Chinese-Style Turkey with Peas and Oats Sous Vide
What Started it all:
Turkey, Pea, oats, sous vide
A detailed, step-by-step guide to creating a delicious Chinese-style turkey dish using sous vide cooking method.
Ingredients
- 2 turkey breasts
- 1 cup fresh peas
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 4 sous vide bags
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1-inch piece of ginger, grated
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Season those turkey breasts with salt and pepper.
- Mix together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, minced garlic, and grated ginger in a bowl.
- Rub the mixture all over the turkey breasts like you mean it.
- Place each turkey breast in a sous vide bag.
- Add a tablespoon of sesame oil to each bag.
- Seal the bags and set your sous vide machine to 145°F (63°C).
- Cook the turkey for 2 hours.
- While the turkey is cooking, bring 2 cups of water to a boil.
- Add the rolled oats and a pinch of salt.
- Reduce heat and simmer until the oats are tender, about 10-15 minutes.
- In the last 5 minutes of the turkey cooking, blanch the peas in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.
- Drain and set aside.
- Once the turkey is done, remove it from the sous vide bags and pat dry.
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and sear the turkey breasts for 1-2 minutes on each side until golden brown.
- Slice the turkey into thin pieces.
- Spoon the cooked oats onto plates.
- Top with sliced turkey and scatter the blanched peas around.
- Garnish with finely chopped green onions.
There you have it, a perfect Chinese-style turkey dish that even you lot can manage. Follow these instructions, and you might just impress someone for once. Now, get to it!