Sous Vide Bison Oxtail with Polenta

Louiie Victa
Louiie Victa
November 13, 2020
Bison Oxtails are ideal for slow roasting in soups and stews, the tender meat comes right off the bone. Collagen and gelatin rich, this cut of meat is very tough with cooked incorrectly. Sous Vide is a perfect method for ensuring that the oxtails are fall apart tender, and the Anova Precision Oven will shine in doing that task. In this dish, we pair it with Polenta that is also cooked sous vide for 2 hours. The result is a super hearty make ahead dinner that is guaranteed to satisfy the hungriest of appetites. At Anova Culinary, we love Crowd Cow’s Blackwing Farms Bison Oxtail because unlike feedlot Bison, they have found the very best sources of pasture-raised, grass-finished Bison in the U.S. Their Bison is raised entirely on expansive pastures, providing an ideal environment for reestablishing and promoting the livelihood of these majestic animals. Fed entirely on natural grasses, Crowd Cow’s Bison meat is extremely lean, packed with nutrients, and has less total calories than even chicken! It’s the best meat you can use for a rich but healthy version of oxtail with polenta!
Serves
4
Prep Time
00:30
Cook Time
24:00
Sous Vide Bison Oxtail with Polenta
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4
Ingredients
2 lbs
Crowd Cow Bison Oxtail
Salt and pepper
2 Tbsp
Butter
2
Large shallots, quartered
3 Cloves
Garlic, smashed
1 Sprig
Sage
3 Sprigs
Thyme
2
Bay leaves
2 cups
Beef broth, divided
2 cups
Red wine, divided
1 Tbsp
Soy sauce
2 Tbsp
Butter for finishing
1 cup
Polenta
2 cups
Chicken Stock
2 cups
Milk
4 Tbsp
Butter
Salt to taste
Steps

1. Brown Oxtail

Season Oxtail pieces with salt and pepper and brown in a heavy skillet or a cast iron pan on medium high temperature. Set aside.
Brown Oxtail

2. Prepare sauce

Wipe the same pan with a paper towel and add butter, shallots, and garlic. Caramelize the vegetables and add the herbs, then deglaze with 1 cup of red wine. Simmer a little bit and add 1 cup of beef stock and soy sauce for flavor. Reduce sauce to medium thickness.
Prepare sauce

3. Bag oxtails

Place Oxtails in a vacuum bag and pour sauce. Seal bag. I recommend using a vacuum bag for longer cooks in the APO because not only does it keep your Oven clean, the bag also ensures as an added layer of protection so that your sauce doesn’t get watered down during the long and slow cook.
Bag oxtails

4. Sous vide oxtail

Rack
Cook in the Anova Precision Oven for 24 hours at 185F 100 Steam, Sous Vide Mode.
Sous vide oxtail
Sous Vide Mode: On
Steam: 100%
Temp: 185°F
Heat: Rear

5. Sous vide oxtail timer

Rack
Sous Vide Mode: On
Steam: 100%
Temp: 185°F
Heat: Rear
24:00 Timer

6. Make polenta

In the meantime, you can make your polenta by combining polenta, stock, milk butter and a pinch of salt in vacuum seal bag. Sous Vide this for 2 hours in the APO under the same settings as the Oxtails. At this point, you can either flash chill the polenta for future use, or get it ready to heat and serve.
Make polenta

7. Finish sauce.

When getting ready to serve, combine 1 cup beef stock and 1 cup red wine in a sauce pot. Break out the Bison oxtails and strain sauce contents into the sauce pot. Reduce until thick. Finish with butter so sauce is shiny.
Finish sauce.

8. Plating and Serving

Heat up polenta to desired thickness on a stove. To serve, arrange the fall off the bone, tender oxtail pieces on a bed of polenta on a serving dish. Pour finish red wine sauce on top and garnish with your choice of herbs or blistered tomatoes.
Plating and Serving
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