# Cooking Beef Cubes

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-beef-cubes/476>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Tags:** beef\
**Created:** [May 18, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-beef-cubes/476 "2015-05-18T21:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimmynguyen77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jimmynguyen77](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/jimmynguyen77)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-beef-cubes/476/1 "2015-05-18T21:22:31Z")

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I want to make Vietnamese&nbsp;shaking beef but not use tenderloin and wanted to know what would be the recommended cooking temp and time for beef cubes you buy for stew at the store.&nbsp; I was looking at about 133F but not really sure for how long.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Reuel\_Nash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@Reuel\_Nash](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Reuel_Nash)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-beef-cubes/476/2 "2015-05-26T16:01:25Z")

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The time for sous vide cooking is more based on the thickness of the meat than anything else. If the cubes are about 1 inch thick, then at least an hour and a half.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![KCKiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KCKiwi](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/KCKiwi)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-beef-cubes/476/3 "2015-05-29T22:51:11Z")

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You will be better off buying a single, moderate cost, piece of beef to sous vide (Google is your friend). You would cook the single piece, or cut the large piece into “steaks”,&nbsp;to the desired state and then cut it into cubes. The problem with cooking meat cubes in a vacuum sealed package is there are numerous air pockets and it is far less efficient compared to cooking larger pieces of meat.

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**Author:** ![ktranmai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@ktranmai](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/ktranmai)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-beef-cubes/476/4 "2015-06-01T18:53:39Z")

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Have you tried making sous vide Bo Luc Lac Jimmy?&nbsp; If so, could you please share?&nbsp; I'm hoping to add the sous vide twist to cathyhacooking shaking beef.