I honestly don't get it.. This is my second sous vide ribeye I think? Did a filet last week. But this one…OMG! This weekend I put it in sous vide for 2.5 hours from frozen, pre-seasoned with salt and pepper, at 137. Partner prefers closer to medium and didn't much care for the medium rare I made the last time. Ok, no big deal. We ended up eating something else that night, so I threw it back in the fridge.
Yesterday I threw it in sous vide for dinner, but ended up falling asleep in the afternoon for a couple hours and we had sandwiches from homemade bread I made this weekend. Ok Cool, threw it back in the fridge (concerned I ruined it with 2 cooks this time, only 30 minutes again at 137).
Today I threw it back in the bath because it needed to be eaten or thrown away either way soon and I've been craving steak sandwiches (I rarely do, usually a Philly cheesesteak so that's what I was planning). Seared on super hot cast iron pan on the grill after 30 minutes again at 137. Brought it inside, sliced it up, and holy freaking shit! Most tender, flavorful, fat and meat together melt-in-your-mouth steak I've ever eaten in my life! …. But he was like "is this that sous vide stuff?.." he thinks it tastes like it was boiled and seared lacking texture and juicest falling out of it!😭 You may judge me for the sacrilege of making this delicious, beautiful, perfect steak into a sandwich with toppings and condiments, but you bet your ass I ate several bites of it completely unadulterated, enjoying every chew, I just happened to crave it in sandwich form today. And I guess I'll continue air frying or grilling my partner's steaks. His loss in my opinion, but to each his own lol!
by kikazztknmz
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Flat Iron 😉
More for you! But he’s missing out. Looks great!
Looks amazing. You put it in the bath enough to render the fat. Nice work! Don’t trust anyone who like steak more done than this.
Once it’s cooked in the bag, you don’t have to keep reheating it in the SV. Its good in that bag for at least a week, although in my experience – a few weeks. You just need to open and sear.
Delicious looking steak, buuuuut
cook for your audience.
If he wants it more cooked sear it a bit longer. It’s not a contest and everyone wins.
137F IS medium, your guy likes his steak medium-well for sure. My gf also doesn’t like SV and also says it lacks flavor and she doesn’t like the consistency, which is wild because she actually refuses to eat anything that’s been seasoned AT ALL (I’ve gotten her to accept I’m salting beef no matter what) but honestly she refuses to accept that anything under well-done is fully cooked despite accepting the science and believing it. She just refuses to eat it. It’s frustrating, but I still SV my steaks and just burn her some cheaper steaks. I won’t ruin a expensive steak for her.
I almost exclusively make steak sandwiches. It’s the only way my wife eats steak and I personally love it. 🙂
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Funny enough, where my partner prefers just basic, simple, grilled steak …I just throw the chicken breast in the bath at 149 for 90 minutes (2 hours if frozen), then quick sear with bbq seasoning mix and eat it with hot sauce and ranch, sometimes a bit of bbq or chipotle mayo. My tastes for chicken are very simple. But the texture in the sous vide blows all the previous stuff away now and takes almost no active time at all.
Honestly making sandwiches out of leftover steak is super legit.