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Light/refined olive oil has a smoke point of up to 470°F. You can sear meat anywhere between 400°F and 500°F. There is absolutely no reason you can't sear meat
by bearmode 3y ago
Light/refined olive oil has a smoke point of up to 470°F. You can sear meat anywhere between 400°F and 500°F.
There is absolutely no reason you can't sear meat with olive oil. You just have to use the light/refined stuff, and not the virgin/extra virgin (which have smoke points closer to 410°F.
Worth noting that canola oil, in the best case scenario, has a smoke point of 450°F.
- misja111 3y agoI never said it was not possible to sear meat with olive oil. It is certainly possible, but you have to be more careful not to overheat your oil. > Light/refined olive oil has a smoke point of up to 470°F. Where did you get that number? Any source I found gives olive oil a burning point of at most 410F. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Smoke_point_of_cooking_oils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Smoke_point_of_cookin...
- bearmode 3y agoRecheck the link you provided, look for refined olive oil. It's just the virgin olive oils that have the lower smoke points. Also seriouseats puts it at 465°F https://www.seriouseats.com/cooking-fats-101-whats-a-smoke-point-and-why-does-it-matter https://www.seriouseats.com/cooking-fats-101-whats-a-smoke-p...