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sous vide

Pronunciation: /suː ˈviːd/

Definition of sous vide

adjective & adverb

  • involving or denoting a method of preserving food by partial cooking followed by vacuum-sealing and chilling: [as adjective]:a convection oven can be used in sous vide operations [as adverb]:cooking sous vide

noun

[mass noun]
  • the sous vide method of preserving food: gourmet quality meals are ready in a snap using a cooking technology called sous vide

Origin:

French, literally 'under vacuum'

sous vide in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sous vide in the US English dictionary