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Slow-cooked pork loin garnished with edible flowers

Inflation Buster: bulk pork loin cooked sous vide in a no-frills rice cooker

Posted on January 1, 2024

Right now there’s a Costco sale on boneless pork loin. It’s $8 off per package. After the discount, it’s about $1.20 per pound and a real bargain.

It’s also really easy to prepare.

I buy a package of meat, measure lengths that fit into 1 quart freezer bags then prepare some and freeze the rest. Usually it comes out to about five 2-pound packages worth. Here’s the process:

Start off with a boneless pork loin.
Slice into pieces that fit into 1-quart zipper freezer bags. Usually, this amounts to five slices of about 2 pounds each.
Add a marinade to the pieces you want to cook. Freeze the remainder for later use. Here, I’ve seasoned three packets with a mixture of leftover wine from the night before, a splash of Grand Marnier, tangerine rind, brown sugar and some ginger, freshly sliced.
Here are bags of seasoned meat prepped and ready to be cooked.
Add boiling water to the rice cooker pot. I boiled the water directly into the pot so I didn’t have to take out additional cookware.
Drop the bags of pork with marinade into the hot water. Be sure to have water within 3/4 of the top of the pot.
Place in rice cooker and turn on. Use the “keep warm” setting on the rice cooker. You don’t need anything fancy, this is a very low heat setting that will slow cook your pork. It should be ready in about 8+ hours. The longer you leave it, the more tender it becomes.
Slow-cooked pork loin garnished with edible flowersSlice and serve. Here’s a picture of the final product garnished with edible Mexican tarragon, mint and alyssum. It’s very easy to make with minimal clean-up. You can also strain the marinade juice and make a gravy to go along with the pork.

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