TacoBrew

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See, there could be a use for doing it in your brew hardware like on one of the earlier posts where he was cooking up multiple racks of ribs. But, otherwise, it seems terribly efficient to use the whole setup for a steak or two.

MidTNJasonF

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So this thread inspired me to break out the homebrew gear and try Sous Vide. I have not been brewing as I rebuild my brewery so the old temp control panel and the aeration pump were not getting any use.

Grab a nice fresh top sirloin to try for a first outing. Salt, pepper, a small bit of garlic powder, just a light mix of seasoning I put on all red meat, and I planned on throwing just a bit of fresh rosemary in the pouches.



Broke out the Hopsaver, I mean foodsaver, and sealed them up.



Slipped them into the crock pot filled with preheated water held at 131 degrees.



Temp dropped with I put the pouches in of course. Setup is my old temp and pump control panel set at 131, crock pot plugged into that on high, and my aeration pump bubbling in the pot for water circulation.



75 minutes later I had a perfect mid rare edge to edge. I pulled them from the pouches and tossed them in a near smoking preheated cast iron skillet to finish



Made a quick pan sauce/saute of baby portabella mushroom slices and served it with a baked potato and broccoli.



Final verdict... One of the best steaks I have ever made, very good first attempts. Nearly perfectly cooked, very tender, and very flavorful. I missed a little on the seasoning/herb/aromatics blend as the rosemary was just a bit too strong. Next time I will try a different blend and possibly a different cut of meat. I am sold on the method even after just this first attempt. I just need to dial in the recipe and flavor profile. Tomorrow I think it will be chicken for lunch.

Most importantly the wife loved it.

Revvy

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J Kenzie Lopez-Alt at foodlab has done a lot of interesting experiments with sous-vide in terms of searing first vs searing after, using fats in the pouches to flavor transfer herbs, use of aromatics, etc. This article I linked is his primer on steaks, but search his blog for sous vide and you'll find he's done a lot of interesting things.

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Ya, I found that site very helpful when I did mine. I chose to no fat in the pouch and sear after. Think I'm going to try again tonight and do a skirt steak.

Revvy

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I've got a pork loin I'm going to do sous vide tomorrow. I just made sort of a "pesto/tapanade" stuffing for it by beating the heck out of some anchovies, rosemary, green onions, roasted garlic, raw garlic, parsley, allspice berries, black olives sea salt, and juniper berries in a mortar and pestle til it was a green and amazingly fragrant paste. I butterflied the loin, spread the paste over the surface, rolled it and tied it up. I stuffed it into a vacuum bag and sealed it up. Tomorrow I'll do it for 2-3 hours at medium rare, then brown it up. Should be incredible.

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what time are you serving this, and what's the closest airport?

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Well dangit. I've had luck drilling holes in glass bottles before. I guess this lid was under some sort of tension? I had only started the edge of my hole when it popped. Anybody have an idea for a replacement lid? Super cheap. DIY is an option.

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I thought this would be a fun mid-winter project. I built a clone of Revvy's timer and am at this moment trying it out with a London Broil in a big crock pot.

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Be careful with the ziplocks they have failed on occassion. Some folks double bag.

But ziplocks aren't the only ones. I actually had a foodsaver go after an hour in the bath on Sunday. The only reason I noticed was that I started to actually something cooking, which in a sealed bag in a water bath, you shouldn't smell anything. But I started to notice a garlic/rosemary steam smell. I caught it in time and the dish came out fine.

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Cool. Thanks for the tip!

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