I even gave it a really good sear on the entire outside, especially the bone that’s particularly red.

by MisterKillionaire

32 Comments

  1. eyeswulf

    That looks like good doneness. Are you thinking this is a bad thing?

  2. perpetualmotionmachi

    Yes, pork can still be pink, it’s fine

  3. MisterKillionaire

    All the pictures I could see on the internet weren’t as red as it looks in the corner. Maybe there was a vein or something but I was nervous it’s undercooked somehow.

  4. floweriswiltin

    Meat near the bone often stays pretty red.  It’s the pigment from the marrow leaking out.  No safety concerns.

  5. Fr33brd

    It’s perfect. I do my tenderloins at 137 for 2 hours and they come out pink as well…even after a 4-5 minute sear.

  6. Jeffkin15

    People who think pork should be white, don’t know how to cook pork.

  7. Blammar

    Try cooking your chops for 2 hours at 136F. They’ll turn out a lot moister. Your chop looks dry to me. I would expect that your bag had a lot of juice in it, correct? If so, that’s where the juice went…

  8. reallyliberal

    Poor dear, you’ve managed to make over cook with sous vide. Good on you!

  9. ObviousEconomist

    That’s barely pink.  I actually prefer a bit more red for more tenderness.

  10. BootyBurrito420

    Color has nothing to do with bacteria

    That’s time and temp

  11. ranting_chef

    It’s fine. Pink is OK. It’s always darker by the bone.

  12. _Puff_Puff_Pass

    Congratulations, you’ve cooked a proper pork chop.

  13. Pasteurization is a combination of time and temperature. This is 137° for 2 hours with a light sear. [https://i.imgur.com/7DEG1.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7DEG1.jpg) Clear juices means your are good to go.

  14. jarfin542

    They’re supposed to be a little pink. I usually go 140° on my pork chops.

  15. ScrumpleRipskin

    Was it previously frozen? A lot of pork is frozen in shipping and thawed at the store. Frozen meat, especially chicken, will ooze marrow and other (perfectly safe) red juices from the bone into the meat.

  16. AdministrativeFeed46

    there have been studies that cooking food at a low ish temp over a long period of time is generally safe.

    enjoy.

    never had issues when i’ve had pork that’s pink but i’ve only eaten pink pork when i cook it. if it’s somewhere that’s not my cooking, i ain’t eating it if i dunno how it’s cooked.

  17. alexhoward

    That’s how bone in pork chops work.

  18. CourtesyofTino

    That’s fine swine flesh my friend

  19. neecho235

    I used to work in a steakhouse and it would trip people out when we asked for a temperature on the pork chops. It’s perfectly fine.

  20. swanspank

    Time and temperature makes it safe to eat. My dad almost wouldn’t eat it because of the pink. Then after trying it a couple times that that was all he wanted. “How about some of that pink pork”.

  21. EnthusiasmOk8323

    Rest it after cooking and you can slice the bone off and cook the bone and bone touching meat side up if ya want

  22. anormalgeek

    How long did it sit out after it was cut? It will turn redder as it sits and some of the compounds oxidized.

  23. Megalo85

    You pasteurizing meat in sous vide so chicken and pork can be ate at lower temps.

  24. Meat near the bone will always be more red – it’s normal and totally fine.

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