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Sous Vide

TemperatureDurationNotes
Carrots85°C1:00
Chicken Breast63.5°C1:30 ~ 3:00
Chicken Breast - salad71.0°C2:00A bit drier / stringier; perfect for cold salads, etc.
Eggs - pasteurized58.0°C0:58Schuman et al., 1997
Eggs - pasteurized57.0°C1:15Schuman et al., 1997
Eggs - soft62.0°C0:45Perhaps a little too soft?
Eggs - soft63.0°C1:00
Eggs - soft, quick75.0°C0:13Sous Vide Egg
Pork62.0°C1:00A bit over-cooked?
Roast - Blade60.0°C27:00Did 27 hours with Cate & Jonno - delicious!!
Roast - Lamb60.0°C10 hours was great, 50 hours even better :D
Salmon60.0°C0:40 ~ 1:00
Short ribs62.0°C72:00
Silverside60.0°C48:00+Sear in a pan first; 50hrs - delicious, 75hrs - amazing! :D
Steak60.0°CSee belowSee below

Steak

Temperature

  • Chef-Recommended Temps
  • USDA recommends a minimum of 62.8°C; this is somewhat inflated based on the need to hold the temperature for several seconds, so sous vide can go lower as long as the duration is tens of minutes to hours.
DonenessTemperature
Rare49 - 54°C
Medium - Rare54 - 57°C
Medium57 - 63°C
Medium - Well63 - 68°C
Well≥ 68°C

Duration

Duration = 21 + 0.84*Thickness + 5.6*Thickness^2

  • Duration in minutes
  • Thickness in centimetres.
ThicknessThicknessDurationDuration
6cm0.25"0:2323min
13mm0.50"0:3131min
25mm1.00"1:0060min
38mm1.50"1:46106min
51mm2.00"2:50170min
64mm2.50"4:12252min
76mm3.00"5:52352min