Are these bags appropriate for the "sous vide" method of cooking, where the food is cooked in a water bath after being vacuum sealed in plastic?
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The product description includes the phrase "can be boiled in water for thawing" so I would say these would be safe for sous vide cooking.
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Yes, and I've done so frequently and successfully. I have a Weston sealer and Anova circulator. As noted by J.Richburg, these bags are described as able to "...be boiled in water...". Sous Vide ("under vacuum") circulating water baths are usually between 131ºF and 185ºF and therefore well under boiling temperatures.
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Yes, and I've done so frequently and successfully. I have a Weston sealer and Anova circulator. As noted by J.Richburg, these bags are described as able to "...be boiled in water...". Sous Vide ("under vacuum") circulating water baths are usually between 131F and 185F and therefore well under boiling temperatures.
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Hi Bonnie. Yes they will do fine in a vacuum bag. I would put them in another ziplock bag, and just not seal it, or use an extra layer of vacumme bag for double protection from the sharp edges. I keep mine in a mason jar. The smallest size I can use and they are keeping just fine. It is also more convenient because you can open and close the jar many times and not have to seal with the machine each time or waste bags. Hope this helps. Glennis.
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I don't know about that. I don't have a sous vide machine so I put the bag in the crock pot and it held up just fine for 10-11 hours in the crock pot with no control on the temperature other than just 'on'. I have never put the sous vide bags in boiling water, but I have put the "Food Saver" brand bags (sealed of course!) in boiling water to heat what was inside and that worked out just fine. The bags held up great!
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There are several ways to seal them. You can buy a thermal sealer designed for the bags, or the most economical way is to use a metal level and an iron. YouTube is a really good resource for this. If you're sealing food don't forget to buy the oxygen absorbers it's amazing how well they work.
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There is no single answer to your question. There are a variety of factors that play a role in whether or not the bags appear to vacuum seal. The first thing is to try to get as much air out as possible before you seal it. The amount of product you have inside the bag and how much air can fit between it also plays a role. For example, I have sealed up macaroni in one of these bags and I squeezed as much air out as I could, it didn't shrink any from the O2 absorber because there is too much air that fits in between the noodles. But remember that the absorbers do not always absorb enough O2 to actually cause a vacuum in the bag. They also do not absorb other gasses, so it is possible your bag may not appear to shrink but the oxygen is still removed adequately. You should only need one O2 absorber if your bag is filled with a heavy non-pourus substance like flour or rice.
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This is a question about sous vide, not Nomiku. Either way, it is just a case of ensuring you use food-safe bags or vacuum packs. And a little bit of common sense to NOT use any toxic plastics in a hot sous-vide. As would be the case in any type of food preparation :-)
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We do not recommend boiling these bags, but you can heat cooked foods in a FoodSaver bag in a simmering pot. Only place bags with frozen food inside the simmering water. The coldness of the food will keep the bag from becoming too hot while the food is heating up. Temperatures above 170 degrees F can possibly compromise the integrity of the bags depending on how the bags were stored, handled, or used after purchase. This is why we recommend that you do not use temperatures over 170 degrees F.
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Yes they do. And very well. If you intend to vacuum seal shrimp, put them in a "Freezer Ziplock Bag" without sealing it first, then vacuum the Ziplock vacuum bag. If you do not, the shrimp shells will pierce the vacuum bag and you will lose the vacuum and the result will be a lot of freezer burn. We find that we can store all types of food in these bags for a year or more in the deep freeze (-10F or less) if the vacuum seal holds. We highly recommend them. These bags also work exceptionally well with the Reynolds pump, and are much less expensive than the Reynolds bags, if, you can find them. Yes they do. And very well. If you intend to vacuum seal shrimp, put them in a "Freezer Ziplock Bag" without sealing it first, then vacuum the Ziplock vacuum bag. If you do not, the shrimp shells will pierce the vacuum bag and you will lose the vacuum and the result will be a lot of freezer burn. We find that we can store all types of food in these bags for a year or more in the deep freeze (-10F or less) if the vacuum seal holds. We highly recommend them. These bags also work exceptionally well with the Reynolds pump, and are much less expensive than the Reynolds bags, if, you... » Read More Yes they do. And very well. If you intend to vacuum seal shrimp, put them in a "Freezer Ziplock Bag" without sealing it first, then vacuum the Ziplock vacuum bag. If you do not, the shrimp shells will pierce the vacuum bag and you will lose the vacuum and the result will be a lot of freezer burn. We find that we can store all types of food in these bags for a year or more in the deep freeze (-10F or less) if the vacuum seal holds. We highly recommend them. These bags also work exceptionally well with the Reynolds pump, and are much less expensive than the Reynolds bags, if, you can find them. « Show Less
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Yes, and you can even reuse them for resealing with the vacuum sealer. To clarify you cannot reuse lids for water bath or pressure canning.
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I place the food inside a disposable bag (use the pressure-sealable, not zip type). Place the disposable bag with the food inside the the vacuum bag, leaving it unsealed on one end. Then vacuum seal the bag. The inside bag will seal as the air is vacuumed out, while protecting the expensive vacuum bag from becoming contaminated. It extends the life of the vacuum bags. Don't remove the vacuum bag because the disposable type will not hold the vacuum seal by itself.
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I am sure that you can put the bags in boiling water to heat food because I have done it. I would assume that the answer for you is yes, as when you add the water it will be 100 c or 212 F and getting cooler not hotter than the boiling water that I boiled my bags in. I put my bags in boiling water and left them to heat and no melt. So I say give it a shot. Check the bag box. The bags that I buy Foodsaver Brand are made to stay together in boiling water, I don't know about "bargain" brands.
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I have cooked using sous vide for about 1 1/2 years. I do not reuse the bag. I always use marinade in the bag with whatever protein I am cooking and to get the bag perfectly clean where it would seal again would be too much trouble.
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Yes, I always pull out the sealed bag a bit, maybe 1/4 or 1/2 inch, and seal again to make sure it is sealed for sure. I've had just one seal not heat well and there goes the vacuum and the food!
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Hi John, yes, probably. I bought some vacuum rolls by mistake. I used my sous vide bag sealer and it worked fine. I'm guessing that your food saver machine also seals bags by melting the plastic.
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HiI've used other vacuum bags when I wanted to rewrap cheeses and meats that I received from friends with different machines. I assume that would apply to the bags you're asking about. Vacuum and heat seal worked good on other bags. I hope that helps.
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I have only used the food saver brand, so I can't answer to using any vacuum bag,
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You can definitely use this without a vacuum sealer. What you do is what is called the 'displacement' method. Put the food in a quart or gallon zip lock - then seal up most of the zip, leaving just a bit at the end. Then, submerge the bag slowly in a pot of water - which will push all the air out. Just as the zip lock is getting to the water line, seal it and you should be good to go.