Herb-Rubbed Sous Vide Pork Chops
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A simple, delicious recipe for sous vide pork chops seasoned with a flavorful garlic and fresh herb rub. If you aren’t familiar with sous vide cooking, you can learn more about it here. *I received the Nomiku sous vide cooker for review. All opinions are my own.
Sous Vide cooking is marvelous. Similar to a slow cooker, it does the work for you during the day, so you can save your precious time for other things…like lifting heavy barbells, working, taking care of the kids, or whatever strikes your fancy. Thanks to a genius invention called Nomiku, sous vide is now affordable and accessible for home cooks. It allows you to make incredible recipes without spending much time in the kitchen. These sous vide pork chops rubbed with garlic and herbs are a cinch to make and taste like you spent hours preparing them.
What Is Sous Vide Cooking?
I wasn’t too familiar with this cooking method when I received the Nomiku to try, but I was certainly intrigued. I did a lot of research on cooking times and temperatures before playing around with recipes. It’s a thermal immersion cooking method that simmers food in a controlled water temperature in an air-tight or vacuum-sealed bag. The beauty of sous vide, is that you don’t have to worry about overcooking. The food won’t get any hotter than the controlled water bath that it’s in. You’re not boiling your food; you’re keeping it at a constant temperature for a designated amount of time. For all of the sous vide FAQ’s, visit Nomiku for more details.
I wanted this recipe to be full of flavor, so I used a fresh herb combination for the rub, combined with lemon zest, garlic, vinegar, olive oil, and salt & pepper. Pulse herbs a few times in a food processor to chop before adding the remaining ingredients.
I have a Foodsaver for vacuum sealing the meat, but a ziplock bag squeezed of all the air after it’s submerged in water will work fine, too.
The Nomiku is super easy to use, just clip it onto the side of a deep pot, plug it in, tap the front to turn on and turn the knob to adjust the temperature. Then let it heat the water to the chosen temperature.
The Nomiku delivers a tender and juicy pork chop, the only step left is to crisp up the fat and exterior of the meat. You can do this in a greased cast-iron skillet, on a hot grill, or under a broiler (my chosen method).
Sous Vide Garlic Herb Rubbed Pork Chops
Equipment
- Sous vide cooker
Ingredients
- 4 large bone-in pork chops about 1 ½” thickness
- ¼ cup parsley
- 10 large basil leaves
- ¼ cup rosemary stems removed
- ¼ cup chives
- 6 sprigs thyme remove stems
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 lemon zested
- 1 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp fresh cracked pepper
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Pulse fresh herbs in a food processor until finely chopped
- Add minced garlic, lemon zest, vinegar, salt and pepper and olive oil and blend until a nice paste is formed, add a little extra EVOO, if necessary.
- Rinse chops and pat dry.
- Rub all over with herb mixture and seal in a plastic bag (I seal them individually for even cooking), making sure to removed all the air (I use my Foodsaver for this).
- Heat Nomiku to 140 degrees.
- Drop sealed pork chops into the heated bath, making sure that the entire pork chop is submerged.
- Cook for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 550 degrees F (broiler setting).
- Remove chops from bag and place on a baking sheet coated in olive oil.
- Broil chops about 3-4 minutes each side to crisp up the fat and lightly brown the outside.
- Be sure to watch carefully, so they don’t burn.
- Serve immediately.
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We have a sous vide I don’t use nearly enough! I’m going to try this soon – it looks delicious!
Jessica, it’s such a cool gadget! I’m loving it!!
and thank you! 🙂
Oh my goodness… This looks absolutely delicious! I love the way you did this! I will definitely have to try.