Reheating Brisket and work - Water or Microwave?


 
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Dreven McDougall

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We're having a spread at work on Wed. Yesterday I smoked a brisket for it and made some homemade sauce. When I was done slicing the brisket, I placed the whole thing in a very large Foodsaver bag and vacu-sealed it. I just left the bag in the fridge w/o freezing it.

This is sad but I have two choices of re-heating it at work:
A) Microwave
B) At work I have a water heater pot that holds about 1/2 gallon. I use it for oatmeal and tea basically. I could bring a large tupperware bowl and dump the Foodsaver back and a couple of load of boiling water in the bowl.

The second choice "sounds" better when I think about it - but I've never tried it before. Although I remember when the Foodsaver things first came out there were commercial where people dropped frozen foodsaver bags in boiling water to re-heat.


I can't think of any other options. Thanks for any tips or anything.
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We're having a spread at work on Wed. Yesterday I smoked a brisket for it and made some homemade sauce. When I was done slicing the brisket, I placed the whole thing in a very large Foodsaver bag and vacu-sealed it. I just left the bag in the fridge w/o freezing it.


This is sad but I have two choices of re-heating it at work:
A) Microwave
B) At work I have a water heater pot that holds about 1/2 gallon. I use it for oatmeal and tea basically. I could bring a large tupperware bowl and dump the Foodsaver back and a couple of load of boiling water in the bowl.

The second choice "sounds" better when I think about it - but I've never tried it before. Although I remember when the Foodsaver things first came out there were commercial where people dropped frozen foodsaver bags in boiling water to re-heat.


I can't think of any other options. Thanks for any tips or anything.
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Normally I would recommend reheating in boiling water, but due to your circumstances at work I would reheat in the microwave. The important thing is to just heat it through and to becareful and not overheat and dry out.

Here's how I've done it before. Put the bag in the microwave as is, don't puncture any holes. Heat until the bag swells and looks like it is going to pop. When it looks like a basketball in the microwave turn it off and leave the door closed and let the meat rest in the bag for five minutes or so. The steam in the bag will continue to heat the meat through without overcooking and drying out. Good luck!
 
The boiling water gets my vote. I do not know if this will actually work, but every time I try to use the microwave on meat I have vacuum sealed something bad happens. The fat kind of breaks away from the meat and it gets greasy. This greasiness doesn't happen when I boil the bags. It comes out steamy and nice. If you can get the boiling water on the food steeping for 10-15 minutes it should be fine. You may have to do it in the sink and change the water once for new boiling water as the chilled meat cools it.
 
I have had good luck warming slices in the m/w at low power settings, like 3 or 4 for 4 or 5 minutes. Key is to keep the power low. Add moisture, i.e. apple juice, etc. as necessary.
 
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