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If you are going to pre-sear a piece of meat, how cool does it need to be before vacuum sealing it for sous vide cooking? Should it go back in the fridge until very cold, or does it just need some time at room temperature after pre-searing?
always chill your for before cooking.
In my experience, it's far better to chill anything that will be vacuumed to prolong boiling of the water in the food in the vacuum. With zippies, food can be bagged hot.
There is no culinary reason to chill. The only reason you would need to chill it, is some machines have a hard time achieving a sufficient vacuum when there is excess heat in the chamber. Also, when you have a hot wet ___________ the excessive moisture out can be really hard on vacuum pumps and oil.
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To get the max out of a steak, should I brine, presear, sous vide, sear it, then serve? Or do I leave the brining part out of the process? Thanks
I don't understand the difference between "don't salt before cooking" and "brine before cooking". Does brining not in effect salt the meat?
I brined a turkey breast for 24h. Cooked it sous vide according to Chef Steps Time Table. Seared after cooking, then sliced and served. I never had a more juicier and tendier turkey breast before.
To my opinion you can salt before cooking, if you cook it it right away. I would not salt anything prior to cooking if you dust your meats / fish in a bit of flour, like thin veal schnitzel, or any fresh liver.
I'm curious about this as well!
You do not need to brine a steak. I always salt and pepper my steaks before putting them in the sous vide as I firmly believe it enhances the flavor. I have not tried the pre sear yet. I generally sear mine afterwards in a blazing hot pan using ghee, almond oil or a similar high smoke point oil. They develop that great crust very quickly without overcooking.
Brining will salt up to a point but the idea is not to brine it so much that you really season the meat, it's to increase juiciness after you cook it. If you pre-season the meat you are adding too much salt before cooking and that can dry out or affect the texture of the meat.
You would put brine on lumb sholder
After you pre-sear, how long do you let the meat rest? I find that if I vacuum pack the meat too soon after searing a lot of juices get sucked out of the meat and up into the vacuum chamber.
I'm confused by the don't salt before cooking, as I am accustomed to salting or "dry brining" prior to BBQ or roasting meat ... so you're saying that even for a large roast like a prime rib, don't dry brine before sous vide, even if I would normally do so if smoke roasting at 225f? Does sous vide somehow enhance the affect of the salt?
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