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Questions about food safety and technique for cooking sous vide.

Sous Vide is a method of cooking food in an airtight sealed bag for a very long time. The bag sits in a water bath with accurately determined temperature which is much lower than normally used for cooking. The temperature of the water bath is generally the same as the target temperature of the food. The aim is to maintain the integrity and flavor of the food, as well as provide novel results by using fine temperature control.

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Safety: Keeping sous-vide cooked chicken in vacuum

My Problem I have sous-vide cooked some chicken breast, forgot about it, and kept it in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. The chicken breast was thoroughly cooked (63c for 1 hour) and kept in good vacuum. I have re-cooked it in the sous vide at 63c for…
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Overnight cooking: Is sous-vide safer than electrical oven?

I am a fan of bone broths, but always have a problem with the overnight cooking part. For the overnight cooking part I have the following options: Interrupt cook, let the pot hot on the stove, continue in the morning (this is what I am doing…
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What's the FDA recommended sous vide temperature for in-shell egg pasteurization?

My problem I am trying to figure out the official FDA guideline for time and temperature of in-shell egg pasteurization process in heated water (sous vide). What have I tried Googled this site, including How to pasteurize eggs in a sous vide…
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Why does Anova sous vide tell me to cook salmon to unsafe temperatures

I started using the Anova Sous Vide as a means to cook more meals at home and so far I really like it. I wanted to try out some salmon so I did it with olive oil and tyme in a sealable bag using the slow immersion and then sealing at the top method.…
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Is there any food safety advantage in blanching meat prior to cooking sous-vide?

There seems to be a lot of debate regarding the advantages of pre-searing meat prior to adding it to the water bath. I understand that the post-sear process is mainly for appearance and taste purposes, but some chefs I have watched have suggested…
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Can soap be put it in the water used for Sous Vide?

This is a bit of a strange question, but may a small amount of soap or detergent be placed in the water when cooking with sous vide? Is the vacuum effective enough to prevent any taste of soap from entering the food contents? Thank you
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Safety of Sous-Vide for long cooking times

Note: all of the questions I saw on this focused on higher temperatures. Brisket, being a fairly large and tough cut of meat, takes longer to cook than a a steak or many roasts. Would it be safe to cook a brisket sous-vide at medium-rare (131˚ F) or…
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Is safe to reuse plastic bags used for sous vide

Is it safe to reuse plastic bags used for sous vide? And if it's safe, any special measures apart from the obvious need of cleaning them. PD: I mean plastic bags specially designated for sous vide that work with a manual vacuum pump like that
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Best way to cook a two bird roast?

I've bought this for Christmas. It's a boneless turkey and duck rolled together with stuffing. What's going to be the best way to cook this? Seeing as it's boneless and therefore has no cavities, I'm wondering about sous vide, but it'll need to be…
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Tri tip bison sous vide techniques.

Preface: I am cooking a private dinner for 14. Americana themed, surf and turf is what they asked for the main entree. I want to cook bison. The only cut I could find in town in time was a tri tip. $15 per lb. So $60 later, roughly 4 oz. per person.…
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Sous Vide effectiveness of trapping residual air above water bath?

(Note: this is a continuation of this question: Sous vide effectiveness without using a vacuum sealer?) What is the scientific impact of trapping small amounts of residual air in a pocket above the water bath? This assumes that there is still a…
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Sous vide: why do cylindrical / cylinder-like and spherical / sphere-like foods cook faster than slab-like?

The Douglas Baldwin's "A Practical Guide to Sous Vide Cooking" has charts for sous vide cooking times. Unintuitive to me, cooking times are drastically shorter for spheres and cylinders than slabs. Does anybody have an explanation?
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Do people add onions when cooking meat via sous vide

I never really see or hear of people adding onion to the bag when they are cooking meat with sous vide. Are there any reasons not to add onion? Would it affect the texture of the meat?
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Is there any point in considering sous vide for unskilled newbie cook?

I was considering sous vide as a present for someone, but - being wholly unfamiliar with that cooking method myself except it being trendy - don't know how use(ful|less) of a present that is for them. Is there any point in considering sous vide for…
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How to know if a zip lock bag is safe for sous-vide (or boiling), without indication from the manufacturer?

The only zip lock bags available in local stores for me are labelled that they are supposed to be used for refrigerating food. Is it possible to know whether those bags are safe to put in water temps near or at boiling temperature or not ? Is there…
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