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brown sauce

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noun

  1. a simple sauce made from reduced meat stock; espagnole.


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In England, a traditional cooked breakfast consists of sausages, grilled tomato, mushrooms, bacon, beans, fried egg, fried bread, black pudding, toast, tea, hash browns and brown sauce.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

It was a dark brown sauce that had a touch of acid from the addition of apple cider vinegar and a little nuttiness from roasted sesame oil.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2021

Advice such as: how to make salad dressing from tinned tuna and brown sauce.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2019

Across the south of England chips are usually served with salt, vinegar and your choice of ketchup, mayonnaise or brown sauce; your brand of choice depends on where you hail from.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2018

He opened the lid of a pot with some sort of reddish brown sauce dripping over the sides, boiling furiously.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri