21+ Mouthwatering Instant Pot Sous Vide Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between Instant Pot and sous vide? ›

Sous Vide: Primarily used for precision cooking, limited in terms of versatility. Instant Pot: Highly versatile with various cooking functions, making it a jack-of-all-trades appliance.

Fill inner pot halfway with water. Select SOUS VIDE , set temperature at 140°F and set time for 2 hours. Press START. Secure pressure cook lid .

Heat Sous Vide to temperature based on the preference of doneness (rare, medium-rare or medium*). When Instant Pot reaches set temperature, ensure bag is fully sealed and submerge in water. While steaks are cooking, prepare garlic butter. Combine butter, 1 clove of minced garlic and parsley in a bowl and mix well.

Ziplock and Glad brand bags are made from polyethylene plastic, and are free of BPAs and dioxins. A good rule of thumb is that when a bag is rated as microwave safe (which requires FDA approval) you can use it for sous vide. Even Dr. Schaffner agrees.

Sous vide cooking offers unparalleled control over whatever it is you are trying to cook, whether it's steaks and chops, shrimp and lobster, vegetables, or even large cuts of meat like pork shoulders and legs of lamb.

Retains Nutrients

When you cook food at high temperatures or for extended periods of time, some of the nutrients are lost. However, with sous vide cooking, the food is cooked at a low temperature, which helps to preserve the nutrients.

The Precision

But with sous vide, chefs can choose their temperature and maintain it within 0.5 degrees throughout. This is how they manage to get your steak cooked exactly the way you like it, time after time.

There are lots of accepted sous vide scenarios that don't involve a bag at all. A favorite technique among sous vide enthusiasts is to cook whole eggs right in their shell, where nature has done the packaging for us.

Stock Pots

A pot or container with short sides may cause the immersion circulator to rest against the edge at a tilt, which can negatively impact temperature regulation. The most common size of stock pot for home cooks is 12 quarts, which works just fine for sous vide cooking.

Can I sous vide without a machine? ›

You can sous vide without the machine—all you need is a digital thermometer and some plastic freezer bags. The key to cooking food successfully with the stove-top method is holding the water at a steady temperature long enough to cook the food.

While many will tell you that it's impossible to overcook with sous vide (and this isn't far from the truth), do bear in mind though that if you leave the food in the water bath for an extended period of time it won't 'overcook', but it could start to take on a mushy texture, so don't forget about it!

Longer is not always better You don't always get better results by keeping food in the sous vide machine for longer. For example, many chefs recommend that sous vide steak should not be cooked for longer than four hours because the connective tissue begins to break down and the steak can become mushy.

Instant Pot Duo Plus 8-Quart Multi-Use Pressure Cooker

Most (but not all) models also include a sous-vide setting. The Duo Plus came out on top overall in our extensive testing of Instant Pots, and it's the one we recommend for sous vide, too.

What is sous vide cooking? Sous vide is French for "under vacuum" and refers to how foods are prepped to undergo the cooking process. Once ingredients are secured in a protective vacuum-sealed bag, they are placed in a temperature-controlled water bath with a circulator, which is a pretty cool kitchen gadget.

To change the temperature scale • When in Standby mode, press and hold Temp/Time for 3 seconds to toggle between °F and °C. To change the cooking settings You can change the cooking temperature or time during cooking.