Sous Vide Searing

Best Way to Sous Vide Then Deep Fry for Evenly Seared Crusts

There's a lot of talk about how sous vide is a healthy cooking method. But sometimes I want to cook my food in a giant vat of oil! Read all about how to finish your sous vided food using the deep fryer.

How to Smoke After Sous Vide for the Perfect BBQ

Your sous vide machine can't do the things that your smoker can do. But if you combine your smoker with your sous vide machine, you can do things that your smoker can't do alone. This article talks about one of the best ways you can add a lot of flavor to your food after the sous vide process, and that is using your smoker.

Finishing Sous Vide on a Grill or Chimney Sear

There's nothing I love more than being outside, standing at my grill with some great steaks on there, getting ready to serve my friends and family. Especially if I've already pre-cooked the steaks using sous vide. I'm going to show you how to get the most out of your grill and your sous vide machine.

How to Finish Sous Vide Food in the Oven

Searing your food in your oven after sous vide gets a really bad rap. A lot of people tell you never to do that, but there are a few times when it is the right tool to pull out. I'm going to tell you what those are.

How to Get the Perfect Pan Sear after Sous Vide

Searing is a critical part of almost every sous vide cook. Many people new to sous vide don't know how to get a perfect pan sear on their food. There's a lot of different ways to sear, but in this article, I'm going to focus on pan searing.

How Long to Sear After Sous Vide for the Best Crust

It can be really frustrating when you take a perfectly cooked sous vide chuck roast out of a 36 hour cook, throw it on the grill to sear it and then you overcook it. This article helps you understand just how long to sear your sous vide meat in order to get the perfect crust on it.

Do You Need to Let Meat Rest After Sous Vide

Letting your food rest after you cook is a critical part of maximizing the flavor and juiciness, but when it comes to sous vide, does it actually matter? I'm going to dive into whether you need to let meat rest after sous vide. A lot of people are curious about this because with traditional cooking, you almost always want to let your meat rest.

Do You Have to Sear After Sous Vide?

There's a lot of discussion about how to maximize your sear when you're done sous viding your food, but do you even need to sear? If so, when is it important to do it and when is it not? I'm going to dive into those questions.

Cool Your Food After Sous Vide for the Perfect Sear

There really are some good reasons to take your hot sous vide your food, chill it down and then reheat it before serving! We're going to look at a few of them.

What High Smoke Point Oils Are Best for Sous Vide Searing

One of the rites of passage most sous vide cooks go through is setting off every smoke alarm in their house. There's one reason why that happens to most sous viders. There is something that can help you a lot - searing in an oil with a high smoke point.

Why Drying Your Meat After Sous Vide is Key to a Good Sear

Best Way to Use a Sous Vide Searing Torch or Weed Burner

Some people say that sous vide is boring. You just take your food, put it in a bag and it comes out perfectly cooked. But these people have never used a blowtorch to finish their sous vided food! I'm going to show you how.

The Best Stainless Steel Pans for Sous Vide Searing

One of the most important parts of the sous vide process is making sure you get a good sear on your food after sous vide and a great stainless steel pan can help you do that!

The Best Cast Iron Pans for Sous Vide Searing

One of the best ways to sear food after sous vide is by using a cast iron pan. But which cast iron pan is best? After a decade of sous viding, here are a few of my favorites!

What is That Smell? Preventing Sous Vide Odors - Ask Jason.

In a recent Ask Jason Q&A session, Allan Poetak asked, "When doing a long cook over 36 hours the meat seems to develop a foul odor. What is the best way to avoid this? Quickly blanching the meat in boiling water first?"

Sous Vide Pre-sear vs Post-sear – Ask Jason

There is a lot of talk about whether you should sear your meat before sous viding it. There are two main reasons to do it. First, pre-sear before sous vide to sterilize the meat, and second is to add flavor and help out your post-sear.

Sous Vide Searing Tips - Ask Jason

Searing is one of those things that some people have no problem with it and other people really struggle with it all the time. There's a lot of things you can do to help increase your success and there's many different searing methods to choose from.

Bernzomatic Torches: TS4000 vs TS8000 for Sous Vide Searing

As more and more home cooks aspire to become accomplished sous viders, they are experimenting to discover the best ways to create an awesome sear on a variety of proteins. One of the more popular, and the one I use a lot, is to use a torch, either by itself or in conjunction with another technique such is pan frying. There are numerous torch options available, in this article we take a close look at the two Bernzomatic offerings; the Bernzomatic TS4000 and TS8000 and provide a recommendation. We also suggest a potential modification to the torch that you might want to explore. These will allow you to provide a great sear to your sous vide cooking protein.

Should You Sear Before Sous Vide? - Ask Jason

I take a deep look at the question of whether or not to sear your food before you sous vide it. The answer isn't simple, but you can make your own conclusion.

Sous Vide: Torches

There are several torches to sear sous vide foods and here are some of the best ones for the home and professional cook to use.

How to Sear Sous Vided Foods

One of the areas sous vide falls short is creating that nice flavorful, brown crust on foods. Luckily there are several ways to finish of foods after they have been sous vided to create the crust without further cooking the food. The whole goal of post sous vide browning is to create the crust while heating the interior of the food as little as possible. The main keys to accomplishing this goal are dry foods, high temperatures, and short times.