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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
My wife and I are big fans of sous-vide, but have not tried it with chili (yet). Our experience with steaks is that seasoning them before sealing them can make quite a difference. Pepper, lemon, garlic all work great, but avoid salt (it dries the meet) and fat / Butter (it seems to dilute the flavor).

Anyway, I am wondering if the chili meat sous-vide would be improved by adding the chili powder in the bag.
87 posted on 02/13/2014 7:35:26 PM PST by Deek
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To: Deek

This calls for experiment. It might also help to bloom your spices first.

However, the part about adding the cooked and seared meat to the chili just to warm it before serving still holds. I imagine it like cooked shrimp dishes where you do the same, to avoid overcooking and toughening the shrimp.

My own unusual experience was in using Sous-Vide for cooking a large amount of stew beef, that wasn’t then seared, and using it in recipes where before I had pressure cooked or browned it, specifically beef goulash, Stroganoff and bœuf Bourguignon.

It is true that restaurant cut steaks are actually less flavorful than are the cheaper cuts, that really shine with Sous-Vide.

And now that I’m thinking about it, I wonder how the exotic spice blends would work with Sous-Vide:

Adobo
Argentinian Chimichurri
Berbere
Indonesian Bumbu
Chipotle Seasoning
(various) citrus peppers
Greek Seasoning

etc.


104 posted on 02/14/2014 5:48:21 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (WoT News: Rantburg.com)
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