brown bits

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Noun

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.