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stonedtoronto Jul 29, 2010 03:43 AM

Best foods done sous vide?

I am borrowed my friend's thermal immersion circulator, and was wondering what would be the best meat to cook in it?

I was thinking bison, but wanted some ideas.

  1. Coogles Jul 29, 2010 04:56 AM

    I've done tenderloin steaks, ribeyes, hamburgers, pork ribs and some vegetables sous vide. For steaks I suggest using dry aged, or letting wet aged steaks dry out in the refrigerator for a few days loosely wrapped in paper towels. I like to cook beef steaks in a 130-135 degree bath for about an hour, then let then cool off for about 10 minutes before unbagging, patting dry with towels, coating with oil and searing off in a screaming hot cast iron pan or on a very hot grill for about 1 minute per side to get a crust. Bison is very lean, so you would want it at rare to medium rare temperature at the most. You also might want to look at extremecookingblog.com, he has a section on sous vide and has done more interesting things than I.

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