au jus

[kirkor]

Since we're always telling people to google "whole30 XYZ" when they have a question about XYZ, I wanted to put this here re: au jus.

I am trying to figure something out for dinner tonight at a fancy restaurant, and got to thinking about prime rib and au jus. So I googled a few recipes, and as you may or may not have known, au jus can be made a few different ways, and it seems that all of the ways include off-plan ingredients: wine, flour, broth, beef base, etc. At home you could use compliant broth of course, but in a restaurant that is probably unlikely.

[Erica Gucc]

Guarenteed if its made by the restaurant it has off-plan ingredients. 

 

It doesnt hurt to ask, but there will be something like wine, flour, butter, sugar, etc. They just dont have a reason not to include it, and it enhancesthe flavor, so of course they'll add it..

[Sleeve]

Most places will side the au jus so you can bathe the meat as much or as little as you like.  Wave it under your nose between bites.

 

Many restaurants that serve beef also apply a finishing sauce, and you'll never find it on their menu.  They mop on a butter plus whoknows combo so the steak looks juicy and regains some of the seasoning that fell into the grill. A thoughtful waiter once told me about this after I spent a few minutes deconstructing the item on their menu into something I would eat.  Since then, I've asked for no phantom goo on my monthly cowportion.