Sous vide

Food & Drink
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this one?

https://www.instantpot.co.uk/product/duo-crisp-air-fryer-8l/

have you tried the air fryer function? any good?

We keep pondering, and wondering why we need it. Another gadget? still tempted by an air fryer…can they make chip shop chips?

We gave up sous-vide years ago when i concluded it added little to the meat. I quite like sous vide salmon and some fish as the texture is interested.

We gave the sous-vide stuff away, but still use the vac pack for marinading.

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We’ve done one batch of chips. They’re not as good as proper deep fried ones, but as a point of health compromise I would say they were pretty acceptable.

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Anova have some good deals at the moment:

@anon14766838

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I think I’d buy the Instant Pot that comes with sous vide now tbh

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Yeah, they look good, Simon mentioned elsewhere that he was thinking of a clip on machine though, and I came across the above when I was looking for a recipe.

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thanks @Rob998 I saw on their website

  1. no room
  2. absolutely no need for any of its other functions.
  3. still not sure i would get much more use of a sous vide than I did with the last lot
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I use my instant pot a lot. But then I eat a lot of beans.

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We now have 2 Instant Pots, make of that what you will.

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succumbed - prices were keen…and given i am sitting on a £3k credit card refund…it would be rude not to…

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Also succumbed, if anyone else is considering one there is an additional discount code of 10% on top of already large discounts.

ANOVA10

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I’m tempted by the nano.

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Bought the middle tier one (precision?) £129

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It arrived. Excited. Need to spend this evening reading this thread :stuck_out_tongue: also got a nice cast iron frying pan for searing.

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I have a large cast iron frying pan and it’s proven so useful

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Sous chef vouchers for xmas so I went for a 28cm Skeppshult frying pan. I fancied the wok, but the pan is more versatile.

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mine too, but poor planning means no ingredients to sous vide…

got the vac pack machine as well. Instructions are incomprehensible pictograms.

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I was just planning on using water displacement. Got the Stasher silicone reusable bag listed on the Anova site. I don’t intend to eat more meat than we’re generally eating, so figured keep it low key for now :stuck_out_tongue:

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I am not going to use it for meat, maybe the odd bit of pork, but definitely not beef/lamb. My last experience of sous vide taught me I hated meat done like that.

I will use it with veg, fish and eggs

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I was thinking fish curry might work well

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We use the Sous Vide to cook beef and lamb more than anything else. It is best seared afterwards, preferably on the BBQ. YMMV of course.