Who knew that tasteless tough steak could be delicious via the Sous Vide? We received a gift of frozen steaks. My husband cooked some up one night and he’s very good at cooking steak but these steaks came out tasteless and tough…we were about to throw the rest of them out. I said let me give them a try with the Sous Vide. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. I was watching Rachel Ray ( a cooking variety lifestyle TV Show). A Sous Vide Cooking Expert happened to be on and said NY Strip comes out amazing from the Sous Vide. All you do is set the Sous Vide to 130 degrees F (for medium/rare….that he recommends). Leave the meat out to warm to room temperature (at least 30 minutes)

Give the steaks a sprinkle of salt and pepper and then vacuum seal.

All three steaks I salt and pepper on both sides. The one in the middle I added some frozen garlic confit, cilantro and a jalapeño.

The steaks now go in the Sous Vide. I let them go 3 1/2 hours. One up to Four hours is recommended for best results.

(make sure the steaks are under the water)

After 1-4 hours (I always think the meat comes out best towards the higher recommended time)

Remove and you might want to stop the cooking process with an ice bath if you are not searing right away.

When ready to use remove from pouch. Blot dry. If you are using in a few hours you can leave out in the refrigerator a few hours uncovered to dry up (so you can get a better sear). Leave out in room temperature at least a half hour to warm up some before you sear.

Get a regular fry pan (don’t use non stick) on with a little bit of oil on medium high heat and sear about one minute on all ends.

Make sure you sear the sides too! (this was the other steak with garlic confit, jalapeño and cilantro…..I added garlic, hatch chili and cilantro to the pan to add a little more flavor).

Your steak should look something like this.

You don’t need to leave the meat to rest because it’s already cooked inside. Slice up and enjoy!

I normally do my potatoes more like the one above…But I used a leftover potato from something else for the steak.