To have the recipe for both brown sauce and chicken with the brown sauce keep reading. But before jumping to the recipe let’s learn a bit about the brown sauce. In traditional French cuisine, a brown sauce is typically a sauce that is made with a base of meat stock and is thickened through reduction and sometimes the addition of a roux that has been cooked. A brown sauce is comparable to the gravy in some respects but requires more preparation than gravy does. There are many different kinds of mother sauces, but the most well-known one is Espagnole sauce, from which demi-glace is derived. There are also additional variants. A flavorful liquid that is typically used as a foundation for various types of sauces that are used to season meats and vegetables. It is produced from dark meat stock that has been cornstarch or roux thickened before serving (flour cooked with butter). However, it can be thickened according to personal choice and taste with components that are most suited for the cuisine that is being made. Some chefs recommend using arrowroot to thicken the sauce; however, this can be done with any ingredient. Additionally, a typical brown sauce that is utilized in Asian cooking is created, and it is frequently used to season meats and vegetables, particularly broccoli. Molasses, corn syrup, and water make up the bulk of the Asian brown sauce's ingredient list. When I was looking for some handmade foods to make for the Chinese New Year a few years back, I came across a recipe for chicken in brown sauce and decided to give it a try. I wasn't sure if my children would like it or not, so I decided to make a tiny quantity and give it to them as a "tasting test." The instant they took a bite, the heavens must have opened up, and the angels must have started singing since my children exclaimed that it was "excellent"! "Amazing" even! Because I have such a large family, I have had to make some adjustments to the original recipe throughout the years to make it suitable for all of us. The following is a recipe for chicken in brown sauce, which happens to be one of our family's all-time favorite dinners. The preparation of this dish is surprisingly simple! I begin by chopping the chicken into bite-sized pieces, which makes it easier for the incredible sauce to completely cover each piece of chicken. On the burner, I give the chicken a quick sear in a dash of sesame oil until it is just beginning to turn golden brown, but it is not yet fully cooked. I take the chicken out of the pan and add the ingredients for the sauce to the same pan, stirring constantly until the sauce has thickened and is bubbling. After returning the chicken to the skillet and turning it over so that it is coated in the sauce, I reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for five to ten minutes. This ensures that the chicken is cooked all the way through. This dish is served atop a bed of steamed rice when it's presented to the table. Recipe for the brown sauce: Ingredients for brown sauce:
- 5 grams of tomatoes
- Cooking apples, 112g, peeled, cored and cut finely
- water in 700 ml
- 225 grams of freshly chopped onion
- ginger, 15 grams
- Red wine vinegar, 100 ml.
- 50g of apricots, dried
- Bay leaf, one
- half a star anise
- two cloves
- 12 a chili
- Two white peppercorns
- one grain of salt
- 5 berries of juniper
- 12 seeds of fennel
- 1/8 teaspoon allspice
- Worcestershire sauce, 4 teaspoons
- 4 teaspoons black treacle
- Oil
Instruction for the brown sauce:
- To start, prepare the tomatoes as directed. Make a cut in the bottom of each tomato in the shape of a cross using the point of a sharp knife. Carefully blanch in boiling water, then quickly shock in freezing water to stop the cooking process (this process should loosen the skins of the tomatoes). To prepare the tomatoes, first, peel and de-seed them. Next, cut the flesh into chunks and lay them aside.
- Put a big pan on the stove over medium heat and add just a touch of oil to it. After preventing the onions from turning color, begin to sweat them before adding the remaining ingredients to the pan. These include the spices and seasonings, chopped tomatoes, fruit, water, treacle, and Worcestershire sauce.
Recipe for chicken in the brown sauce: Ingredients for chicken in the brown sauce:
- 8 to 10 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless, sliced very thinly, sesame oil (can substitute vegetable oil as well)
- 3 cloves of garlic, finely minced
- 6 T soy sauce
- 4 teaspoons of brown sugar
- 1 and a half cups of chicken stock
- 2 teaspoons of cornstarch
Instruction for chicken in the brown sauce:
- Use kitchen scissors to cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces, which will make it much simpler for the children to consume.
- Brown the chicken pieces in a very small amount of sesame oil until they are just barely golden. Take the pieces out of the pan as soon as they get a light brown color, and keep going in batches until all of the chicken has a light brown color.
- After removing the chicken pieces from the pan, add the garlic, 1 cup of chicken broth, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Prepare for one minute.
- Cornstarch and the remaining half a cup of the chicken broth should be mixed in a separate small bowl or measuring cup. Cornstarch needs to be stirred to help it dissolve. To the pan that is heating up on the stove, add the cornstarch mixture. Continue to cook for one minute to thicken it.
- Place the chicken back in the pan and swirl it around so that it is coated in the sauce.
- Cover and continue cooking for another 10–15 minutes, or until the chicken is fully cooked.
- Serve over rice that has been steamed.