Thought it would be fun to have a healthy debate on this.
Do you think all foods have a place with sous vide?
Or are there any foods you think should be kept far, far away from this cooking method?
Thoughts, opinions, insight, experiences - all are welcome. Just keep the peace! 
I think that sous vide is a tool, one of the ways to raise the temperature of food. Some foods are best when raised to a narrow temperature range and sous vide relieves me of the burden of standing next to the food so that the temperature doesnāt get too high.
It is fun to try to āsous vide everythingā. Still, I wonder if the food is prepared near the boiling point of water and the end temperature is not critical, why do it sous vide?
Proteins are obviously āyes.ā Iāve not experimented with fruit and veg enough yet. It seems easier to do the by other methods while protein is bathing.
Sashimi.
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Well. I mean. Yeah. Lol. @acs
Which method do you think works better than sous vide for fruits + veggies? @Ember
@RichardOL I understand your point with the end temperature for some foods not being critical. My primary reason for wanting to sous vide veggies is that I wonāt lose some of its nutrients like I typically would if I were doing a regular boil. But - depending on what I fancy that particular day, I do roast too for that very reason.
Not so much a case of better, Alyssa, simply more expedient. Not everyone has the time to go through a cook cycle twice for a meal. Batch cooking is a possibility if one is able to plan and stick to a schedule.
Iāve never been a particularly organised cook. In fact, I get a little concerned on those weeks where things go right along with the plan. I tend to stir fry, steam, roast or even (shock horror) microwave vegies as the protein is nearing the end of its bathing time.
I guess itās simply a case of old habits being hard to break.
@Ember Yeah, I get where youāre coming from on cooking foods for multiple cycles. Personally, when I am cooking veggies, thatās all Iām cooking (I go meatless sometimes).
I havenāt experimented with cooking veggies and meats at the same time with the APC, but Iām sure it requires some preparation and figuring out the best way to execute it.
New guy here, so if Iām wrongā¦ Iām wrong. 
I have yet to try out my 1 day old Anova 900w.
With that being said, I just donāt see this method speeding up or improving one pot, flavor layering dishes like jambalaya or gumbo.
I feel like I cook ā4 or 5 timesā in the same dutch oven when making jambalaya. Early added ingredients meet the new ingredients to add another flavor to the dish. Where the fond from the pork meets the onionsā¦ then the next round from the sausage then the tomato etc. I add onions 4 times to a dish like that. Cooking them to a different texture each time. I donāt see anything coming close from the sous vide method.
Now donāt get me wrong. Iām looking forward to going crazy with my Anova. Gonna try a bunch of things this weekend. Going to the butcher tomorrow.
Sh*t, Iāll be reporting on sous vide pop-tarts at some point once I get obsessed! Just adding my $.02
Hahaaa let me know how the sous vide pop tarts go @Slappy_Joe
There are already places where precision cookers are already used for āflavour layeringā. Just take a look at āstep mashingā (also known as āstep-infusionā mashing) used in brewing some beer styles.
With step mashing, the grain and water are first heated to around 50ā54 Ā°C for enzymes to break down proteins. Followed by one or two heatings to 62ā67 Ā°C and 71ā72 Ā°C to convert starches to sugars. There was a recent Anova blog post on how you can use the APC for mashing with the Brew-in-the-Bag method of brewing. (I wouldnāt use this method for something like gumbo but the concepts are the same.)
Many slow cooker recipes have similar one-pot flavouring dishes such as starting at high for a few hours and then stepping down to low for a long cook. Just that most slow cookers are not as precise as most sous vide cookers and ovens.
I imagine one can make jambalaya by using good resealable bags, adding additional ingredients over the cooking period.
As others have mentioned sous vide is another tool where I would often tell students āUse the best tool for the job at hand.ā
Thereās a very good in-depth āUltimate Guide to Sous Vide Dessertsā written by Stella Parks, author Bravetart, cookbook of desserts.
Hereās her guide: BraveTart's Ultimate Guide to Sous Vide Desserts
I would have to agree with @RichardOL, The APC is a tool for cooking. How to incorporate sv/APC into everything? That is a good question.
The example I would give where I introduce sv/APC to a non-sous vide dish would be Lechon. This is a Filipino dish that boils pork belly (to tenderize), slices boiled pork belly, and then deep fries the pork belly.
Why boil when you can sous vide? And so I did. The flavor was amazing.
Iāll have to post twice to get both pictures in.
Deep fried s/vād pork belly.
End product: Lechon Especial s/vād.
The original recipe was from Dinerās Drive Ins and Dives.
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You cant beat a good slow braise with sous vide. And it is just as easy and hands off, if not easier. For example, try this:
Thanks for sharing!
