Im cooking a tri tip for myself for father's day sous vide. Is it worth doing

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Jun 12, 2019
3:44:48pm

cougaman All-American

Im cooking a tri tip for myself for father's day sous vide. Is it worth doing

this for the tri tip?

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If you've never used the salt method to tenderize meat, do it. I took a couple of tough chuck roasts that had been in

Pimpin4Paradise All-American

6/12/19 3:02pm

How much salt?

USMCdad

6/12/19 3:05pm

And what kind of salt?

BYUtka

6/12/19 3:05pm

I used normal table salt.

Pimpin4Paradise

6/12/19 3:08pm

You can use any kind you're just covering it. If you're seasoning

molodyets

6/12/19 3:10pm

Lol. A little more than that. You basically bury the meat in salt. I used more than this, but this gives you the idea.

Pimpin4Paradise

6/12/19 3:07pm

After you wash the meat off, you can see how the salt has broken down the muscle fibers. Pretty cool.

Pimpin4Paradise

6/12/19 3:10pm

You can also do this with pineapple puree and other citrus

molodyets

6/12/19 3:11pm

I was watching a video about cooking steak on youtube the other day. The guy

crack

6/12/19 4:24pm

Im cooking a tri tip for myself for father's day sous vide. Is it worth doing

cougaman

6/12/19 3:44pm

I haven't tried it on tri-tip, but it would definitely tenderize it. I'll probably try that at some point.

Pimpin4Paradise

6/12/19 4:00pm

Tri tip should not need tenderizing

fattycoug

6/12/19 4:10pm

Meh...people always act like tri-tip is the holy grail. It's just pretty good.

Pimpin4Paradise

6/12/19 4:16pm

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Abe Froman

6/12/19 4:30pm

I'm saying that I like a steak that is more tender than Tri-Tip. I like it just fine, but people put it on a pedestal

Pimpin4Paradise

6/12/19 4:36pm

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Abe Froman

6/12/19 4:38pm

Why are you getting so twisted up about this? I didn't insult his honor and I didn't say he was wrong. I voiced that my

Pimpin4Paradise

6/12/19 4:44pm

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Abe Froman

6/12/19 5:59pm

It's not the holy Grail. Just doesn't need tenderizing, imo. Got a lot of fat

fattycoug

6/13/19 12:21am

Yeah, but would it harm the meat in any way?

cougaman

6/12/19 4:23pm

Nah.

fattycoug

6/13/19 12:22am

I use sea salt and then I just cook with it. I don't rinse it.

777

6/12/19 3:47pm

How much salt?

Heinz57

6/13/19 1:01am

Depends on the cut. I usually just use it for steaks. I put a liberal amount of

777

6/13/19 1:38am

Yeah that’s what I’ve always done but i think his salt method

USMCdad

6/13/19 7:35am

try brining your meat to tenderize it.....

BYU Grounds

6/13/19 12:25pm

I think this is just considered a dry brine which I prefer as well

USMCdad

6/13/19 12:26pm

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