Dijon Pan Sauce recipe

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon pan drippings (fond)
4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 cup chicken stock
2 tablespoons cold butter

Nutrition Info

135.5 calories
carbohydrate: 2.6 g
cholesterol: 41.3 mg
fat: 12.1 g
fiber: : -
protein: 3.6 g
saturatedFat: 7.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 814.9 mg
sugar: 0.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat pan drippings (fond) in their skillet or roasting pan over high heat. Stir mustard into skillet.

  2. Pour chicken stock into skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Cook at a boil until sauce has a cream consistency, 2 to 5 minutes.

  3. Remove skillet from heat. Whisk cold butter into sauce until butter is melted and sauce is shiny.

Recipe Yield

2 servings

Recipe Note

This technique is crucial because it produces a very fast and elegant sauce anytime you've roasted meat in a pan. All it requires is the fond, some type of liquid, and a small chuck of cold butter.

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