Balsamic Pan Sauce Food

BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk together the balsamic vinegar, chicken broth, sugar, garlic, and Italian seasoning in a bowl, place the chicken breasts in the marinade, and marinate for 10 minutes on each side.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and reserve the marinade. Place the chicken in the heated pan and cook until they start to brown and are no longer pink inside, about 7 minutes per side. Pour the marinade into the skillet, and cook until it thickens slightly, turning the chicken breasts over once or twice, about 5 minutes.

BALSAMIC FIG SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients with 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Cover; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to a simmer; cook, partially covered, until fruit has broken down, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Let cool slightly; remove thyme sprig. Press mixture through a large-holed sieve with a rubber spatula.

CHEESY DIJON-BALSAMIC SHEET PAN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
• Mix together the breadcrumbs, milk, parsley, eggs, 1/4 cup of the French Style Dijon Balsamic Vinaigrette and 1/4 cup of the ketchup in a large bowl. Set aside until the breadcrumbs have absorbed the liquid, about 3 minutes.
• Add the meatloaf mix, garlic, onion, 1 tablespoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper to the bowl and mix until well combined (take care not to overmix). Transfer the mixture to an 18-by-13-inch sheet pan and press into an even layer covering the entire surface.
• Whisk together the remaining 1/2 cup French Style Dijon Balsamic Vinaigrette and 1/4 cup ketchup in a small bowl. Brush the meatloaf with the sauce.
• Bake until cooked through, about 20 minutes, then turn the oven to broil. Scatter the cheese over the top and broil, turning the pan periodically for even browning, until the top is caramelized and dark in spots and the cheese is melted, 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

BALSAMIC CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in the onion, and cook until it has caramelized to a dark, golden brown, about 15 minutes. Stir in the balsamic vinegar, and cook for 1 minute before stirring in the chicken bouillon and cream. Bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat and stir in the Parmesan cheese until melted.

BALSAMIC BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 4 pieces of butter in a small saucepan. Add balsamic vinegar. Simmer until reduced by half and consistency is thick and syrupy, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in remaining butter. Season with salt and pepper and let cool.

PAN FRIED STEAK WITH BALSAMIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a heavy pan over medium-high heat. Season the steak on both sides with salt and pepper. Add enough oil to the hot pan to coat the bottom. When the oil starts to smoke, add the steak. Do not move it once you place it in the pan. Turn the steak over after 4 minutes for medium-rare (actual time will depend on the thickness of the steak so adjust accordingly). Cook for 4-5 more minutes or until done. When the steak is done, remove it from the pan and set it aside to rest. Return the pan to the heat and add the butter. When the butter has melted, add the shallots and stir while cooking. Once they begin to brown, add the vinegar and scrape the bottom of the pan to remove any stuck on bits. Be careful of the vinegar fumes as they are potent. When the pan has been deglazed and the vinegar mixture has reduced and thickened, add the beef stock and stir. Let the sauce simmer for 2-3 minutes. Serve the sauce with the steak.

PAN SEARED CHICKEN WITH BALSAMIC CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper and let rest.
• In a small skillet, saute onions in the butter until they are golden brown (carmelized).
• In a larger skillet with tall sides, heat olive oil and brown the chicken on both sides, but do not cook through. Remove chicken from the pan and set aside.
• While the pan is still hot, deglaze with the chicken broth, and use a whisk or spatula to loosen all the browned bits.
• Add the heavy cream and the balsamic vinegar to the chicken broth. Add salt and pepper to taste and red pepper flakes (if desired) Whisk through.
• Add the mushrooms to the cream sauce and simmer for 10 minutes. Add onions into the sauce.
• Place the chicken back into the pan with the sauces, increase heat to medium and saute until chicken is fully cooked and juices run clear.
• Remove chicken and add the Parmesan cheese to the sauce. Stir until melted through the sauce.
• Plate the chicken, top with sauce, and garnish with fresh parsley. I often serve this chicken over the top of basmati rice.

MUSHROOM-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS IN A BALSAMIC PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup water to a boil. Add dried mushrooms, cover and let stand about 20 minutes. Squeeze dry; strain liquid (a coffee filter is handy for this) and reserve.
• In a food processor, mince garlic and rehydrated mushrooms. Add fresh mushrooms and thyme; continue to process until all is minced.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushroom mixture; saute until nearly all moisture has evaporated, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn off heat, stir in cheese, and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Mix honey and vinegar in a small bowl.
• Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 425 degrees.
• Set breasts, skin side down, on a large, heavy, lipped cookie sheet. Brush with half of the honey-vinegar; generously salt and pepper. Turn breasts over. Push fingers under skin to make a pocket; stuff with mushroom mixture. Again brush with honey-vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Being careful not to crowd, arrange breasts on cookie sheet so thickest ends point outward. (Can now be covered and refrigerated overnight; return to room temperature before roasting.)
• Roast until golden brown, adding water if necessary to keep pan drippings from burning, until a meat thermometer registers 160 degrees in the thickest portion of the largest piece, 30 to 45 minutes. Transfer chicken to a platter.
• Scrape pan juices into a medium saucepan. Add reserved mushroom-soaking liquid and enough water to equal 1 1/2 cups of liquid. Bring to a simmer. Add cornstarch mixture; continue to simmer until it thickens a bit.
• Arrange a breast on each of 8 plates; drizzle with sauce, and serve.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine broth, vinegar, and honey in a small bowl.
• Melt butter and heat oil in a large nonstick pan over low heat.
• Place flour in a shallow pan or dish.
• Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
• Increase heat to medium-high; heat for 2 minutes or until butter browns.
• Add chicken to the pan and cook for 4 minutes per side or until golden.
• Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.
• Add shallots and saute 30 seconds.
• Add broth mixture and bring to a boil; cook for 3 minutes or until the liquid is reduced to 1/2 a cup.
• Serve sauce over chicken and garnish with parsley.

BALSAMIC PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Strain juices from reserved roasting pan into large measuring cup; discard solids in strainer. Spoon fat off surface of pan juices in measuring cup. Add enough chicken broth to degreased juices to measure 1 cup. Place reserved roasting pan over 2 burners set at medium heat. Add vinegar to pan and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits; pour vinegar into saucepan. Add pan-juice mixture and sugar to saucepan. Bring pan sauce to boil, whisking until sugar dissolves.
• Boil until sauce coats spoon thinly and is reduced to 1 1/3 cups, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to gravy dish and serve with geese.

STEAK WITH BALSAMIC SHALLOT PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet or grill pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Season the steaks on both sides with a little sea salt and black pepper. Sear the steaks for 3-4 minutes on each side or until they have reached desired level of doneness. Remove the steaks from the pan, and place on a plate covered with foil while you make the sauce. Alternately you can hold the steaks in the oven on low.
• To the skillet, add the shallots and butter and sauté until the shallots are soft and translucent. Add the balsamic vinegar, beef broth, and mustard to pan. Use a rubber spatula to scrape any bits of steak from the bottom of the pan and mix into sauce. Bring to a boil over medium heat and then reduce heat to low and simmer 5 minutes.
• Pour the sauce over top of the steaks before serving.

FIG AND BALSAMIC PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F. Grease a cast-iron skillet with a bit of oil and set aside. (Alternately, you can use a rimmed baking sheet. Brush some oil on the baking sheet, as well).
• Prepare the pork tenderloin by removing any visible fat and removing the silverskin. Brush pork with balsamic vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Place into a prepared pan or baking sheet, placing it along the side or at the end, if cooking potatoes alongside. Tuck the thin end of the tenderloin under, so that the pork is evenly thick from end to end.
• (If cooking potatoes alongside, halve or cube the potatoes, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Place into the skillet or onto the baking sheet, cut side down.)
• Place into preheat oven and roast for 25-30 minutes, or until the pork registers 145F when measured with an instant-read thermometer and the potatoes are golden.
• Remove from oven. Remove the potatoes to a bowl and loosely cover with foil to keep warm. Remove the pork to a plate to rest while you make the sauce.
• In the same skillet you used to cook the pork (or a fresh skillet if you cooked on a baking sheet), melt the butter over medium heat. Add the shallots or onion and cook, stirring until softened. Add the chicken broth, balsamic vinegar and fig jam. Increase the heat to medium high and cook, stirring, until sauce reduces and thickens. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed. Add a few thyme leaves to the sauce, if using.
• Return pork to the pan and re-warm, flipping it over a couple of times to coat with sauce. Remove pork to a plate and spoon warm sauce over-top or alternately, slice pork, then spoon sauce over-top. Serve with roasted potatoes.

BEEF TENDERLOIN WITH PORT-BALSAMIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Boil Port and wine in heavy small saucepan until mixture is reduced to 2/3 cup, about 8 minutes. Set aside.
• Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Dust with flour; shake off excess. Melt 1 tablespoon butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add steaks; cook to desired doneness, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to platter (do not clean skillet); tent steaks with foil to keep warm.
• Add Port mixture and vinegar to same skillet and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Boil until reduced to sauce consistency, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and whisk just until melted. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer steaks to plates. Spoon sauce over and serve.

FIG AND BALSAMIC AGRODOLCE

Steps:

• Drain any excess fat from the skillet. Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in the skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots, and cook, stirring occasionally and scraping up any brown bits from the pan.
• Continue to cook until the shallots begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the figs and rosemary and stir to combine. Add the balsamic, bring to a simmer, and cook until the vinegar starts to thicken slightly, about 4 minutes. Add the broth and simmer until reduced slightly, about 10 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and slowly whisk in the 2 tablespoons cold butter. Serve immediately.

BALSAMIC PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Pan fry your burgers or steak.
• Keep warm (let steak rest).
• Add onions to pan and brown to caramelize.
• Remove onions.
• To brown bits in pan over medium heat add 1/2 to 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar (inexpensive balsamic is fine-you're gonna cook it down),honey,olive oil,soy sauce,dash of salt,pepper and garlic powder.
• Whisk together,bring up to a rolling boil for a few minutes,then bring back down to a simmer (bout 5 minutes total) whisking ingredients to thicken.
• Return onions to pan,coat with sauce and bring to temp (bout a minute).
• Serve over burgers or steak.
• Note-has sweeter taste-you may omit honey if too sweet,since you are cooking down the balsamic and condensing the sweetness).

PAN-SEARED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ROSEMARY BALSAMIC AND ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix 3 tablespoons olive oil, freshly ground black pepper, salt, orange zest, and minced rosemary in a small bowl. Rub the oil mixture all over the trimmed pork tenderloins and place them in a large baking dish. Cover and let the pork marinate 20 minutes.
• Heat the remaining 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and sear, cooking until browned on all sides. Remove the pork tenderloins from the skillet and place into an oven-safe dish; cover. Roast the pork until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat reads about 145 degrees F, about 15 minutes.
• For the pan sauce: Pour off the majority of the cooking fat leaving any browned bits in the pan. Heat the pan over medium-high heat and add the shallot and the wine. Continue cooking until most of the wine has cooked off, scraping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan.
• Add the broth and continue cooking until the sauce has reduced by half. Remove from the heat. Stir in the butter, one piece at a time, until fully incorporated.
• Stir in the balsamic vinegar, rosemary, orange zest, salt, and pepper, to taste. Let the pork rest for 10 minutes before slicing. Drizzle the pork with the balsamic pan sauce.
• After searing the pork tenderloins, pour off the majority of the cooking fat leaving any browned bits. Heat the pan over medium-high heat and add the shallots and wine. Continue cooking until most of the wine has cooked off, scraping the bits off the bottom of the pan.
• Add the broth or stock and continue cooking until the sauce has reduced by half. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until fully incorporated.
• Add the vinegar, fresh herbs, salt, and pepper, to taste. Spoon the sauce over the pork or meat and serve.

BALSAMIC TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and garlic and saute until soft.
• Stir in tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, wine, and basil.
• Simmer 15 minutes.

SEARED SALMON WITH BALSAMIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle salmon with salt. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Place salmon in skillet, skin side up; cook until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 4-5 minutes on each side. Remove from pan; keep warm., In same skillet, combine water, vinegar, lemon juice and brown sugar. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to about 1/3 cup, stirring occasionally. Serve salmon with sauce; sprinkle with pepper.

POLENTA-CRUSTED CHICKEN WITH BALSAMIC CAPER PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Lightly beat eggs with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper in a shallow bowl. Whisk together polenta, flour, and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper in another shallow bowl.
• Dip chicken in egg, letting excess drip off, then dredge in polenta mixture.
• Heat vegetable oil and 1/3 cup olive oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until oil shimmers. Cook chicken in batches, turning once, until golden and just cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes per batch. Transfer to a platter and keep warm, loosely covered.
• Pour off oil and wipe skillet, then heat remaining 2 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat until it shimmers. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in vinegar, water, capers, sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and briskly simmer until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and swirl in butter.
• Toss escarole with about half of sauce and pile on top of chicken. Serve remaining sauce on the side.