sous vide

[ soo veed ]

noun

1. the technique of cooking ingredients in a vacuum-sealed plastic pouch, usually for a long time at a low temperature.

sous-vide

/ ˌsuːˈviːd /

adjective

1. denoting a form of catering in which food is cooked slowly in a plastic bag, vacuum-packed, and then frozen until required

Other Words From

• sous-vide adjective adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sous vide¹

First recorded in 1985–90; from French: literally, “under vacuum”

Word History and Origins

Origin of sous vide¹

French, literally: under vacuum

Example Sentences

Almost all the memes that emerged after Harris’ face began to garner attention Tuesday night were variations on “When your graduate school adviser/law review editor/senior partner tells you that he’d make the changes in his draft himself but he has guests coming over for dinner and it’s his job to man the sous vide.”

From Slate

At Ginger & Scallion, the chicken is Northwest-sourced from Draper Valley Farms and cooked sous vide, which precisely serves the cause of cooking correctness.

From Seattle Times

The Drunken option gets sous vide’d with Shaoxing — Chinese rice wine — which imparts a slight extra salinity, then it’s drizzled with sesame oil for a touch of that flavor and added velvety softness.

From Seattle Times

But after spending several hours there, we decided to stop at Moab’s Thai Bella for a much-needed bowl of tom kah soup and a phenomenal sous vide duck.

From Los Angeles Times

Interestingly enough, chains like Costco are even selling the formerly in-store only sous vide egg bites from Starbucks now, too — so clearly I'm not alone in my adoration for these.

From Salon