooking off when the liquid that it's in reaches 173 degrees Fahrenheit.

00:14However, it never totally evaporates away.

00:18After 15 minutes of simmering, 40% of that vodka still remains.

00:24After 30 minutes, 35% is still there.

00:27After two hours, there's still 10%.

00:30The alcohol actually never completely evaporates.

00:34If you wanted to get the alcohol completely gone, you would have to basically just boil the sauce away completely.

00:41So that vodka that you put in your penne alla vodka and then simmered for just five minutes with the pasta, guess what?

00:48It's mostly still there.

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