SOUS VIDE COOLER RECIPES

There are times when we want things a little more hands-off, a little more reliable, whether it's because we're getting ready for a big party and don't want to risk screwing up that pork, or if we're busy weekday workers who still want to be able to come home and pull off a batch of pulled pork before bedtime. Not only that, but using a sous vide cooker to cook pork shoulder can allow you to achieve textures you can't get with traditional cooking methods.Who knows, we may even want to cook sous vide pulled pork just because we have sous vide cookers and we must play with them. I know the feeling.

Provided by J. Kenji López-Alt

Total Time 18 hours 00 minutes

Prep Time 020 minutes

Yield Ingredients for 4

Number Of Ingredients 13

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Depending on the temperature you set your water bath to and the amount of time you leave the meat in it, you can achieve a wide range of textures in the finished brisket.At 135°F / 57°C, brisket will never achieve the fall-apart texture of a traditionally barbecued brisket. Instead, it will soften while still retaining its structure. At 12 hours it's still quite tough. At 24, it it as tender as a New York strip steak. At 36 hours, it's even more tender, and by 72 hours, you'll have brisket that you can cut with a spoon, while still giving you a meaty bite and juicy texture.At 145°F / 63°C, the meat will just barely start to separate into a traditional brisket grain, but it will be a little dryer than at 135°F / 57ºC. This is sort of a temperature dead zone for me: too cool to significantly break down muscle fibers to the point that they shred like traditional brisket, but hot enough that the meat will dry out as it cooks. The fall-apart texture of brisket at 155°F / 68ºC for 36 hours. At 155°F / 68°C, we get much better results than at 145°F / 63ºC. Yes, the brisket will expel a lot of moisture as it cooks, but what it loses in water it gains in tenderness and moisture in the form of more connective tissue breaking down and fat rendering. For me, 155°F / 68ºC for between 24 and 36 hours is ideal.Recommended Sous Vide Barbecue Brisket Temperatures135°F / 57ºC for 36 to 72 hours - firm and meaty, like a tender steak155°F / 68ºC for 24 to 36 hours - extra moist with traditional texture

Provided by J. Kenji López-Alt

Total Time 24 hours 00 minutes

Prep Time 020 minutes

Yield Ingredients for 10

Number Of Ingredients 7

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