Every week we bring you our favorite posts from our friends at Serious Eats. This week we couldn't pass up this poor man's sous-vide method: Cook your meat in a beer cooler! Read on for this plus David Lebovitz's chocolate chip cookies, Thomas Keller's one-pot roast chicken, and sausages over white beans.
• Cook Your Meat in a Beer Cooler: The World's Best (and Cheapest) Sous-Vide Hack - Sous-vide gadgets remain prohibitively expensive, so why not turn to the obvious solution: A beer cooler.
• Eat for Eight Bucks: Sausages on Buttered Beans with Fresh Herbs - Pan-fried lamb sausage, buttered beans, and salad. What's not to love?
• Thomas Keller's One-Pot Roast Chicken - With roast vegetables — a perfect meal.
• Stuffed Burrata at Don Otto's in Boston's South End - Creamy mozzarella stuffed with lavender honey or preserves? Yes please.
• David Lebovitz's Chocolate Chip Cookies - Caroline Russock says that these have Thomas Keller's all beat.
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Looks like you splurged on that thermometer. Good job.
Also, thanks for the links to the recipes.
I'm thinking a really easy and foolproof sous-vide hack would be with a covered casserole in a warming drawer.
Does anyone out there with a warming drawer volunteer to test the theory? Sadly, my oven is 40 years old and has no such feature.
I guess I should try it this way before paying $1000 for a polyscience immersion circulator.
somewhiteguy- you noticed the same thing I did! And I'm deeply amused by cooking cheap with expensive gadgetry.