Anyone have a sous vide cooker?

• justincredible

  

  I've been eying one for a while now and finally pulled the trigger the other day. It just came in last night so we haven't used it yet, but I want to start compiling recipes.
  
  For those that aren't familiar, you're basically just cooking your food slowly in a water bath to the exact temperature you want it.
• friendfromlowry

  I've never heard of one. Hope that helps.
  
  What are you looking to cook first?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  https://anovaculinary.com/what-is-sous-vide/
• Automatik

  

  I don't have one, but I've used one several times. It's ok, but overall not really worth it IMO.
• justincredible

  

  Automatik;1859636 wrote:I don't have one, but I've used one several times. It's ok, but overall not really worth it IMO.

  What did you cook with it when you did use it? Everyone I've talked to that actually owns one swears by it.
• justincredible

  

  friendfromlowry;1859626 wrote:I've never heard of one. Hope that helps.
  
  What are you looking to cook first?

  We bought a bag of frozen chicken breasts and a bag of frozen chicken wings from Costco this weekend. Those will likely be my first attempts.
• Automatik

  

  justincredible;1859641 wrote:What did you cook with it when you did use it? Everyone I've talked to that actually owns one swears by it.

  I've done steak, chicken, eggs, yogurt.
• superman

  What is the difference between that and a crock pot?
• Automatik

  

  A lot.
• justincredible

  

  superman;1859650 wrote:What is the difference between that and a crock pot?

  A sous vide will cook to the desired temperature and hold it there, without overcooking it.
• superman

  justincredible;1859654 wrote:A sous vide will cook to the desired temperature and hold it there, without overcooking it.

  Oic
• justincredible

  

  There is a great series on Lifehacker called "Will it Sous Vide" where the author experiments with different food.
  
  http://lifehacker.com/tag/will-it-sous-vide
• Ironman92

  

  We use a crock pot probably 60-75x a year....maybe once a year is the food not done to our liking. Hope you enjoy your sue video cooker
• justincredible

  

  Alright, it took a while but I finally got around to using this thing yesterday for dinner. We bought a strip steak from Kroger and sous vide'd it to medium-rare and threw it on the cast iron skillet to sear. It was an excellent steak, incredibly tender. It was also incredibly easy to use the sous vide, I wish I would have got around to it a lot sooner.
  
  Here it is in the water bath. I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.
  
• Belly35

  

  justincredible;1866575 wrote:Alright, it took a while but I finally got around to using this thing yesterday for dinner. We bought a strip steak from Kroger and sous vide'd it to medium-rare and threw it on the cast iron skillet to sear. It was an excellent steak, incredibly tender. It was also incredibly easy to use the sous vide, I wish I would have got around to it a lot sooner.
  
  Here it is in the water bath. I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.
  

  For this example the steak; How long was the total process cooking time?
  
  Ive heard of this method of cooking but never had anything prepared for me ... with a sous vide cooker...
• justincredible

  

  I let this cook for about 2:45, though I could have cooked it for a little as two hours. Total time in the cast iron skillet was about 3 minutes.
  
  I only seasoned with salt and pepper before vacuum sealing it. Next time I might try adding a sprig of rosemary on each side, and maybe some garlic. The steak had a nice amount of fat on it that melted like butter when eating it, it was not tough and gristly.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1866575 wrote:It was an excellent steak, ...
  
  I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.

  
  Some may say, the burden of proof is on you...
• justincredible

  

  You're just going to have to trust me, Ernest.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1866621 wrote:You're just going to have to trust me, Ernest.

  Yeah, well. I don't have to like it.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  So after this water bath, then what?
• Fab4Runner

  

  ernest_t_bass;1866623 wrote:So after this water bath, then what?

  Then he seared it in a cast iron skillet and ate it.
• chiefy jones

  No
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Fab4Runner;1866626 wrote:Then he seared it in a cast iron skillet and ate it.

  So the water bath is the cooking?
• iclfan2

  

  ernest_t_bass;1866635 wrote:So the water bath is the cooking?

  Yes
• salto

  

  Cooking a steak in water seems very Antifa.