Category "sous-vide"

How long to cook pork chops sous vide?

I'm asking because there seems to be huge variations in cooking times depending on the source. The recipe book that came with the sous vide machine I bought sa

Can you make Sous Vide Steak in a Pressure Cooker?

I have been reading about sous vide cooking and it seems like sous vide cooking is done under pressure. I want to try cooking a steak sous vide in a pressure co

Vacuum Seal Meats with Bones that could be sharp

I am interested in vacuum sealing things like bone in pork chops and t-bone steaks for sous vide cooking. Is there a technique to keep the bones from puncturing

sous-vide prepared food seems cold

I've recently been experimenting with sous-vide cooking. The results have been good, except that I find that the food can sometimes seem unpleasantly cold. Obvi

Can I fill my sous vide container completely full?

I am cooking a brisket in a 12l container right now. It is packed absolutely full right now. Water covers everything, but pieces are pressed against the sides a

Finishing Sous-Vide Chicken Thighs en masse

I'm throwing a party together soon and I wanted to sous-vide some chicken thighs. Because (1) It's tasty, (2) it's easy, (3) leaves open all my pans, stove and

cooking in a plastic bag without removing extra air, at 100c?

What happens if I just use a zip lock bag, and closed it on the food, without sucking out the extra air, and then used a heavy spoon at the bottom of a pot, wit

Is there a spreadsheet with recommended heating and pasteurization times for different meats and temperatures for sous vide?

For example, if I have a cut of beef or salmon, and I want to sous-vide cook either unpasteurized (rare or medium-rare) or pasteurized (medium+), based on thick

How to Sous Vide Chicken Wings?

Please refer to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrKHgNXsTYU. I'd like to mimic the process, but replace the pressure cooker step with a sous vide instead. Wha

Sous Vide Large Turkey Breasts

All the turkey sous-vide recipes on the web presume 2 small/medium turkey breasts placed together for a 2.5 to 4 hour cooking time. But I have 2 very large brea

Why don't we need to ice-bathe all leftovers before refrigeration?

I'm considering picking up an immersion heater for Christmas and reading up on that led me eventually to Douglas Baldwin's sous vide website (http://www.douglas

Way to Prevent Rusting Racks?

I'm using metal racks with sous-vide cooking to help keep the packets separate, and they're rusting on me. The racks are mostly chrome plated (or maybe nickle).

Sous vide air bubble, still safe to eat?

I am making this recipe for pulled pork, planning to do 24 hours at 75 deg C. After coming home from work, I discovered I did not suck the air out properly and

How do I sous-vide a shoulder of lamb?

I've recently purchased a sous vide immersion circulator in preparation for Christmas. In my home we typically cook lamb on Christmas (don't ask..). The way tha

Procedure for sous vide potato salad prep

For the upcoming christmas eve I need to prepare a large quantity of Czech/German style potato salad. That involves preparing a lot of diced cooked root vegetab

Vacuum sealing vs. water displacement method when doing longer sous vide cooking

Modernist Cuisine recommends that for longer sous vide cooking (times greater than 36 hours) that bags are vacuum sealed rather than just using the water displa

Sous vide cooker and beer cooler

I just ordered an Anova Precision Cooker. Most of the pictures I have seen show the cookers being used in large cooking pots of water, like Dutch ovens. Does i

Would sous vide-ing tomatoes result in a deeply caramelised tomato sauce?

I am looking to take the effort out of slow-cooking tomatoes for several hours over the stove and wondered if sous-vide may be a possible method of doing this.

what flavors are lost in general cooking that arent lost cooking sous vide?

And when I saw General cooking I mean pan searing, roasting, baking, braising, stewing, grilling, etc.

Sous vide a whole chicken : temp/time?

I have a butterflied chicken in the fridge that is marinating in a mojo mix. I have read many times to SV it at 148f. But what about time? I would like the b