The Mayonnaise Sear

Trigger warning: Sous Vide & a lot of mayo.

A buddy sent me this Reddit Post about using mayo as a pre sear oil. Morbid curiosity and my love of mayonnaise sent me down a rabbit hole. My grandma calls it Mann-ayes, I think it’s a CENLA thing.

A quick google yields a couple of results, Alton Brown, LA times and Anova:
Alton
LA Times
Anova

I had to try. Picked up some prime ribeyes from HEB:

Rubbed them down with Hardcore Carnivore black. I’m usually not a rub guy on steaks, but this shite is amazing:

Into the water bath for a quick spritz at 121 with the secret sauce looking on:

Out the water, dried off and lathered in the food lube:

This was sick, but I’m into it:

Threw them on the Joe for a quick sear. It was hot, the puddin was hotter:

After a rest and some butter:

The money shot:

Young Jazz was salivating at the mouth:


I was a skeptic at first, I must admit, but the results were dyno money. I’ll be the first to downvote myself.