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How To Vacuum Seal Filet Mignon For Sous Vide Cooking

Aug 14, 2020 · 2 Comments

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vacuum seal filet mignon step by step guide with The Home Chef's Sous Vide Cookbook

Vacuum sealing filet mignon and other steaks for sous vide cooking has become part of my monthly routine. Today I’m sharing tips on how to vacuum seal filet mignon to freeze it for sous vide cooking later. Let me show you my vacuum sealing tricks.

vacuum sealed filet mignon
It’s so helpful to meal prep with sous vide cooking when you stock up, season, and vacuum seal filet at the same time.

Here’s the step by step vacuum sealing demonstration video for filet mignon. In it, I’m vacuum sealing two steaks in the same bag to make a sous vide filet mignon dinner for two for my husband and myself on my night to cook. 

Video demo on vacuum sealing filets

Tools for vacuum sealing

  1. Vacuum sealer – in this post is the Foodsaver 4400
  2. Bags – either vacuum seal roll you cut to size as needed or a stash of vacuum sealer bags

vacuum seal filet mignon step by step guide with The Home Chef's Sous Vide Cookbook

How to vacuum seal filet mignon frozen or fresh

This demonstration is with frozen filet mignon, but you can vacuum seal fresh filet mignon the same way. Either way, you’ll season filet before vacuum sealing it, just like you see in this guide for vacuum sealing beginners.

preparing filet mignon for sous vide dinners

Step 1. Remove filet mignon from freezer packaging to vacuum seal it. You don’t want to vacuum seal filet mignon in store-bought packaging.

crowd cow filet mignon steaks

More details on the safety behind repackaging filet mignon before vacuum sealing and sous vide cooking can be found in this post about vacuum sealing meat.

vacuum sealed meat with the Foodsaver 4400

Step 2. Transfer filet mignon to a plate or cutting board.

wagyu filet mignon steaks for sous vide cooking

Step 3. Season filets before freezing them in the vacuum-sealed bag.

Keep it simple with just a little salt, or add fresh herbs.

seasoned filet mignon steaks

Having an indoor herb garden on hand to add some rosemary or thyme to the bag is super convenient.

Step 4. Add filet mignon to a vacuum sealer bag.

In this demo, you’ll see I found a small Foodsaver vacuum seal bag that was the perfect fit for filet dinner for two.

steaks in vacuum seal bag

The bags came with a kit, which came with my machine, which was a gift from Foodsaver. Check out this demonstration video for Foodsaver v4400.

So when choosing a vacuum seal bag, it needs to be a little bigger than the beef with 3-4 inches of room space where the vacuum machine will seal the bag. You don’t want the steaks to squish together or overlap when vacuum sealing them.

vacuum sealing filet steaks

Step 5. Vacuum seal filet mignon with Foodsaver bag (or whichever vacuum seal bag brand you’re using). This model automatically senses the vacuum seal bag and begins working. It’s pretty straightforward to use.

vacuum sealed filet mignon in Foodsaver bag

Step 6. Freeze filet mignon steaks for up to 3 years. But, please don’t wait 3 years to eat your filet. That’s crazy.

vacuum sealed filet mignon steaks

Caption – Freezing vacuum-sealed filet mignon steaks is one way we eat restaurant-style food at home with sous vide cooking.

As busy new parents, vacuum seal tricks like this one have become a way of life.

We sous vide steak from frozen to make meal prep with sous vide a breeze.

How long does vacuum sealed filet last in the freezer?

You can store frozen filet in vacuum-sealed bags for up to 3 years. But, instead of doing that, why not just make a delicious sous vide filet mignon recipe?

See more on how to sous vide from frozen.

Foodsaver bag with vacuum sealed filet mignon

What you need to vacuum seal filet

  1. Vacuum sealer – in this post is the Foodsaver 4400
  2. Bags – either vacuum seal roll you cut to size as needed or a stash of vacuum sealer bags

Other supplies you need to sous vide cook

  1. Sous vide machine – like the Joule, SousPreme, Anova, or Instant Pot Slim (learn about the new Instant Pot sous vide machines)
  2. Sous vide container for water – either a bucket or stockpot

sous vide cooked filet mignon and The Home Chef's Sous Vide Cookbook

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Featured here is wagyu filet mignon

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vacuum sealed wagyu filet mignon

Ready to vacuum seal filet steaks?

Filets cooked sous vide style from frozen couldn’t be any more amazing. They taste just like making steakhouse filet mignon at home.

We made these the other day for lunch the other day and they turned out so juicy and tender.

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