What Is Brown sauce and How Can I Use It?

Wondering what to do with brown sauce? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it — with 4 recipes to put it to work.

Recipes using brown sauce

There are 4 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Provencale Sauce

Classic French Provencale sauce: a rich brown sauce brightened with chopped ripe tomato and fresh garlic. A versatile 3-ingredient pan sauce for steak, chicken, pasta, and roasted vegetables.

Spicey Brown Sauce

Quick herbed brown sauce simmered with chopped onion, parsley, tarragon, thyme, and a splash of vinegar. A savory, tangy pan sauce for chicken or roasted meats in just 15 minutes.

Rumaki (Assorted)

Rumaki, the retro bacon-wrapped appetizer, done three ways with shrimp, sea scallops, and sweet dates. Marinated in a garlic-ginger brown sauce, then grilled until the bacon crisps. A party platter in every bite.

Slow Cooker Beef Stew a la Lynn

Good wintertime meal. Serve with crusty French baguette to sop up the gravy.

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