Growing up in a Chinese household, roasted meats regularly made it onto our dinner table each week. However, given the fact that both my mother and father worked full-time jobs, in addition to raising three crazy misbehaved children, these meats were never prepared at home (despite my mother being an amazing cook). It would just take too dang long. …
We had some friends over for dinner, and they specifically asked for something sous vide. Since we already had the entrée planned, we decided to do a sous vide appetizer or salad. Perusing through Modernist Cuisine at Home I came across Sous Vide Tuna Confit. I figured this would work really well to put on a green salad with a sharp vinaigrette. …
Flank steak is still one of my favorite cuts of meat due to the texture and versatility. It’s a relatively long and flat cut of meat, and used in traditional dishes like a London Broil and commonly used as a replacement for skirt steak in fajitas. …
Finally found a delicious recipe over at Stefan’s Gourmet Blog for Pork Carnitas that turned out marvelously for a dinner party we had the other night. Everyone of our guests commented how juicy and tender the pork was. Winner! Due to laziness of not wanting to make our own pork stock in Stefan’s original recipe, we substituted chicken stock instead and the dish didn’t seem to miss a beat. …
Sometimes when you’re making dinner, you just make too much. This is the case when I made the Sous Vide Country Style Pork Ribs with Dijon Sauce last week. We had enough for dinner. And, lunch the next day. And, we still had half of the lot left. What to do? …
I saw a recipe for black cod the other day and was dying to try it. Traditionally, I don’t cook much fish at home because I hate overcooking it. Alas, this is where sous vide comes in. Perfectly cooked fish, every time. …
This is hands down one of the tastiest dishes I’ve made so far via sous vide, and to top it off, it’s crazy simple.
The sous vide cook time is a mere 2 hours for the lamb chops plus any additional time for your side dishes or other accompaniments. Personally, I love lamb chops served with roasted vegetables like red and orange peppers, onions and asparagus. An alternative is to serve it with a grilled soft fruit (my personal favorite being peaches when in season). …
For our annual Thanksgiving potluck this year, I volunteered to contribute a non-exciting side dish of brussels sprouts and I was determined to use sous vide to try to create something spectacular.
Short version: this recipe is damn tasty and very easy.
Long version: read the recipe, make it, and let me know how it turned out 🙂
Unbelievably tasty and very simple recipe that turns those ordinary brussels sprouts you hated as a child into something you and your family will love.
Note: I use a 50 minute sous vide cook time instead of 1 hour because I find that the sprouts will come out overdone when you combine it with the oven time for blackening. …
Dead simple veggie recipe that has the bonus of being super healthy.
Cook Time: 1 hour
Yield: 4
