Go to the Recipe: Simple Sous Vide Steak With Red Wine Sauce
Did I see him pour wine from a box??? Shame! (It did look extremely tasty, though.)
I known this was a while ago, but I can accept the responses.
It's rather simple!
(Assuming reasonably thin cuts. Say 1" tops).
You cook all meat to the coolest temp desired, and the rest you leave it longer on the pan/grill or whatever when searing, to finish cooking to desired term (like you always have).
Going from medium rare to medium well should be acceptable, if you time it right.
The more well done you want it, the advantage of sous vide will be reduced, because it will loose a little soul. But hey. That's what you get with a "very well done" anyway...
There is another method that works very well. The suggested cook time is 1 to 2 hours so you have some play there. If there is a 54c steak, a 60c steak and a 67c steak start the bath at 67c an put the first steak. After say 30 minutes lower the temp to 60 and put in that steak. 30 minutes later lower it to 54c and then add the last steak. You may need to tweak the timing and temperature but you should get very close on all of them doing it this way.
That is terrible advice, Julie I know this was 10 months ago but simply portion the meat down before cooking into steaks (im writing this with Tenderloin in mind) when you have cooked your meat lets say Medium Rare via Sous Vide heat up the oven to 160°c and simply take the bags out and finish it in the oven while the ready meat in the sous vide rests in the immersion then when your meat in the oven is finished which takes varied amounts of time depending on weight and cut you let that meat rest and tend to the sous vide meat. It is a bit more hassle but not at all as unintuitive as having 5 immersion baths going at the same time.
Have 5 different sous vide baths
My family all like steaks at different levels of doneness, from rare to well done. How can I achieve this in a sous vide?
You can put a grate over the charcoal chimney and get an incredible sear extremely quickly.
If you want a steak that looks nice ( no grey line ) it should be cold. This can get a bit drawn out but if a high tech piece of meat is your goal it's usually done like this: Take the steak out of it's package and season it. Put it o a plate and let it sit several hours uncovered in the fridge. The salt will draw out the water in the steak, mix with it and form a hypertoinc solution on the surface that will then diffuse back into the steak seasoning it through. The dry air of the fridge will dry off the surface of the meat ( using a rack will get both sides dry ). While still cold sear the steak. Lots of controversy in that. "ripping hot vs 375" "flip often or leave it alone". I'm no expert but I find 425 with flips every 10 seconds yields a deep brown caramelized surface with little penetration as the flipping uses the room air as a heat sink pulling it away from the meats center. 425 avoids pyrolizing ( burning ) the flesh and is easier to limit than "ripping hot". Meat will sear nicely at temps of 375 to 425 so a blistering hot, hard to control 600 degree pan is really not needed. Lots of folks use torches to sear. I find they just char the flesh ( which is gross unless minimal ) and are near impossible to control. Grills unless, you have a pro infrared, will overcook the interior by the time the surface is right. Convected and radiated heat won't slam the surface like conducted heat will. Grills do impart a nice flavor though. So char some hickory and then stop it in water. Dry it and simmer in oil. Use the oil to sear. Add what you like to a vac bag and vac down. I use a lab vacuum pumps that will get way down..20 microns or less ( chamber vacc's, even the good ones, don't get near that ) which seems to hold juice in the meat better than a Minivac or Vacmaster. Sous vide is the blandest cooking on the planet so it needs help before and after. After the SV bath your original sear will be a bit soggy so you touch it up in a hot pan. There's a lot more but most of it is covered on this blog or the other good food sites.
If you are pre-searing the meat, it should be chilled or even frozen so the least amount of heat from the sear penetrates the steak.
I believe as all meats they should be at or close to room temp.
Should meat be chilled or at room temperature before cooking
can't miss it! gotta try it.
to make the meat juicy salt locks in moisture except when in a mouth then it just makes people hungry lol ha ha lol
My bag juice tends to tighten into fine lumps rather than thicken. Any suggestions?
You can try mushrooms or better yet dehydrated mushrooms, and/or a little bit of soy sauce. These things will help increase the umami flavor you are looking for.
Don't overthink the sauce. The great Paul Bocuse used to throw a bunch of chopped shallots into a pan that he used to cook his steaks in butter, sprinkle flour over the shallots, added an entire bottle of Beaujolais, reduced it into a syrupy consistency, added whatever salt and pepper he desired, and poured it over the steaks. The idea is to simply reduce the wine with the pan dripping (with sous vide the reserved juices), add some butter and anything to add flavor (shallots, herbs or whatever), and enjoy. Remember, if the wine is mediocre the sauce will be mediocre, too. Only use wine you would drink. It can be cheap, but it should be drinkable.
There's a difference between searing and burning. Yes high heat is necessary, but not the highest heat, that will cause the burning you experienced. Highest heat should be recerved for boiling not cooking. Dependant on why type of style stove you have, I know with electric heat, I would use medium/high. That will avoid the burnt sediment in the pan, and only leave small brown yummy parts for gravy.
My recomendation is always seal the bag if you can. I suppose they add this option if you don't own a vacuum sealer system, so if you can't get the air out of the sous vide bag your using, then you would leave open, so to speak. The bag is drapped over the side of the pot and clipped, so as to avoid water splashing inside the bag.
My sauce thickened well but lacked flavour, tasted of red wine? Any idea why, feel like it needed some beef stock to beef it up a bit!
Sauce modification idea - I am not a trained chef but worked as a chef/kitchen manger at a country club in NM for a few years working through college. With regard to the sauce as written, that its a very advanced sauce. I would suggest a little flour and butter to thicken and stabilize the sauce for most home cooks. Once you have it the consistency of a thin sauce with a small amount of flour and butter then finish the sauce with the addition of the last of the butter to tighten the sauce and give it the shine and taste.
Searing prior to cooking, when the beef is still cold from the fridge, prevents excess heat from transferring too far from the surface of the steak.
You are supposed to sear before and after sous vide. Searing before seals in some beef flavor e.g. makes it taste better. It is optional but recommended and it is not much work. Sear after to make it taste and look good.
Why do you sear the beef before sous vide? Can we sous vide first, then we cook the steak
What's a stabiliser?
Looks delicious and I'm looking forward to making this! Wow, that is a TON of salt - more than I'd normally use in a week... Why coat good steak in salt like that?
Are you supposed to SEAL the plastic bag? Or just leave it open and attach with clips to side of pot. I'm confused about this. Recipe seems inconclusive.
So if I sear the meat and then sous vide to say med rare and then sear again it will then be well done. So I presume you would want to under cook on the sous vide side. And I thought sous vide would give me perfect temp every time without any thought. As you can tell just received my Joule
Before you add the butter turn down the heat, you just want to melt the butter into the sauce and bring it up to temperature only.
If I have problems with separation I use a stabiliser. Binds the fat and liquid into a smooth sauce which holds
Could you share your recipe for the paste (fresh garlic, dried rosemary and dried thyme with kosher salt and a little smoked salt)?.? Would really like to try this with my steaks I just finished dry aging .
You would think butter could add some flavor too though. Interesting question
what's with the different steak technique? https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/sous-vide-steak does not pre-sear and seems different on a few issues, like when to season. Which is better???
[waving] Right here, Marilyn... I just don't normally write in the Forum.
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I have read that adding butter dilutes flavor (seriouseats.com). The rationale stated, "fat-soluble flavor compounds dissolve in the melted butter... and end up going down the drain later." For this recipe, do you use the butter to extract the fat soluble flavors from the steak for the sauce? What is the community's and chefstep's thoughts on this?
They don't have any. ChefSteps has plenty of women working for them, just not in a cooking capacity.
Off camera makin' sandwiches for the men. Extra mayo on mine please.
Let's not overlook one of the most important tips in this video. Binder clips. I keep a ton of these in the kitchen and use them for everything.
Whats with all the THYME ??????... I follow cooks illustrated (ATK) recipes and its hard to find a recipe these days not using thyme.. is this the salt and pepper of the future ?
I have tried making this after both the 72 hour ribs and a regular steak. The ribs are too fatty and so the juice has more fat than good juice
Where are the women chefs???
So, this is the first piece of meat I've cooked SV. So satisfied with the results, so were my guests! I had the same problems as Matt (scroll down a bit...) with the sauce though, it separated into oil and sediments. I followed the instructions to the tee, heat on high (and by high, I really mean HIGH!) and the "correct" amounts of oil/butter/wine etc. Used unsalted butter. Okay, I almost forgot to add the extra butter, so the wine had already boiled maybe a minute or two before I noticed it. That shouldn't be the problem though, right? Should the sauce really be made with such violent hot temperatures?
Hi Guys, great recipe, but please please cut way back on your salt use. far to much salt. I have to say if anything I dump the salt required down to 5% of what's requested, you can always add salt but its almost impossible to take away. I love salt but have learnt that it can hide the taste of a great bit of meat.
Yes. Realize what happens in 72 hours--all that connective tissue breaks down, as well as all the fat in the cut. This is a very different kind of cook.
Just made this recipe as well as it being my first time using the sous vide method. I used the Anova circulator with the bluetooth version. It came out perfect. I actually had my butcher cut me a 2" ribeye since it was on sale and I cooked it for an hour and a half at 129º F. I also didn't pre-sear, I did put in the butter and I also seasoned it with salt pepper and I through in thyme. I seared it on my cast iron skillet and then made the sauce with white wine since I didn't have red wine.
Pre-sear
Post sear
we tried the steak and wine sauce for dinner tonight and it was out of this world wonderful!
My red wine sauce turned out quite dark and it separated into oil and sediment. I'm wondering about how much of the meat juice to use when making the sauce? I made this to go with 72-hour Sous Vide beef short ribs. There was a lot of juice in the bag. Maybe I used too much?
My wife and I have had this steak a few times now... always delish. Using a 55MJ gas burner (outside the house) > pre sear (45mm of Aussie sirloin), then into a pot with some butter in the Anova for 1-2 hr, depending on how busy we are (baby + after work home duties) my preference is around 55C, that way I can really get an almost black post sear without over cooking, & still have it med-rare. Temp gun tells me well over 300C on the pan surface. Steam up some veg to go with it all (what ever is in the fridge). There was enough sauce from the first cook to last us 2-3 meals and the red wine sauce is such a great flavour combo with that meaty steak.
Cheers ChefSteps. This is really easy & damn delish.
P.S. I know I've shortcut a lot of the real recipe hear & substituted for what I have at home. Just saying how good the ChefSteps resource is.
Just made this tonight, and it was so effing delicious!
You need to use a gadget like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Anova-Sous-Vide-Immersion-Circulator/dp/B00GT753W8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419712670&sr=8-1&keywords=anova+sous+vide+immersion+circulator
@Matt Patton Great video. I love crazy
Salting before cooking sous vide can cause the meat to change texture, sometimes unpleasantly
First sous vide dinner tonight and I'm impressed!! I used a Sansaire Immersion Circulator and a 6 quart stainless steel stock pot to cook one strip steak. The equipment was pretty foolproof, maintained the temperature accurately. I definitely need to use a larger pot for larger portions. The steak (2 inches) was perfectly medium rare. Question, though: is there a reason why the steak isn't seasoned with salt and pepper before the pre-sear? Unless I missed something in the recipe and instructional video, this is not done until the post-sear. And on the post-sear, I wasn't too crazy about the salt on the second side being visible and quite toothsome. Maybe I just need to flip it a couple times to slough off the crystals. I appreciate ample seasoning, but I don't like salt being the first thing I taste when biting into my steak. Great sauce, too. Couple more tries and I should have it perfected. Oh!! And thank you @fedesol and others for the tips on chilling the steak before immersing into the water bath. Helped tremendously!!!
How do you keep the water from getting hotter?
