Sous vide cooking

ThreeKids · 01-30-2013, 06:25 PM

This is where you hold the food at something near its minimum temperature for cooking in a circulating water bath.

It really opens up some options.

I bought a gnarly chuck roast, the kind that usually gets ground up. I cooked it for about 30 hours at 130 deg. F, then seared it. All that connective tissue that would have made it inedible melted into a brothy goo and it was soooo good. It's perfectly medium rare all the way through and then the searing can be done with just an eye for the perfect brown.

Dh said, "thanks for the steak, honey".

It's also nice to have a supply of eggs cooked at 145 deg. F sitting around. They're versatile and I can heat them up a tad to get them firmer when I need to.

JoannaV · 01-30-2013, 06:30 PM

Hmm interesting!!

Carini · 01-30-2013, 06:34 PM

So you used your slow cooker? Did you have to buy a circulator? Sounds delish!

ThreeKids · 01-30-2013, 06:54 PM

Slow cooker was the closest category I could find.

I used my stew pot with the pasta insert. The vacuum sealer's on the fritz so I got the air out of ziplocs by submerging them, then weighted the bags down with silverware.

I used a candy thermometer for the temp. I took ds's water circulator from a fountain he got for Christmas.

Here're a couple pics of the set-up. Ignore the submersible LED lights. They are from the fountain and were better off not dangling over the stove.

What's underneath...

With the pasta insert in place...

Carini · 01-30-2013, 07:12 PM

Wow! Resourceful mama! That's awesome!

01-30-2013, 06:25 PM	#1
ThreeKids Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: .. Posts: 10,737	Sous vide cooking This is where you hold the food at something near its minimum temperature for cooking in a circulating water bath. It really opens up some options. I bought a gnarly chuck roast, the kind that usually gets ground up. I cooked it for about 30 hours at 130 deg. F, then seared it. All that connective tissue that would have made it inedible melted into a brothy goo and it was soooo good. It's perfectly medium rare all the way through and then the searing can be done with just an eye for the perfect brown. Dh said, "thanks for the steak, honey". It's also nice to have a supply of eggs cooked at 145 deg. F sitting around. They're versatile and I can heat them up a tad to get them firmer when I need to. __________________ DS (12), DD (10), DD2 (7) And my kids were going to behave perfectly all the time and if they didn't, they'd be Dobsoned, but I was going to Dobson so perfectly that they'd know not to slip up but once or twice because I was going to be sooooooo consistent and awesome and wise.

01-30-2013, 06:30 PM	#2
JoannaV Rose Trellis Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,613	Re: Sous vide cooking Hmm interesting!! __________________ Joanna INTJ A Brit living in America DH (ISFP) 07/09 DS1 01/12 DS2 06/14 DD1 01/16

01-30-2013, 06:34 PM	#3
Carini Rose Trellis If you don't stop naming nuts.... Join Date: May 2012 Location: Funky Town Posts: 3,448	So you used your slow cooker? Did you have to buy a circulator? Sounds delish! __________________ ISTJ Wife to J - 2004 Doops - 10/2010 Sweetie Girl - 7/2014

01-30-2013, 06:54 PM	#4
ThreeKids Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: .. Posts: 10,737	Re: Sous vide cooking Slow cooker was the closest category I could find. I used my stew pot with the pasta insert. The vacuum sealer's on the fritz so I got the air out of ziplocs by submerging them, then weighted the bags down with silverware. I used a candy thermometer for the temp. I took ds's water circulator from a fountain he got for Christmas. Here're a couple pics of the set-up. Ignore the submersible LED lights. They are from the fountain and were better off not dangling over the stove. What's underneath... With the pasta insert in place... __________________ DS (12), DD (10), DD2 (7) And my kids were going to behave perfectly all the time and if they didn't, they'd be Dobsoned, but I was going to Dobson so perfectly that they'd know not to slip up but once or twice because I was going to be sooooooo consistent and awesome and wise.

01-30-2013, 07:12 PM	#5
Carini Rose Trellis If you don't stop naming nuts.... Join Date: May 2012 Location: Funky Town Posts: 3,448	Wow! Resourceful mama! That's awesome! __________________ ISTJ Wife to J - 2004 Doops - 10/2010 Sweetie Girl - 7/2014

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