Sous Vide Lobster Tails

[RickB]

My cheap setup. $100 for the controller and already had the crock pot.

Holding a perfect 140

Shell 2 tails. About 5-6 oz each

Put the shells in a pot cook to 160. Since I removed the bottom membrane to remove the meat they won’t curl up. This is for presentation only.

Thaw some homemade clarified butter. One cube cut in half for cooking the lobster the other two for dipping.

Lobster Vac packed

Into the sous vide.

Cook at 140 for 45 minutes. Lets plate.

This is what the trouble is all about. The best lobster I have ever eaten and that’s sayin something. Buttery melt in your mouth. And this is my first try!

Enjoy!

 

[Ozric]

Lovely, Rick. Looks like it could have come right from Legal Seafood! I used to love grabbing a couple of bad boys on the way out of Logan airport in Boston. I'd carry them home on the plane and and prepare them immediately. Time of day didn't matter. But where am I going to find fresh lobster in Flagstaff? Sigh.

 

[TentHunter]

Very interesting, and making me hungry at the same time.

Please tell us more about that controller. How long did it take the water bath to come up to temp?

 

[RickB]

Very interesting, and making me hungry at the same time.

Please tell us more about that controller. How long did it take the water bath to come up to temp?

Dorkfood DSV. $99 bucks at Amazon. If you have a non-digital crock pot you are ready to go. Filled CP with 118 degree tap water and it took about 15 minutes to bring to temp.

 

[rockinshelby]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Kite]

Rick - I notice you are hot on sous vide these days. I have thought about it but am a bit concerned about cooking in plastic. Not too long ago there was a lot of buzz about microwaving in plastic dishes not being the best for your health. I really don't know the answer to this and am certainly not trying to pee on your sous vide (so to speak..), but what do you think about this?

 

[RickB]

Rick - I notice you are hot on sous vide these days. I have thought about it but am a bit concerned about cooking in plastic. Not too long ago there was a lot of buzz about microwaving in plastic dishes not being the best for your health. I really don't know the answer to this and am certainly not trying to pee on your sous vide (so to speak..), but what do you think about this?

Sorta like global warming... Do you really care!

 

[TrickyDick]

HAH!
Good answer!

If you've (and the "you've" goes out to everybody reading this) been eating steak at ANY chain steak restaurant in the last 10 years, then for sure you've been eating sous vide steak cooked in a plastic bag, plus all the biological hazards from the plastic contaminants. I have no idea what that means, but I'll tell you the steak tastes awesome! When they write the stuff on my tombstone, I hope they put "plastic, smashtic! The steak tasted great!"

TD