sous vide

adjective or adverb

: relating to or denoting a method of cooking food slowly in a vacuum-sealed pouch at a low temperature so as to retain most of the juice and aroma

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Two sous vide chicken tenders in salt and pepper or zesty garlic marinade with choice of buttermilk ranch, barbecue or boom boom sauce (26g protein). Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025 There is a small water tank on top for sous vide recipes or others calling for misting or atomization of food and a removable probe that measures foods internal temperature and stops cooking when the temperature is reached. Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025 This Duo Crisp can pressure cook, slow cook, steam, sauté, warm food, roast, dehydrate, broil, sous vide, proof bread, make yogurt, transform into a mini oven, and air fry. Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024 The company has a patent on its water mist feature, which mimics a sous vide water bath. Andrew Watman, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sous vide 

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, under vacuum

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sous vide was in 1986

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“Sous vide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sous%20vide. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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sous vide

adjective or adverb
ˌsü-ˈvēd
: relating to or denoting a method of cooking food slowly in a vacuum-sealed pouch at a low temperature so as to retain most of the juice and aroma
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