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What I Ate: April 8, 2010 (Sous Vide Skirt Steak)

Posted 8 April, 2010 at 8:35pm by Michael Chu
(Filed under: Food, What I Ate)

Lunch: We ate leftovers for lunch. I had chicken parmesan with grilled zucchini and a breadstick.
Leftover chicken parmesan, grilled asparagus, and breadstick

Dinner: I cooked sous vide skirt steak for 48 hours at 55°C (131°F) to convert all the collagen in this normally tough and chewy cut into gelatin. Before vacuum packing it, I seasoned with onion powder, cayenne pepper, ground black pepper, olive oil, and soy sauce. After removing it from the bag, I seared it to give it a flavorful crust. The end result was an incredibly tender piece of beef that tasted like it was a much more expensive cut (had the luxuriousness of rib meat). I served it with grilled asparagus and white rice.
Sous vide skirt steak with grilled asparagus

2 comments to What I Ate: April 8, 2010 (Sous Vide Skirt Steak)

Scott, April 9th, 2010 at 10:45 pm:

  • 48 hours? Wow…so, do you now just keep it running and just always have something cooking in it? :-p

Michael Chu, April 10th, 2010 at 12:49 am:

  • Almost… nothing in it right now. But, I'll probably find something to stick in there tomorrow!

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