# Skirt Steak

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871 "2018-02-01T20:00:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Vision](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/vision/32/2804_2.png) [@Vision](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Vision)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871/1 "2018-02-01T20:00:15Z")

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I’m searching and can’t get a clear answer on the best way to cook skirt steaks. I’m guessing 8 or 24 hours at 131f.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![bvjobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bvjobe](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/bvjobe)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871/2 "2018-02-01T22:54:54Z")

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8 hours will be long enough. You may find 24 will effect the texture.

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**Author:** ![nestorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@nestorph](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/nestorph)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871/3 "2018-02-02T20:35:03Z")

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I love my Anova but sous vide doesn’t make sense for everything. Skirt steaks, in my opinion, fall into that category. The meat is tender and thin and typically only needs two minutes on a side (on a grill) to cook. If you were to cook it sous vide (8 hours according to bvjobe), you would still have to sear it. Using a flamethrower, it would take you about a minute. Using a cast iron pan, closer to two minutes. So there’s no upside to sous vide in this particular case.

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**Author:** ![Vision](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/vision/32/2804_2.png) [@Vision](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Vision)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871/4 "2018-02-03T02:46:21Z")

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Skirt steaks are very chewy, thanks all. Will go with 8hrs.

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**Author:** ![Vision](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/vision/32/2804_2.png) [@Vision](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Vision)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871/5 "2018-02-04T02:11:17Z")

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Turned out great.

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**Author:** ![Mirozen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/mirozen/32/2786_2.png) [@Mirozen](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Mirozen)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871/6 "2018-02-04T02:48:39Z")

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Did the 8 hour cook give nice tender steaks? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Vision](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/vision/32/2804_2.png) [@Vision](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Vision)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/skirt-steak/12871/7 "2018-02-04T14:59:43Z")

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It did. No reason to go longer IMO.