I plan on sousing this ribeye here in the next couple days, but I was wondering if I should take it out of the vacuum bag, clean it up a little bit and then reseal it before I cook it?
I bought a bone in ribeye roast from Fred Meyer‘s last week. The ribeye look like it could be grass fed with how red the meat was, and how much yellow fat it had. When I got home, I took out the bones and seasoned it with kosher salt to dry brine in the refrigerator for a couple days. After it was done, dry brining, I went ahead and vacuum packaged it.
With how dark the meat is, I’m wondering if I need to unpack it and trim the darkness away.
by TopLuck547
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Throw it on the grill, bag and all.
Likely dark from oxidation. You should be fine but I’d say it needs to be cooked asap.
The fat will melt pretty well, almost all ribeye steaks i sous vide the fat will go from white to clear unless its a tough spot. Im sure you wouldnt need to worry about the color of the meat being dark, lack of oxidation maybe? I’ll double check on this too but doesn’t aged meat darken like that?
Looks like it’d end up being great either way.
Editing cause I re-read and saw its already been opened and sealed again. It’ll be nice.
I’d take it out and dry brine it for an hour before you cook. Quick sear and then drop it in the sous vide.
My advice is get a grill. Sous vide sucks.
Don’t trim anything. It’ll be fine.
I will say, dry brining then rebagging is wasting a step. Just season and bag. Dry brining is there to *dry* out the surface, but re-vacuum sealing it is only going to redistribute moisture, undoing whatever you gained from the dry brine.
I wouldn’t worry about trimming any meat or anything. But if it were ME, I’d take it outta that bag, if only to add some sprigs of thyme and rosemary to it. Especilly for longer sous-vides (which I’d usually do for bigger chunks like this) it really gives a nice flavor to things. And if its out of the bag, might as well take the chance to rinse off that “juice” and pat it dry, add any other seasonings you want, etc.