brown bits

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounbrown bits pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlycookingCaramelized 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.

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

    1996, Beverly Mills, Alicia Ross, Desperation Dinners!, page 6
    2 more examples

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

    2004, Diane Rossen Worthington, Noel Barnhurst, The Taste of the Season: Inspired Recipes for Fall and Winter, page 56

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

    2002, American Heart Association, American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, page 121
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