Eli5: What’s so special about sous vide cooking that can’t be done via other cooking methods?

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Eli5: What’s so special about sous vide cooking that can’t be done via other cooking methods?

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Using a sous vide is brilliant. One point I’ve seen left out is the tenderness you’ll get when you sous vide. Think about slow cooking a stew, when the meat comes out, it’s practically falling apart. When vacuum sealed, all the juices are retained in the meat so instead of it being released into the ‘gravy’ as it would in a stew, you are getting the same effect without loss of flavour. We souse vide lamb belly and chicken mostly in our kitchen and the difference in tenderness is noticeable.