36 Best Sous Vide Recipes - Easy Dinner Ideas and More! (2024)

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Whatis Sous Vide? Best Sous Vide Recipes Sous Vide Sirloin Steak Sous Vide Chicken Breast (Fresh or Frozen) Best Sous Vide Pork Chops – 5 Ways Sous Vide London Broil (Top Round Steak) Honey Garlic Sous Vide Chicken Thighs with Crispy Skin Crispy and Tender Sous Vide Fried Chicken Sous Vide Pork Shoulders for the Best BBQ Pulled Pork Sticky Sous Vide Barbecue Ribs Sous Vide Egg Bites (Starbucks Copycat Recipe) Sous Vide Buffalo Chicken Wings Sous Vide Chicken Drumsticks Perfect Sous Vide Poached Eggs Easy and Healthy Vide Salmon Healthy Sous Vide Honey Garlic Shrimp Sous Vide Chuck Roast and Gravy Garlic and Herb Sous Vide Potatoes Rosemary Garlic Sous Vide Lamb Chops Sous Vide Ribeye Steak Sous Vide Tri Tip Santa Maria Style Sous Vide Filet Mignon Balsamic Marinated Sous Vide Flank Steak Perfect Sous Vide Porterhouse Steak Lemon Garlic Sous Vide Cod Sous Vide Lobster Tails Sous Vide Scallops with Lemon Butter Easy Sous Vide Mixed Vegetables Perfect Sous Vide Broccoli The Best Creamy Sous Vide Mashed Potatoes Sous Vide Honey Glazed Carrots Sous Vide Sweet Potatoes Perfect Sous Vide Asparagus The Best Sous Vide Hamburger Sous Vide Italian Sausage Crispy Skin Sous Vide Duck Breast SousVide Desserts Sous Vide Crème Brûlée Foolproof Sous Vide Cheesecake Essentials You’ll Need Sous Vide Meal Prep Tips FrequentlyAsked Questions CanI Sous Vide Frozen Food? What’s the Right Temperature to Cook Sous Vide? HowLong to Cook My Food in Sous Vide Water Bath? AreZiploc Bags Safe for Sous Vide Cooking? Howto Vacuum Seal a Bag without a Vacuum Sealer? HowCan I Prevent My Bag from Floating? Basic Sous Vide Steak Recipe with Step-by-Step Instructions Ingredients Instructions Nutrition FAQs References

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The best Sous Vide Recipes for perfect breakfast, dinners, desserts, and meal prep! Whether you are sous vide cooking steak, chicken, pork, fish, eggs, or vegetables, we have something for everyone. With these 36 foolproof easy Sous Vide Recipes, you’ll be making restaurant-quality meals that the whole family will love!

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Sous Vide recipes help you to cook the food to a precise temperature, producing a perfect dish with minimum effort. I use my Sous Vide Machine many times every week, like cooking Sous Vide Poached Eggs for breakfast, Sous Vide Brisket or Sous Vide Fish for dinner, and Sous Vide Cheesecake for dessert.

I have several sous vide immersion circulators, and this is the model I like most.

Whatis Sous Vide?

Sous vide is a French term that translates to “under vacuum”. It’s a cooking method by sealing food in a bag, then cooking for a long time to a very precise temperature in a water bath. This technique produces results that are impossible to be achieved by other methods, and is incredibly EASY to use!

If you are new to sous vide, we’ve written a simple guide to get you started: What is Sous Vide Cooking. You’ll find everything you need to know about sous vide.

Best Sous Vide Recipes

Sous Vide Sirloin Steak

Make this family-sized steak for Sunday dinner, and it’ll be a guaranteed hit. The sous vide method makes the best tender and juicy sirloin steak!

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Sous Vide Chicken Breast (Fresh or Frozen)

If you haven’t tried cooking chicken breast sous vide, you are missing out! It makes the meat with unparalleled juiciness. This recipe is so versatile and you can easily turn it into many boneless or bone-in chicken breast recipes likeshredded chickenorchicken teriyaki!

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Best Sous Vide Pork Chops – 5 Ways

Say goodbye to tough and flavorless pork chops. In this recipe, we share 5 different popular flavors to shake up your dinner routine, with step-by-step instructions.

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Sous Vide London Broil (Top Round Steak)

Sous vide is the best way to cook the lean but budget-friendly top round steak, turning it into a tender and flavorful dinner. While you’ll need to marinate the steak and cook for 6 hours in the warm water bath, it’s totally worth it.

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Honey Garlic Sous Vide Chicken Thighs with Crispy Skin

It’s a tender and flavorful family favorite meal. Great for meal prep or a quick weeknight dinner.

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Crispy and Tender Sous Vide Fried Chicken

Incredibly tender on the inside and crispy on the outside. Better than KFC fried chicken!

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Sous Vide Pork Shoulders for the Best BBQ Pulled Pork

With the sous vide method, there’s no chance of overcooking, and the meat turns out extremely flavorful and tender EVERY TIME. Serve it with sandwiches or burritos, and top with BBQ sauce. You can also easily turn it into Pork Carnitas for Tacos.

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Sticky Sous Vide Barbecue Ribs

Theseare the most tender and juicy ribs ever! Cooked low and slow to perfection in the sous vide water bath with a homemade spice rub, then finished on the grill or in the oven with a seasoned BBQ sauce mixture that’s so addictive. Finger licking delicious and sticky ribs right here!

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Sous Vide Egg Bites (Starbucks Copycat Recipe)

Healthy, creamy, flavorful with a velvety texture! An easy and delicious breakfast great for Meal Prep!

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Sous Vide Buffalo Chicken Wings

They’re tender, juicy, and loaded with flavor, perfect for game day!

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Sous Vide Chicken Drumsticks

Make them for your next party! The chicken legs are rubbed with simple seasoning, and then sous vide cooked to perfection. The skin crisps up when seared in a hot skillet in the end. Best chicken drumsticks ever!

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Perfect Sous Vide Poached Eggs

It takes the guesswork out, and you’ll have perfect whites that are just firm enough to hold creamy yolks. Make a dozen at a time and serve over toast and salad for breakfast or brunch!

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Easy and Healthy Vide Salmon

Healthy and flavorful, the salmon is cooked to the perfect doneness with a buttery soft and flaky texture.

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Healthy Sous Vide Honey Garlic Shrimp

Ready in 20 minutes, this healthy dinner is so flavorful and lip-smacking delicious with the addictive honey garlic sauce. No more overcooked and chewy shrimp again.

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Sous Vide Chuck Roast and Gravy

Would you believe that chuck roast can taste like prime rib when cooked sous vide? Yes, it’s incredibly flavorful, tender, and juicy, unlike the pot roast cooked the traditional way. Oh my, it’s a game-changer!

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Garlic and Herb Sous Vide Potatoes

Creamy, fluffy, and full of flavor, these sous vide potatoes are a perfect side dish that only takes a few minutes to prepare, and then the sous vide machine will do the rest of the work! It produces the perfect texture every time, and is absolutely foolproof.

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Rosemary Garlic Sous Vide Lamb Chops

The sous vide technique allows you to cook better lamb than the restaurant. Tender, juicy and flavorful, perfect for dinner any night of the week.

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Sous Vide Ribeye Steak

This recipe is perfect for any special occasion. After sous vide cooking, we butter-basted the steak quickly in the skillet which takes the whole thing over the top

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Sous Vide Tri Tip Santa Maria Style

Nothing beats this Santa Maria Style Sous Vide Tri Tip when it comes to flavor! The peppery, garlic-y steak is unforgettably good!

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Sous Vide Filet Mignon

The beef tenderloin is sous vide cooked to perfection with the most tender texture, and then finished with a quick sear in a hot skillet. Great for a special date night.

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Balsamic Marinated Sous Vide Flank Steak

Like Sous Vide Skirt Steak, the sous vide method turns this cheap cut into a tender and mouth-watering piece of protein. The balsamic, honey and soy sauce based marinade infuses the steak with the delicious sweet and tangy flavor.

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Perfect Sous Vide Porterhouse Steak

You won’t miss your favorite steakhouse with Sous Vide T-bone Steak or this easy sous vide porterhouse recipe. So tender and juicy!

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Lemon Garlic Sous Vide Cod

Make a restaurant-quality fish at home! It’s simple, delicious with the perfect tender and flaky texture! It’s one of my favorite fish recipes along with Sous Vide Garlic Butter Halibut.

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Sous Vide Lobster Tails

With the sous vide method, cooking lobster is no longer intimidating. This is a no-fail recipe that produces the most succulent lobster at home!

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Sous Vide Scallops with Lemon Butter

Much cheaper than going to a restaurant but even better than chef-made scallops! These scallops are evenly cooked to the precise temperature edge to edge, in a deliciously silky lemon butter sauce.

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Easy Sous Vide Mixed Vegetables

Made with a variety of vegetables like bell peppers, broccoli, onions, and zucchini, this recipe is one of my favorite side dishes. It’s the easiest way to make perfect veggies.

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Perfect Sous Vide Broccoli

Tender and snappy in the middle, and vibrant green on the outside, this is a versatile side dish that goes well with almost any main dish, or you can add it to pasta or salad.

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The Best Creamy Sous Vide Mashed Potatoes

The creamiest, and fluffiest mashed potatoes – so easy to make and perfect every time!

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Sous Vide Honey Glazed Carrots

Cooked with a mixture of honey and butter inside of a vacuum-sealed bag, the carrots soak up all the delicious flavors and are transformed into perfectly tender pieces. Sweet, savory, and full of flavor!

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Sous Vide Sweet Potatoes

They are fluffy, sweet, and perfectly cooked every time. You can serve them with pretty much any meal like steak, chicken, or fish.

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Perfect Sous Vide Asparagus

This is a low-carb and Keto recipe that’s so quick to throw together. A great weeknight side dish!

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The Best Sous Vide Hamburger

Did you know you can cook burger sous vide? It’s a guaranteed success, so say good-bye to tough, dry and crumbly burgers! Best of all, no more babysitting your grill while cooking. You can spend the time with your guests and let the sous vide machine do the work for you!

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Sous Vide Italian Sausage

The secret to this recipe is adding beer to the bag when cooking it sous vide. It’s juicy, flavorful, and evenly cooked edge-to-edge. Great for breakfast and dinner.

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Crispy Skin Sous Vide Duck Breast

The sous vide method will have you cooking like a pro, making the restaurant-quality duck breasts at your own home. Serve with red wine sauce on potatoes or tacos for a mouth-watering dinner, and impress your guest at your next holiday party!

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SousVide Desserts

With sous vide, you can cook some elegant desserts in individual mason jars for a perfect dessert that’s great to make ahead of time and easy to clean up.

Sous Vide Crème Brûlée

You can hardly beat this fancy dessert when you need something special. The sous vide method guarantees the perfect result and you’ll have creamy and silky-smooth custard every time!

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Foolproof Sous Vide Cheesecake

A fun and elegant way to enjoy cheesecake when it’s sous vide cooked in individual jars. An easy make-ahead dessert that’s great for Thanksgiving or Christmas parties.

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Essentials You’ll Need

Sous Vide Meal Prep Tips

Batch cooking and meal prep have never been easier! Find one day each week, for me, it’s usually Saturday or Sunday. Cook a bunch of meat and vegetables using sous vide. Keep them in their bags, and quickly chill in an ice bath. Store them in the fridge if you plan to eat them in the following days or freeze them for later use.

Did you know? The vacuum sealed food generally last much longer in the refrigerator or freezer. For the food that lasts about 3 days in the refrigerator when stored in an airtight container, it can last for 1 week when it’s vacuum-sealed!

FrequentlyAsked Questions

CanI Sous Vide Frozen Food?

Yes, youcan sous vide food straight from frozen. For example, Sous Vide Frozen Steakand SousVide Frozen Chicken Breast are my favorites! It’s pretty much the same assous vide fresh food except that you’ll need to cook it longer:

Time to sous vide frozen food = Fresh Cook Time + (Fresh Cook Time/2)

What’s the Right Temperature to Cook Sous Vide?

You’ll need to set the temperature differently according to the different food you are cooking and the different doneness you prefer. Vegetables are cooked at much higher temperatures than meat or fish. Follow Sous Vide Steak Temp and Time for the complete guide on how to choose the right temperature for your steak.

HowLong to Cook My Food in Sous Vide Water Bath?

Follow each recipe on the cooking time. Some vegetables can be ready as short as 15 minutes, while some roast might take several days.

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AreZiploc Bags Safe for Sous Vide Cooking?

Yes, bags made for cooking sous vide are perfectly safe. Popular brands of zip-top bags are great as well.

Howto Vacuum Seal a Bag without a Vacuum Sealer?

If you don’t have a vacuum sealer, you can still vacuum seal a zip-locbag using the “waterdisplacement” technique: Just place the food in a ziplock bag, including seasonings, and seal allbut one corner of the bag. Slowly place it into the water bath, and make sureeverything below the zip-line is covered by water. Then seal the rest of thebag.

HowCan I Prevent My Bag from Floating?

When cooking your food in the sous vide water bath, you need to keep the food completely submerged in the water. You will often find lighter items such as vegetables tend to float above the water. You can add a sous vide weight into the bag or simply use some heavy kitchen items such as a saucepan or kitchen tongs to weigh it down.

More Favorite Sous Vide Dinner Ideas

If you love these sous vide recipes, check out our Most Popular Sous Vide Steak Recipes or Best Vous Vide Vegetable Recipes.

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Basic Sous Vide Steak Recipe with Step-by-Step Instructions

By: Izzy

The bestSous Vide Recipesfor perfect breakfast, dinners, desserts, and meal prep!

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 1 hour hr

Total: 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Servings: 4

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Ingredients

  • 2 pounds steak, (1-inch thick, this recipe is for tender cuts such as Sirloin Steak, Ribeye, Filet Mignon, Ribeye, T-bone, etc.)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, (avoid extra virgin olive oil due to its low smoke point)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • fresh rosemary or thyme, optional

Instructions

  • Add water to the sous vide container or a large pot, set the Sous Vide Precision Cooker to (135°F/57°C) for medium-rare doneness.

  • Rub the steak with 1 tablespoon oil on all sides.

  • Season with salt and pepper.

  • Add the steak to a zip-top bag together with optional herbs.

  • Vacuum seal the bag using water displacement method: seal all but one corner of the bag, and slowly place it into the water bath. Make sure everything below the zip-line is covered by water. Then seal the rest of the bag.

  • Keep the bag in the water bath and make sure it is fully submerged.

  • Cook for 1 hour. If your steak is thicker, cook 2 hours for 1.5 –inch, and 3 hours for 2.5 hours.

  • When the timer goes off, remove the bag from the water bath and transfer it to the fridge or an ice bath. Let it chill for about 10 minutes.

  • Remove the steak from the zip-top bag and wipe off the moisture with paper towels. (Make sure to pat dry the surface completely.)

  • Season with more salt and pepper if necessary.

  • Place the cast-iron skillet on medium-high heat. Add the remaining olive oil. Once very hot, add the steak and sear about 1 minute per side until nicely browned.

  • Slice against the grain and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 535kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 138mg | Sodium: 700mg | Potassium: 608mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 4mg

Nutrition information provided is an estimate only and will vary based on ingredient brands and cooking methods used.

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FAQs

What should I sous vide for dinner? ›

The Best Foods To Cook Sous Vide
  • Tougher Cuts of Meat. What's important to remember here is that a 'tougher' or 'cheaper' cut of meat, doesn't necessarily mean a 'worse' cut. ...
  • Eggs. Eggs are one of the most popular foods to cook sous-vide for a couple of reasons. ...
  • Pork. ...
  • Lamb. ...
  • Carrots. ...
  • Filleted Fish. ...
  • Liver. ...
  • Fillet Steak.

What is the first thing I should sous vide? ›

Steak is held up as the best example of just what sous vide can do, so it's probably one of the things that you'll want to try first. It's heartbreaking when you leave an expensive piece of steak just a little bit too long and wind up making it tough and dry, but thankfully, sous vide takes away all the guesswork.

What should not be sous vide? ›

Produce that no longer looks completely fresh or already smells strange is, of course, no longer suitable for the sous vide procedure. This particularly applies to fish and meat that is cooked at relatively low temperatures.

What meat is best cooked sous vide? ›

The best meat to sous vide for 48-72 hours at 135°F (57°C) is beef brisket, while pork shoulder can be cooked between 24-36 hours at 165°F (74°C). Results are always tender and juicy, making for perfect leftovers in sandwiches, tacos, or any other dish calling for shredded meat.

What does Gordon Ramsay think of sous vide? ›

He doesn't seem to be an especially outspoken proponent of sous vide cooking, possibly due to a long-ago scandal where patrons of his restaurants felt cheated when they found out that their meals had been prepared in advance and heated up via this "boil in a bag" technique, but he does have a pretty dramatic method for ...

Do fancy restaurants use sous vide? ›

Examples of Sous Vide in Restaurants

Many esteemed fine dining chefs were quick to see the revolutionary potential of incorporating sous vide into their restaurant kitchens. Let's take a look at what's made their decision to incorporate sous vide techniques and technology so successful (and delectable).

What is a disadvantage of sous vide? ›

If you're not careful about cooking times (as specified by the product manufacturer), your food can become contaminated. In addition, if your food is not properly vacuum sealed, or your food becomes contaminated during prep, cooking sous-vide poses an additional threat.

Should you sear before or after sous vide? ›

In the kitchen, you have to produce flavor, and then lock in that flavor. This is why we sear the meat before cooking sous vide. During the cooking process, the flavors are enhanced and reach the core of the steak. Finally, the flavor is secured in the meat during the chilling process.

Can you use Ziploc bags for sous vide? ›

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.

What are the side effects of sous vide cooking? ›

Risks. Sous vide products are exposed to the same risks as other foods during preparation, cooking, cooling and reheating. Risks that could lead to food poisoning include: food held in the temperature danger zone (5°C–60°C) for long periods could allow harmful bacteria to grow.

What is the danger zone for sous vide? ›

Because of the relatively low temperatures used in sous vide, one major consideration is the Danger Zone. The 'Danger Zone' is a range of temperatures where bacteria particularly thrive and multiply. It's generally defined as 40F to 140 F, or 4.4C to 60C .

Can I use tap water for sous vide? ›

Fill your sous vide water bath with hot tap water.

Starting with warm water will help the sous vide circulator bring the water to the right temperature more quickly.

Do major steakhouses use sous vide? ›

Most steakhouses use super high heat broilers, which cook steaks very quickly. Others prefer grills and every once in a while you'll run into a joint that cooks over a wood fired grill. A few sous vide beforehand but most don't.

What is the easiest thing to sous vide? ›

One of the most fantastically simple things to cook sous vide is a perfect poached egg! There isn't much a poached egg doesn't complement, and this method ensures that you can make them just the way you like them every time!

Can you overcook a steak in sous vide? ›

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. If the recipe says to cook something for between one and four hours, it's probably not recommended to cook it for 12.

What foods are suitable for sous vide? ›

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.

Do top chefs use sous vide? ›

In fact, renowned chef Heston Blumenthal even said that “Sous vide cooking is the single greatest advancement in cooking technology for decades.” Sous vide has been commonplace in professional kitchens since around the 1990s, so why do the pros love it so much?

Can you cook a whole meal in a sous vide? ›

The only downside is that vegetables require a different temperature to cook (185°F) versus something like steak (130°F), so you can't just throw your entire meal in the sous vide and call it a day.

Is sous vide worth it for meal prep? ›

I do the majority of my meal prep using sous vide. Using your sous vide cooker it becomes much easier to cook large amounts of food that you can then store for use later and an easy weeknight dinner because most of the heavy lifting is already done! Note: If you prefer, you can jump right to the Lesson Recap.

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