# Reheat meat without cooking it further?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 12, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288 "2014-09-12T14:46:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288/1 "2014-09-12T14:46:06Z")

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I made roast beef last night. Came out perfect medium-rare, it was god damn delicious.

I could just eat it cold, in fact that’s what I’m going to do in a little while for lunch, but later I’m going to want it hot for dinner.

Is it possible to reheat it without cooking it further, and how would I do that?

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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288/2 "2014-09-12T14:49:17Z")

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Bring it to room temp, then cover in HOT gravy.

Especially delicious on toast/bread.

Mmm, open-faced hot roast beef sandwich…

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288/3 "2014-09-12T14:51:59Z")

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Heat a small amount of water in a pan, so maybe 1/4" of water in the bottom of the pan. You can bring it to a boil because it will cool quickly. Take the pan off the heat, add some meat, thin slices, not like cold cuts, but maybe 1/4" thick. Put the meat in the pan and cover it. Let it sit for a minute or two. You only need to get the meat warm, not piping hot.

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288/4 "2014-09-12T14:54:40Z")

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Put it in a ziploc bag or (even better) vacuum seal it, then put it in hot water until warm.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288/5 "2014-09-12T15:12:47Z")

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cut into eating sized portions. heat only what you will eat in a microwave on a medium setting for a minute.

bag and hot water is also a good method.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheat-meat-without-cooking-it-further/698288/6 "2014-09-12T15:58:56Z")

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If you have a sous vide immersion cooker, set it for the desired temp and off you go. Don’t have one? Neither do I, so what I do is heat a pot of water on the stove to 120. Once that’s stable, the meat in a “Food Saver” bag goes in. As long as the water holds below 120, the meat can stay in it all day long and not go beyond rare.