195 brown butter sauce recipes

Quick mushroom sauce of sliced mushrooms browned in butter and finished with a splash of Worcestershire. A fast, savory pan sauce to spoon over steak, omelets, or fish. Ready in minutes.

Pantry-staple salmon cakes from canned salmon, cracker crumbs, and eggs, browned in butter and served with mushroom or celery soup sauce and fresh fennel. Old-school weeknight dinner in 30 minutes.

Chicken breasts in wine sauce brown chicken in butter, then simmer in cream of chicken soup, white wine, carrots, and mushrooms. A weeknight one-skillet braise served over rice for an easy comfort meal.

Pan-seared whole trout cooked open-faced in brown butter, topped with a lemon white wine sauce with shallots, garlic, chervil, chives, and thyme.

Flambe bananas in brown sugar butter sauce with raisins, walnuts, and brandy. A 15-minute showstopper dessert with caramelized fruit and a dramatic flame finish.

Crispy cornmeal-crusted fish fillets pan-fried golden and topped with a brown-butter pecan sauce with parsley and lemon. Southern fish-fry meets classic meunière.

Lime-kissed chicken breasts browned in butter, then baked low and slow in a sherry mushroom sauce with rosemary, celery, and pearl onions. Served over rice.

Freezer-friendly beef meatballs in a creamy mushroom-basil sauce served over brown rice with buttered carrots. Batch-cook now, reheat later for easy weeknight dinners.

Swedish veal roulades with a ground veal and mashed potato filling, rolled around paper-thin leeks and browned in butter. Finished with a quick cream pan sauce, these are a classic Scandinavian main dish worth mastering.

Classic asparagus almondine with a microwave-browned butter and almond sauce finished with tarragon vinegar. Ready in under 5 minutes, served hot or cold over cooked asparagus.

Quick praline peach topping with brown sugar, chopped almonds, and butter spooned over angel food cake. A 5-minute warm dessert sauce with fresh or frozen peaches.

Vegetarian peanut butter rice casserole with sunflower seeds, shallots, and herbs. A simple baked dish with a blended peanut sauce over brown rice, ready in 35 minutes.

Chicken tarragon saute with a whole cut-up chicken browned golden in butter, finished with a scallion and chicken broth pan sauce. Classic French technique, simple ingredients.

Bananas and pecan foster simmer halved bananas in a brown sugar, butter, orange juice, cinnamon, and toasted pecan sauce, served warm over vanilla ice cream. A New Orleans classic with a Southern pecan twist.

Slow cooker pinto beans with a full pound of bacon, red onion, garlic, brown sugar, tomato sauce, and smoky adobo. Serve over thick buttered French bread soaked in the bean broth.

Butter-browned chicken breasts in a silky mushroom cream sauce inspired by France's Périgord region. Just 7 ingredients and 40 minutes for a bistro-worthy dinner at home.