What relatively inexpensive red wine would be best with the following recipe and cooking in general?

Question

I am seeking a red wine to keep in the house strictly for cooking, yet I have always been told you should cook with a wine you would drink--I don't drink alcohol at all do to medical conditions therefor I have no idea what tastes good, etc.

Broiled, Butterflied Chicken

Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown

Show: Good Eats

Episode: A Bird in the Pan

1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns

4 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 lemon, zested

Extra virgin olive oil

Onions, carrots and celery cut into 3 to 4-inch pieces

3 to 4-pound broiler/fryer chicken

1 cup red wine

8 ounces chicken stock

2 to 3 sprigs thyme

Canola oil

Answer 1

yellowtail merlot

its like 12.00 a bottle and its good for drinking and cooking

Answer 2

Just sub chicken stock, veggie stock, or water for the red wine.  You don't have to use it.

Answer 3

A dry (not sweet) Marsala Wine would be delicious. A Cabernet, Merlot or Burgundy Wine would be much more stronger in flavor, if you prefer.  The alcohol in the wine will burn (cook) out leaving the just the flavor.  I have stored wines corked in my pantry for more than 2 weeks and they did not go bad (vinegar).

Answer 4

If you don't drink wine, you might not like the way it tastes in food.

That recipe would work good with a white wine too -- Chardonay.

But, a better wine to try is Marsala, sweet or dry is good (I've cooked with both and actually prefer using the sweet).

Answer 5

If you're not going to drink the red wine at all, then a bottle is going to go to waste.  You're only using a cup for this recipe.  Wine will only keep for 2-3 days before the taste is off.  If you think you will cook often with wine, I would get a boxed wine - Hardy's Merlot or Shiraz is a good one.  The box is equal to 3 bottles of wine.  Cost is $15.  What's nice about the box is that it will keep for a long, long time.  If you think that you won't cook with wine so much- go with a very inexpensive wine like Sutter Home, Woodbridge, Barefoot Cellars, Yellowtail, Hogue, Walnut Crest

Answer 6

If i have any trouble what wine? I do it like my grandma --- Bordeaux. No  I am not from France --- I am from Germany.

Answer 7

It is correct that you should cook with a wine that you would want to drink! The best red wine for this recipe would be a nice, dry red but since it is going into a poultry dish I would avoid something really heavy like a Cabernet.

Perhaps try a Malbec from the Mendoza region of Argentina. Many of the good ones are relatively inexpensive. They are dry, but fairly light bodied thus great for cooking.

I recommend Almos Malbec- retails for about $9.99

Also- as a side note. Once you open a bottle of red wine (or any wine for that matter) it will begin to go bad within just a few days thus wouldn't be great to cook with. You should use the wine within 48 hours.

Answer 8

If you really want to use the wine, buy a bottle of Fetzer Valley Oaks Cabernet or Merlot.  It is very drinkable and I cook with it all the time.

I don't know where you are but the cost is under ten dollars in most places.

Answer 9

a typical 7-9 $ bottle of wine is good it does not have to be a good one for cooking but don't use the cheapest either