Pan Sauce 101 (Make Any Meat Taste Fancy)
Updated: February 4, 2026
Use the fond (brown bits) + a quick deglaze to build a restaurant-style sauce in minutes.
Fun fact
Those brown bits (fond) are concentrated flavor—don’t waste them.
Steps
- Sear protein
- Remove from pan
- Deglaze with wine/stock
- Reduce
- Whisk in cold butter