Meaning of brown bits | Babel Free

Definitions

Caramelized remnants of meat left in a pan after the cooking of the meat, which are often re-cooked in wine or other liquids and then absorbed into cut vegetable pieces in order to make sauce or gravy.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“Add 1/2 cup of the red wine and stir up the brown bits to deglaze the pan.”

“Pour 1 cup water into pan; scrape pan with a wooden spoon to loosen brown bits from bottom of pan.”

“Stir vigorously and scrape all of the brown bits from the pot bottom.”

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