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For help using this technique, links and recipes to things you’ve sous vide’d (yes another made up word
) and anything else related to sous vide cooking.

One steak (blurgh) and some chicken breast (also blurgh).What was too soft?
I started small so I did two steaks and then some chicken breast. They were both way to soft.Totally depends what you are trying to cook, but generally, sous vide has a bit more forgiveness built in (at least on time) and if you get your temperature correct, it's hard to go wrong.
What was that in your kitchen fails thread? Looks like a pork loin of about 2ish kg? I sometimes use a thermometer for roasts, especially like a whole chicken, and yeah - you can't underestimate how fast (and high) the carry-over cooking can take something...
I started small so I did two steaks and then some chicken breast. They were both way to soft.
Honestly, I don't use it very often. When I do though, I look up several recipes and compare time and temp. The protein binders do start to break down over time even with the temperature never going above a set amount, which is why sous vide is great for tougher/longer cooking pieces of meat, such as the cochinita pabil I recently made.
The only poultry I have used sous vide for was a confit and that turned out great.
That was the biggest reason I tried it! No having to save huge containers in the refrigerator.Ooh yeah. I do duck confit sous vide. Turns out amazing and no messing around with litres of duck fat:
That was the biggest reason I tried it! No having to save huge containers in the refrigerator.
I haven't had any issues with sous vide but I only cooked meat that would need slow cooking and vegetables. I agree with @medtran4 that carrots a fantastic as are turnips, swede etc. But my experience is limited and I rarely use it as I have no room for it in the kitchen. Mine is a tank rather than wand.Thanks for the advice.
I think the enormous range of conflicting info out there was what made me go “Pah!” about it.
I’ll have another look for info at the places you've suggested![]()