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re: Cooking a whole tenderloin for Christmas

Posted on 12/22/16 at 11:21 pm to
Posted by Parrish
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 12/22/16 at 11:21 pm to
We have a whole tenderloin. We cut the steaks already from whole and froze the saved trimmings for shish kabobs sometime later. My parents and I each have our own circulators so we'll cook sous vide to two different temperatures. If I was going back to do it over again, I'd not have cut the steaks first, I'd cut into pieces small enough to seal and then cut individual steaks after searing, as was already suggested.

Question for those who regularly souls vide, If I season and seal two days before using, do you think the two days would have a negative effect? I'm interested in sealing tomorrow to maintain freshness, but I'm worried that salt sitting on for two days could be trouble.
Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
7674 posts
Posted on 12/23/16 at 12:43 am to
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If I season and seal two days before using, do you think the two days would have a negative effect?

The effect will be a firm textured steak similar to cured meat. The 2 day duration would definitely have an effect. It's subjective whether or not that effect is negative or not. One solution could be to cut back on the amount of salt you intend on seasoning your steaks with. This might reduce the 'curing' effect of the salt.
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