deglaze

American  

[dee-glayz] / diˈgleɪz /

verb (used with object)

deglazed, deglazing

1. to remove the glaze from (porcelain or the like), so as to impart a dull finish.

2. to add wine or other liquid to (a pan in which meat has been roasted or sauteed) so as to make a sauce that incorporates the cooking juices.

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deglaze British  

/ diːˈɡleɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to dilute meat sediments in (a pan) in order to make a sauce or gravy

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Etymology

Origin of deglaze

First recorded in 1885–90; de- + glaze

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Example Sentences

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Add in your choice of red wine to deglaze the pot before adding in short ribs and beef stock.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

If things start to stick, a splash of water or stock will deglaze and deepen the flavor, building a kind of jammy intensity that’s hard to believe came from such a bashful vegetable.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025

Add the vermouth, and deglaze the pan by scraping any brown bits off the bottom of the pan and incorporating them back into the onions.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Add the white wine to deglaze, and bring everything to a simmer, scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to release its flavor cache.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

Add the tomatoes, stirring to deglaze the browned bits from the bottom of the pot.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022

Then in went the sliced garlic and tomatoes, the pan deglazed with a few generous pats of salted butter.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025

The pot is deglazed with water, less than you would use in a soup, but more than for a braise.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024

This rich, decidedly chunky sauce starts by large-dicing and searing meaty portobellos, which are removed before the pan gets deglazed with white wine previously used to rehydrate dried porcinis.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021

Shrimp in a sassy “cocktail” of tomato, lemon juice, black pepper and ginger represents Mexico while China feels closer with every forkful of crisp green beans blasted with chile paste and deglazed with yuzu juice.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020

As instructed, I let them go until the liquid had reduced down to very little, then deglazed the pan with the remnants of the bottle.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2017

Add this to the soup, deglazing the skillet with a little soup liquid and adding the deglaze contents back to the soup pot.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

Carmy’s method incorporated cheffier methods, such as browning the beef before roasting it to layer more flavor and deglazing the pan with red wine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

Today, we’re going to talk about deglazing and pan sauces.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022

Of the five mother sauces that culinary school hopefuls memorize, at least three are based on fond and the technique known as deglazing — these include velouté, espagnole, and sauce tomate.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2022

Brown the pieces in batches in a Dutch oven, deglazing the pan each time with a splash of white wine before browning the next, saving the glaze in a separate cup.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2018

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