RE:how long the vacuum sealed food can be preserved after sous vide cooking?

Dear sirs,

Thank you for your great videos on the YouTube.com.

Please kindly advise me how long the vacuum sealed food can be preserved after sous vide cooking.

Due to the heavy work, I want to save time to make a dinner.

If the vaccum sealed food with sous vide cooking can be saved for a week,I can plan and make food for the whole week at the weekend and store them in the refrigerator without opening the sealed bag.When I come back to home, I open the sealed bags and cook it with a few minutes.

Thank you in advance.

Your response will be highlyappreciated.

PS: Considering the saftey of the plastic bag, will it ok if the food is packed with aluminium paper and then put them in the plastic bag for the vacuum packing.

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tshewman

cook, chill immediately. If keeping for a week, you might be ok, but I would personally freeze then go direct from freezer to water bath to reheat, If saved in single portions, reheat time will likely be less than a large roast (as an example). Uncertain why one would wrap in aluminum foil before sous vide unless there are bones and in that case, I would opt for plastic wrap or parchment wrapped around the bones.

Kai_124276

Dear Todd,Thank you for your reply.

The plastic bag, I guess, may release some unknow materials to the food during the sous fide due to the reuse of the plastic bag ( some slef seal plastic bag with air valve).So wrapping in the aluminum foil will be safe.

tshewman

If using ziploc and long cooking methods, I would agree. However, if using bags mde for SV (e.g. HDPE), these are typically very safe for SV (esp at typical protein temperatures). Aluminum at higher temperatures also breaks down, so I realize this is a balance. Based on the literature so far, you should be fine using just Sv bags. For what it is worth. :-)