I made some really outstanding cheeseburgers today. I mean, these were just damn good. However, because part of cooking out means you make so much stuff that there will always be leftovers, I have 3 burgers left over.
I’m thinking, there is no reason these burgers couldn’t be vacuum sealed, then sous vided to 130°-140°, and eaten as if they were cooked the same day. I mean, why not? Anyone tried this?
Ive only done it a few times and not in a while. My recollection is that if you go straight from sous vide to bun you lose a lot of the hot off the grill texture and bite. Its easier with no cheese on it, but i recommend sous vide, wipe the cheese off, whack it real quick in a cast iron to get that bite back and melt some fresh cheese over it. Little bit more of a PITA but worth it IMO.
EDIT: im assuming vac'd and frozen. If you arent freezing then yeah, probably good to go.
I go from leftovers in fridge to like 30 seconds on high in the microwave. Cheese the last few seconds. Certainly not the same as fresh, but it’s good.
I assume SV works also. But, you’d be done in like 30 seconds in the microwave.
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Give it a whirl and report back. We will wait patiently for your results.
Well, it definitely works, well. Since it was the first time, I tried 130° for half an hour; that gave a warm burger, but not hot. Next time I'll do 150°.
Building the burger:
Oops, forgot the secret topping!
The only thing I was really worried about was how the cheese would come out of the bag, so I cut three sides and just peeled it back, and it was fine. The one thing I tried to get in the photo, I don't know if you can see it or not, is that the burger kept its moisture. It wasn't exactly the same as right off the grill, but it was close enough for a breakfast burger. (I remember hearing somewhere that hamburgers are the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast.) I've been served burgers that were worse. Heck, I've made burgers that were worse!
That's it for the pictures, I needed to eat that hamburger. But this is about the same difficulty and pain as getting out the frying pan, because then you got to clean the pan. And it's more of a pain in the butt then putting it in the microwave, but I prefer the results I think.
Looking to do this for some burgers I’m gonna take into work for my department. Grilling them at work is not an option. Mosca about what thickness were these burgers. I really can’t tell by the picture.
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