# Small frozen steak - Two burning questions

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/small-frozen-steak-two-burning-questions/15736>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Tags:** beef\
**Created:** [July 21, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/small-frozen-steak-two-burning-questions/15736 "2018-07-21T20:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jctwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ebca7d/32.png) [@jctwo](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/jctwo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/small-frozen-steak-two-burning-questions/15736/1 "2018-07-21T20:25:37Z")

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Hi all!  
I am brandie new to sous vide cooking and excited about cooking my first steak!

Can a steak be cooked via sous vide from frozen or must be thawed first?

What recipe modifications must I make to Time and Temperature to cook a small (3 - 4 ounce) filet mignon that is only about 1/2 inch thick? Or is this too small for this cooking method and apparatus?

I have the 900W model.

Many thanks

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**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/small-frozen-steak-two-burning-questions/15736/2 "2018-07-21T21:38:10Z")

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With any kind of steak you’re not doing much more than bringing it up to temperature. A piece that thin needs little more than 30 mins to do that. About 45 from frozen. Round it of to a neat hour for simplicity. You could make it 2 hours if you want. The extra time isn’t going to do anything bad.

With such a thin steak you will need to be so extremely careful and perfect when you sear it that I really wouldn’t bother with sous vide in this instance.

Thaw it in the bottom of the fridge and flash it through a screaming hot pan.