Do you struggle with getting your steak cooked just right? Sometimes feel that maybe you’ve overcooked your salmon or chicken? Interested in meal prepping for the busy week ahead?  If so, we may have just the tool for you!  Sous vide precision cooking is a cooking technique that utilizes precise temperature control to deliver consistent, restaurant-quality results.  Your food is done when you’re ready for it, as you can never overcook your meal. You simply set it and forget it knowing the sous vide cooks to an exact temperature every single time.

Sous vide, which means “under vacuum” in French, refers to the process of vacuum-sealing food in a bag, then cooking it to a very precise temperature in a water bath.  The water never comes to a boil, but is rather set to a specific temperature to optimally cook the food. This precise temperature of the water prevents overcooking while also being a healthier option than boiling, as the food does not lose nutrients to the water.

Kuraidori Sous Vide

I recently tried out the Kuraidori Sous Vide from Gow’s Home Hardware. If you follow along on my Instastories, you would have seen me going through a bit of trial and error getting started. There is a little learning curve in the beginning, but let me tell you, it didn’t take long for me to get the hang out it…and go out and buy more steaks after tasting my first one. 😉

I like my steak medium-rare and have struggled my whole life to make it just right. In fact, I had deemed it impossible and something I would only get in a nice restaurant. After seasoning my steak with salt and pepper and putting in a bag with some fresh rosemary, I put the steak in a ziplock bag, in a pot with the Kuraidori SousVide and let it do its thing…for 2 hours. After that I seared it, to brown it up, and enjoyed one of the most delicious steaks I have ever had!

I also cooked a nice piece of salmon, this time with a little olive oil in the bag, and the result was again a mouth watering piece of moist, flaky salmon. No worries of overcooking fish, with the Kuraidori Sous Vide!

It’s possible to cook almost anything in the Kuraidori Sous Vide. Steak and chicken to ham and salmon, green beans and kale…even eggs! Home Hardware has a great page of recipes to help you get started. They also have a page of frequently asked questions, which is helpful in understanding precision cooking and how it works.

Have you ever heard of Sound Vide Precision Cooking? What do you think would be the first thing you would try? If you use a sous vide, I’d love to hear your thoughts…leave a comment and let us know!

GIVEAWAY!

We have partnered with Gow’s Home Hardware to give away a Kuraidori Sous Vide to one lucky reader. Head over to the Gow’s Home Hardware or Simple Local Life Instagram page to enter. 🙂 Contest closes December 14th, 2018.

*This post has been sponsored by Gow’s Home Hardware.  We only partner with businesses we feel bring value to our readers. If you’d like to talk about working together, please contact us. As always, all opinions are our own.