brown bits

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Noun

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brown bits pl (plural only)

  1. (cooking) 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.
    • 2004, Diane Rossen Worthington, Noel Barnhurst, The Taste of the Season: Inspired Recipes for Fall and Winter, page 56:
      Add 1/2 cup of the red wine and stir up the brown bits to deglaze the pan.
    • 2002, American Heart Association, American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, page 121:
      Pour 1 cup water into pan; scrape pan with a wooden spoon to loosen brown bits from bottom of pan.
    • 1996, Beverly Mills, Alicia Ross, Desperation Dinners!, page 6:
      Stir vigorously and scrape all of the brown bits from the pot bottom.