@@hadronoftheseus8829 Try a pan cream gravy with fried chicken. Simplest complementary form I know is a bit of chicken bullion, cream, and pepper (salt optional - the bullion usually has plenty). If you've got some drippings, all the better. Goes great with spam or biscuits, too.
Made the Marsala last night. One of the best things I've ever cooked and surprisingly easy. You have reignited my passion for cooking, Brian. Thanks a bunch!
I made the steak and bordelaise sauce for dinner this evening. That may be the most perfect pairing of sauce and meat that I've ever tasted. Absolutely amazing.
I found your channel a couple months ago and since then I've watched most, if not all, videos. I gotta say that your recipes and the way the videos are presented is great, these recipes can be easily made by most home cooks with relatively less hard work but with much better flavors and i absolutely love it. Keep it going Brian, i don't know about others but you've taken me from a person who cooked packed ramen to baking my own bread and making my own sauces. Cheers!
As someone who never cooks steak I tried your recipe today for the beef with bordelaise sauce, and it was fantastic! The steak was cooked perfectly after following your steps and the sauce was excellent, it was better than I have had in most restaurants. Thank you!
I just made the first sauce and my hubby almost ended up licking the plate. I've never seen him this excited about a sauce, Thank you so much ! You really made me look like I know what im doing in the kitchen 🤣 thank you ! Even though I didn't have the wine you mentioned I actually mixed brandy and white wine and ended up with such a rich flavor it was unbelievable. I'll be trying the other sauces and will be scouting for more recipes on your channel
Beautiful technique! I can't tell you how many times I will be making all of these. And, I so appreciate the advice on choosing a pan. You always treat us to details. Happy Labour Day guys.
I watch a lot of cooking videos, working hard on my skills and dishes. 90 seconds into your video I learned some hacks and restaurants tricks I didn't know. I make some killer pan sauces already, you improved them nearly instantly, thank you!
Depending on where you live, you can get a whole chicken for cheaper than two breasts. You’ll get it skin on, and you can make a stock with the undesirable parts and trimmings once you’ve broken it down. You’ll also get some wings, legs and thighs to fry up. 2-3 meals from one chicken, and several quarts of stock that you can freeze for later. Homemade stock is leaps and bounds better than bouillon.
Nice looking pan sauces, have to try these, thanks! 👍 The easiest pan sauce I've ever learnt, the family loves it. Works with Pork loins or skin on chicken thighs/breasts. 4x Pork Loins/Chicken Breasts/Thighs 2tbsp Cornflour 1tsp Smoked Paprika 1tsp Black Pepper 1tsp Mild Chilli Powder 2tsp Garlic Powder 2tsp Onion Powder Mix spices and cornflour then coat your pork/chicken and sear on one side (skin down for chicken) on high heat. (Reserve excess coating for later.) Reduce to low heat, flip pork/chicken and cover, cook for another 10mins or so until done. Remove and cover with foil to rest. Add chicken stock and increase to medium/high heat. I use Knorr stock pots, but i use slightly less water than advised (400ml per pot). Scrape fond free from pan and reduce stock. Now I usually mix my leftover coating with a little drop of cold water then add to stock and stir through to thicken and add flavour. (If you don't like it too spicy just use plain cornflour here) Then swirl in some unsalted butter and serve. Goes great with crispy potatoes and green beans 👌
@@rhettbutler2405 I agree! Mike at Pro Home Cooks has been providing valuable content for years. I remember the early days when he was doing a channel with his brother called “Brothers Green Eats”👍🏼
Ok, my wife and I made the chicken Marsala, and we’ve been making chicken Marsala for years now. This recipe is by far our new favorite way to have make it. It was sooooo good. Highly recommend to it. Can’t wait to try the other recipes.
Pan sauce is what saved my meal prep, I was getting tired of cooking everyday but i noticed chicken just never tasted the same or had the same moistness after microwaving it but when I make a pan sauce and use it on next day chicken it brings it back to life and it's typically only 10 minutes out of your day and one pan which is very convenient. Everyone should learn to make pan sauces
I’ve been watching and subscribed to you from weeds and sardines time... I haven’t missed a video. Between you and Chef Pierre, my cooking skills went from okay to awesome. I Just cook for my family and they love it. Thinking of opening a small restaurant later in life but don’t have the confidence and scared of risk taking at 54.Thank you for your simple yet informative techniques and teaching ways... keep on rocking those great videos , cheers from Toronto! 🇨🇦🍷🇨🇦
Another one of your greatest videos. You, Lorn and the Fallow crew are the best additions to foodtube in the past forever, imo. Some additional huge benefits of knowing how to pan sauce: Labor saving - you don't have to scrub pans to get the gunk off of them when you make sauces because all of the hardest bits to get off have been converted in to your sauce. Space saving - all the ingredients that convert in to stock (chicken feet, pig ankles, marrow bones, celery, carrots, whatever) actually take up a lot of space in my home space so if I was thinking ahead I should always cook as much if it down (especially the bones) in to a stock/demiglace and then freeze it. I wont have to make the stocks completely from scratch later and I wont have to store a bunch of unsightly chicken feet from the korean grocer for months on end I learned plenty from your videos as usual!
it does work, but it can leave a texture and has palpable flavor. I prefer a flower slurry then bringing back to boil or starting with a roux. Downside to all these methods over that shown in the video is concentration of flavor.
I've been a keen home cook for years and always struggled with sauces without proper meat bone stock. Adding powdered gelatine is a genius idea. Can believe I never thought of it myself.
Pork chops with the Tarragon Mustard sauce was the bomb! Made that for dinner tonight and my husband all but licked the pan. Love the pro tip about using gelatin to help the sauce consistency. That’s what I’ve been missing all these years! Thanks Bri! 👍🏻
Thank you for being so descriptive when you are cooking. For example, I appreciate how you say what heat you are using, and exactly what ingredients you use. It makes it so much easier to follow your recipes. I just subscribed, and I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.
I’ve been a chef for 15 years now and you my man just gained a new subscriber. Fantastic video and loved that you didn’t edit out your degraze moment lol. Looking forward to binging your videos. Also, genius idea on the gelatin.. can’t believe I never thought of that 😅
I make similar sauces semi-regularly rather off-the-cuff. My approach is simple and inexpensive: 1. In the same pan you used for steak, saute mushrooms (and shallots, if you're going sweeter) 2. Deglaze with your wine and/or a bit of stock. Reduce to syrup/concentrate. 3. Add some cream. The cream will thicken the sauce as well as anything, but with some excellent fat and additional flavors. I think the idea came from a Marsala or Ponchartrain sauce, originally, but it is very flexible. Sweeter wine and complementary herbs without the cream will thicken to a nice reduction for vegetables and/or pork. Heavier on the cream and stock is fantastic with chicken. A bit of soy sauce and miso brings you into the general territory of a bunch of Asian recipes.
@@Stonerman023which Michelin constellation were you a part of? I was part of Orion's belt (before all the good restaurant food made him remove it entirely)
I’ve now made the chicken and pork recipes from this. Both were absolutely fantastic, and the leftovers in the fridge are fun to dig out of the meat jello that solidifies afterwards. They remelt beautifully so the jello is only weird when cold.
Did a mix and match; made the marsala but served it with pork chops instead. Made a few deviations from the plan besides that. Cooked in cast iron because I don't have stainless steel; didn't experience any taste issues. Used white wine with honey as suggested instead of marsala. Couldn't find baby bellas, so just used criminis. Had some fairly thick bone in chops, so cooked them a bit longer than the suggestion (in the part for the mustard tarragon sauce). Served the chops and marsala pan sauce with some oven-roasted brussels sprouts. Everything came out extremely well!
Great video, and I’d like to add a few lessons I’ve picked up along the way: 1) Marsala wine should be the dry variety as there is a difference, (2) salting a protein with longer rest time will allow the water to reabsorb prior to cooking and provide a dry surface for a better sear.
I remember making these types of sauces, not as deliciously as yourself of course. That was in my youth and i was very passionate about cooking, although I had to teach myself without any sort of instructional help - other than Julia Child. Now I'm content to spread 2 slices of bread with softened butter and throw a slice or 2 of American cheese between them, toss it into a heated pan and toast it until the cheese is melted and (hopefully) the bread is nicely browned, not burned. At my age, walking into a room and smelling the delicious aroma of a heavenly pan sauce like those would immediately cause me a 7 pound weight gain that would take me 6 months to lose. The very sight of your velvety sauces makes me drool and long for those bygone days of cooking. Best of luck to you in your endeavors. 💕💕💕
I am so happy to see Brian's channel flourishing, I discovered him when his subscriber count was much lower and he has NEVER steered me wrong with his instruction. This is my favorite cooking channel by far
It took me a while to come around to his style, but the more I watch, the more I like him! GREAT combo of helpful tips and amazing tasting food. Reminds me of Kenji with more entertainment focus.
Enjoyed the sauce recipes and the presentations. Great work. But, here in the South, we use a tsp of flour and butter to make a blond roux, which can be cooked longer to darken the roux color and intensify the flavor. No gelitan. Also, fond for us is gradue.
I make the Bordelaise and put it over Salisbury steak, but I add mushrooms, lots of mushrooms. Its really good. A white wine, lemon and butter pan sauce is perfect for fish and chicken.
I made the first marsala sauce tonight for my wife with some chicken thighs. We both loved it! Great recipe and great video. So happy I found your channel. Your videos are great! Keep up the good work! Edit: I just read through some of your recent comments. Wow! So much hate when you grind your way to 1M subs, huh? I know I don't need to tell you this but ignore the haters Brian! I've been binge watching your videos ever since I found you. You make me want to cook more often and push myself with more ambitious dishes. You're the man 👏
Great video Brian Couple of quetions here 1) Is there any alternative of wine for pan sauce ? (religious issue) 2) Why does gelatin not equal corn starch when it comes to pan sauces?
My wife tried several stores before finding the demi glace in the gravy section at Harris Teeter. The search was was worth the effort. The Cabernet we used had a strong flavor that could be toned down a bit, but overall the bordelaise was very good. We put it on a ribeye and potato wedges. The bordelaise is much better than they typical gravy on poutine. Thank you!
Just what I needed to know, my pans are old Prestige stainless copper bottom pans. Not non-stick;-) At 80 I’ll only replace when necessary, but those pans do look exceptionally good. I’m subscribing immediately 😎
Thinking now about combining the sauce component of this video...with the healthy week of pre cooking and your sauce strategy for keeping things interesting.
Happy Friday Eve, Mr. Lagerstrom! Everyone should try making demi-glace. It is what makes great steak houses great. I pressure can mine in 4oz jars for eating once every three months because my gout situation rebels if doing it more often than that. It's amazing stuff mixed with the fond of cooking your preferred cut of steak and reduced further just a twee. Great to see your channel flourishing because I've been watching since the low tens of thousands of subbies.
Nice stuff! For a lactose struggler like myself, I use a honey-mustard 'gravy' for topping pork chops rather than a cream sauce. My fave is a NY Strip, or tenderloin when on sale, with the reduced red wine sauce, sautéed mushrooms, onions and peppers. Have an extra bottle of red wine on hand, you will want some!
You might experiment with thicker yogurts in some sauces. Anything that calls for citrus and cream has the right general flavors to allow yogurt to stand-in, and that can drastically reduce the lactose. - A fellow Lactaid consumer
Your channel is inspiring. The thought and detail put into every recipe and explanation does not go unnoticed, it is much appreciated and sets your content on a different level. The fact that you present all ingredients weighed in grams is superb, professional and allows anyone, anywhere in the world, to replicate your recipes precisely. Now… (just a suggestion) Having close to 2 million followers, you must know that a lot of us -who understand grams- are also not familiar on a daily basis with degrees F. Since you caption temperatures on your videos, I wish to suggest that you add (in parentheses or something) also the conversion to degrees C. I don’t think that it would add very much work to your editing process, but it would avoid failures and confusion for many followers. As I said: just constructive criticism. Your work is inspiring. Thank you for that.
Hey there Brian when I was still in cooking for work we used gingerbread for the glaze with beef stock. Instant glaze sauce and strong taste with a touch of sweet
Love the videos. Small point of interest, refrigerated meats do not reach room temperature in 10 mins, and it's not necessary at all. Chef Jean Pierre did a good video about it. Keep the videos coming!
I think the advantage is that the surface of the meat gets warmer so you get less of a drop in the pan temperature when you put the meat on and a better sear. With a warmer surface and cooler interior you can get a better sear without over cooking the interior
This is what I needed. Brian eases my constant panic and anxiety, with a familiar voice and face 😂. Thank you Brian 🙏🏽 going to give these a shot asap.
I kept refreshing his TH-cam channel and nothing new appeared. It didn’t even appear by 12:07 or 12:15. I was low key sad he didn’t have a video, so I am STOKED NOW!😄
You da best Brian. Been watching since 50k subs. I'm the dude who told you you'd be at 500k subs in 6 months and I actually wasn't far off! Happy for all of your success, you deserve it. Cheers bro.
Yo bri I made the second sauce for the pork chops for the family. I have to say it will be a hot minute before we go to a restaurant again. It was so delicious literally felt like we turned our kitchen into a 5 star restaurant thank you so much
All lovely, classic French sauces - however, I would make use of the Tarragon and add Chervil to the bordelaise - add sliced mushrooms and shallot, flambé with cognac or brandy, deglaze with wine and brown stock or Demi glacé - the classic sauce chasseur which works brilliantly with chicken, pork or beef. Nice one. Brian mate 😊
Very pleased that you are still demonstrating how to cook real food rather than devolving into gimmicks, as many of my previously favored TH-cam cooks have done to gain likes.
Nice video, with lots of good technique. I am happy to find your channel. For home cooks: Florio marsala is the one you want, if you can find it. For some reason it has gotten difficult to obtain. Stainless steel pans are great, but the cheaper aluminum ones most restaurants use work just as well. I tried that Demi Glace Gold a few months ago and did not care for it at all. Your taste buds may disagree.
Dude…. DUDE! Seriously, thank you these recipes! Made the chicken Marsala tonight for the family. Everyone absolutely loved it. This one that I’ll be making many, many times. Can’t wait to try the pork and steak next!
I made the pork and sauce from this tonight and loved it! So much flavor in the sauce (tarragon was the spot on magical ingredient) and the pork was fantastic! I’m not a big pork fan but this could help change my mind. Thank you!
Would you ever condone using clarified butter as your oil for a pan sauce? As I understand, it's a much higher smokepoint than normal butter, but is it high enough?
Hey Bri, thanks for the new video. I have been thinking hard about starting to use xanthan gum for some recipes and am just not pulling the trigger because it isn't clear to me when to use something like xanthan gum vs gelatine vs corn starch. Do you have any tips or guidelines for when to use each?
Just one thing, it's not necessary to remove the chix tender, you can "fold" it over so it remains attached and keeps a uniform thickness to the breast. I did it that way for literally thousands of servings, and I always loved to make pan sauces to finish. Base Mise en Place was always S&P, oil and clarified butter, white, red, sherry, cognac and marsala, chix and beef stocks, demi, garlic, shallots, heavy cream and whole unsalted butter. Never used gelatin, with quality stocks pan reduction is all that's needed.
There are many videos that prove letting meat sit on the countertop and bring the temp up is a fallacy. You can do your own test. Pull from the fridge and temp your meat. Let it sit on the counter for 10-30 minutes and temp it again. Not more than 2-3 degrees difference.
You should try a ginger juice sauce. Grate the ginger and press through a sieve. Then add the juice to a deglazed pan, add a TBL of butter. After the sauce thickens then poor over fish/meat.
Just did the pork recipe, though I cooked pork loins starting with the thick fat side. Maaaaaaybe it was overkill but the flavor truly smashed our tongues, it was amazing!!! Thank you for these recipes!!
i've been following your channel for quite some time now and i have to say: your recipes always look incredible! thanks for always putting out a1 content :)
Give me a good sauce, and I'll eat almost *anything*! These look so first-class, and I have some mushrooms in the fridge and reduced stock in the freezer. Must give that mushroom marsala a try. Thanks for this! Irresistible.
Mustard Tarragon Sauce "transformed" the chicken scallopini last night. So, easy and really delicious. It's so nice to make a tired old favourite into something new and sophisticated. Thanks buddy!
Ever plan on putting out a cookbook? I'd love to have access to your recipes in physical form. I started out with your baking vids and am now spending more time cooking - your stuff has helped me be a lot more confident in the kitchen.
I was able to get some vacuuum packed Duroc pork loin chops (2 per pak) at the grocery. Pan fried to 140 internal, and it was the best pork chop ever. A sauce like in the 2nd part of the vid would probably improved it. Anyway, I've got another pack of 2 chops and I'll try to hit 135F in the pan. Not sure if I'm ready for the sauce, but I appreciate the video!
I’ve made the Marsala sauce several times. For us it’s too much Worcestershire so I dialed it back a little. I also double the recipe because the sauce refrigerates well and is delicious on the leftover chicken breasts.
My only concern is the garlic in the relatively dry pan. It is easy to burn it in those conditions. I would do the onion and wait till a minute before the wet stuff before I tossed it in. Beyond that, it looks marvelous. Although, for my taste buds, I use less wine.
I made a pan sauce for the first time a lil bit ago and it turned my good meal into one of the best I’ve ever made. Pan sauces are magical
This is exactly why I'm really not into southern fried chicken anymore. There are so any better things you can do with chicken.
@@hadronoftheseus8829 Try a pan cream gravy with fried chicken. Simplest complementary form I know is a bit of chicken bullion, cream, and pepper (salt optional - the bullion usually has plenty).
If you've got some drippings, all the better. Goes great with spam or biscuits, too.
Made the Marsala last night. One of the best things I've ever cooked and surprisingly easy. You have reignited my passion for cooking, Brian. Thanks a bunch!
I made the steak and bordelaise sauce for dinner this evening. That may be the most perfect pairing of sauce and meat that I've ever tasted. Absolutely amazing.
I found your channel a couple months ago and since then I've watched most, if not all, videos. I gotta say that your recipes and the way the videos are presented is great, these recipes can be easily made by most home cooks with relatively less hard work but with much better flavors and i absolutely love it. Keep it going Brian, i don't know about others but you've taken me from a person who cooked packed ramen to baking my own bread and making my own sauces.
Cheers!
Amazing, thanks very much for sharing that. Glad you found the channel! Thanks for watching.
@@BrianLagerstromI love your cooking , wonderful
As someone who never cooks steak I tried your recipe today for the beef with bordelaise sauce, and it was fantastic! The steak was cooked perfectly after following your steps and the sauce was excellent, it was better than I have had in most restaurants. Thank you!
This is the spirit! Restaurants can only go so far by their nature; you can match your palette and cravings perfectly, if you know the technique.
Ive always said an average home cook can cook for themselves better than any restaurant can cook for them
Tried the last sauce today - and God in heaven it is superb! The sauce alone has like 5000 kcal, but every single calorie is worth it. So so good.
I just made the first sauce and my hubby almost ended up licking the plate. I've never seen him this excited about a sauce, Thank you so much ! You really made me look like I know what im doing in the kitchen 🤣 thank you ! Even though I didn't have the wine you mentioned I actually mixed brandy and white wine and ended up with such a rich flavor it was unbelievable. I'll be trying the other sauces and will be scouting for more recipes on your channel
Beautiful technique! I can't tell you how many times I will be making all of these. And, I so appreciate the advice on choosing a pan. You always treat us to details. Happy Labour Day guys.
I watch a lot of cooking videos, working hard on my skills and dishes. 90 seconds into your video I learned some hacks and restaurants tricks I didn't know. I make some killer pan sauces already, you improved them nearly instantly, thank you!
Depending on where you live, you can get a whole chicken for cheaper than two breasts. You’ll get it skin on, and you can make a stock with the undesirable parts and trimmings once you’ve broken it down. You’ll also get some wings, legs and thighs to fry up.
2-3 meals from one chicken, and several quarts of stock that you can freeze for later. Homemade stock is leaps and bounds better than bouillon.
Nice looking pan sauces, have to try these, thanks! 👍
The easiest pan sauce I've ever learnt, the family loves it.
Works with Pork loins or skin on chicken thighs/breasts.
4x Pork Loins/Chicken Breasts/Thighs
2tbsp Cornflour
1tsp Smoked Paprika
1tsp Black Pepper
1tsp Mild Chilli Powder
2tsp Garlic Powder
2tsp Onion Powder
Mix spices and cornflour then coat your pork/chicken and sear on one side (skin down for chicken) on high heat.
(Reserve excess coating for later.)
Reduce to low heat, flip pork/chicken and cover, cook for another 10mins or so until done.
Remove and cover with foil to rest.
Add chicken stock and increase to medium/high heat. I use Knorr stock pots, but i use slightly less water than advised (400ml per pot).
Scrape fond free from pan and reduce stock. Now I usually mix my leftover coating with a little drop of cold water then add to stock and stir through to thicken and add flavour.
(If you don't like it too spicy just use plain cornflour here)
Then swirl in some unsalted butter and serve. Goes great with crispy potatoes and green beans 👌
We are so fortunate to have cooking channels with talent like Brian, Ethan Chlebowski, Kenji and Chef John ✌️
Agreed! I also like Mike at Pro Home Cooks. There are some really talented folks offering so much help to those of us who love cooking.
@@rhettbutler2405 I agree! Mike at Pro Home Cooks has been providing valuable content for years. I remember the early days when he was doing a channel with his brother called “Brothers Green Eats”👍🏼
@@rhettbutler2405that’s my GOAT right there
Josh weissman is great too
Agree there's talent for all! But I'm not gonna lie....I left Chef J. for Brian. Woot!😍
i remember during the first lockdown when this channel was tiny, and now there's over a million subscribers. congrats!
Ok, my wife and I made the chicken Marsala, and we’ve been making chicken Marsala for years now. This recipe is by far our new favorite way to have make it. It was sooooo good. Highly recommend to it. Can’t wait to try the other recipes.
Pan sauce is what saved my meal prep, I was getting tired of cooking everyday but i noticed chicken just never tasted the same or had the same moistness after microwaving it but when I make a pan sauce and use it on next day chicken it brings it back to life and it's typically only 10 minutes out of your day and one pan which is very convenient. Everyone should learn to make pan sauces
Never microwave meat, it dries it out
I’ve been watching and subscribed to you from weeds and sardines time... I haven’t missed a video. Between you and Chef Pierre, my cooking skills went from okay to awesome. I Just cook for my family and they love it. Thinking of opening a small restaurant later in life but don’t have the confidence and scared of risk taking at 54.Thank you for your simple yet informative techniques and teaching ways... keep on rocking those great videos , cheers from Toronto!
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Another one of your greatest videos. You, Lorn and the Fallow crew are the best additions to foodtube in the past forever, imo. Some additional huge benefits of knowing how to pan sauce:
Labor saving - you don't have to scrub pans to get the gunk off of them when you make sauces because all of the hardest bits to get off have been converted in to your sauce.
Space saving - all the ingredients that convert in to stock (chicken feet, pig ankles, marrow bones, celery, carrots, whatever) actually take up a lot of space in my home space so if I was thinking ahead I should always cook as much if it down (especially the bones) in to a stock/demiglace and then freeze it. I wont have to make the stocks completely from scratch later and I wont have to store a bunch of unsightly chicken feet from the korean grocer for months on end
I learned plenty from your videos as usual!
As much as I enjoy your meal recipes I love videos like this as well. These are the little things that elevate a cook from really good to awesome.
A corn starch slurry works great instead of gelatin. Much easier to get too
Agreed, same here.
Works great too. IMO after trying both, I find the texture with gelatin more ''silky'' and the taste cleaner.
Facts, that and just reducing your wine helps.
it does work, but it can leave a texture and has palpable flavor. I prefer a flower slurry then bringing back to boil or starting with a roux. Downside to all these methods over that shown in the video is concentration of flavor.
@@derekmiller5043just make veal stock 1 day of the year than you have it for the whole year simple
I've been a keen home cook for years and always struggled with sauces without proper meat bone stock. Adding powdered gelatine is a genius idea. Can believe I never thought of it myself.
Pork chops with the Tarragon Mustard sauce was the bomb! Made that for dinner tonight and my husband all but licked the pan. Love the pro tip about using gelatin to help the sauce consistency. That’s what I’ve been missing all these years! Thanks Bri! 👍🏻
It's like you read my mind. I've been thinking lately that I need to up my sauce game and here you are all Johnny-on-the-spot with the perfect vid.
Thank you for being so descriptive when you are cooking. For example, I appreciate how you say what heat you are using, and exactly what ingredients you use. It makes it so much easier to follow your recipes. I just subscribed, and I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.
I’ve been a chef for 15 years now and you my man just gained a new subscriber.
Fantastic video and loved that you didn’t edit out your degraze moment lol.
Looking forward to binging your videos. Also, genius idea on the gelatin.. can’t believe I never thought of that 😅
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I make similar sauces semi-regularly rather off-the-cuff. My approach is simple and inexpensive:
1. In the same pan you used for steak, saute mushrooms (and shallots, if you're going sweeter)
2. Deglaze with your wine and/or a bit of stock. Reduce to syrup/concentrate.
3. Add some cream. The cream will thicken the sauce as well as anything, but with some excellent fat and additional flavors.
I think the idea came from a Marsala or Ponchartrain sauce, originally, but it is very flexible. Sweeter wine and complementary herbs without the cream will thicken to a nice reduction for vegetables and/or pork. Heavier on the cream and stock is fantastic with chicken. A bit of soy sauce and miso brings you into the general territory of a bunch of Asian recipes.
I just made the chicken pan sauce for my fiance and she said its by far the best thing I've ever made - thanks so much it was amazing
As someone who was born and raised in Bordeaux, I must admit that I am pretty proud that one of the sauces bears the name of my city ^^
I am a former Pan Sauce and I would like to confirm that this will upgrade your cooking.
I thought you looked familiar
can confirm, i was the pan
As a former Michelin Star, I'd like to see your credentials.
@@Stonerman023which Michelin constellation were you a part of? I was part of Orion's belt (before all the good restaurant food made him remove it entirely)
As Charlie Papazian's charismatic wooden spoon, you're welcome.
I'm a hardcore fan of cast iron. But you are absolutely right about stainless being the best for pan sauces. I keep two just for that purpose.
I’ve now made the chicken and pork recipes from this. Both were absolutely fantastic, and the leftovers in the fridge are fun to dig out of the meat jello that solidifies afterwards. They remelt beautifully so the jello is only weird when cold.
Did a mix and match; made the marsala but served it with pork chops instead. Made a few deviations from the plan besides that. Cooked in cast iron because I don't have stainless steel; didn't experience any taste issues. Used white wine with honey as suggested instead of marsala. Couldn't find baby bellas, so just used criminis. Had some fairly thick bone in chops, so cooked them a bit longer than the suggestion (in the part for the mustard tarragon sauce). Served the chops and marsala pan sauce with some oven-roasted brussels sprouts. Everything came out extremely well!
Great video, and I’d like to add a few lessons I’ve picked up along the way: 1) Marsala wine should be the dry variety as there is a difference, (2) salting a protein with longer rest time will allow the water to reabsorb prior to cooking and provide a dry surface for a better sear.
I remember making these types of sauces, not as deliciously as yourself of course. That was in my youth and i was very passionate about cooking, although I had to teach myself without any sort of instructional help - other than Julia Child.
Now I'm content to spread 2 slices of bread with softened butter and throw a slice or 2 of American cheese between them, toss it into a heated pan and toast it until the cheese is melted and (hopefully) the bread is nicely browned, not burned.
At my age, walking into a room and smelling the delicious aroma of a heavenly pan sauce like those would immediately cause me a 7 pound weight gain that would take me 6 months to lose.
The very sight of your velvety sauces makes me drool and long for those bygone days of cooking. Best of luck to you in your endeavors. 💕💕💕
I am so happy to see Brian's channel flourishing, I discovered him when his subscriber count was much lower and he has NEVER steered me wrong with his instruction. This is my favorite cooking channel by far
It took me a while to come around to his style, but the more I watch, the more I like him! GREAT combo of helpful tips and amazing tasting food. Reminds me of Kenji with more entertainment focus.
Anyone who can answer the question "What is 'Weeds and Vinegar?'" qualifies as a charter member 😄
Enjoyed the sauce recipes and the presentations. Great work. But,
here in the South, we use a tsp of flour and butter to make a blond roux, which can be cooked longer to darken the roux color and intensify the flavor. No gelitan.
Also, fond for us is gradue.
I make the Bordelaise and put it over Salisbury steak, but I add mushrooms, lots of mushrooms. Its really good. A white wine, lemon and butter pan sauce is perfect for fish and chicken.
I made the first marsala sauce tonight for my wife with some chicken thighs. We both loved it! Great recipe and great video. So happy I found your channel. Your videos are great! Keep up the good work!
Edit: I just read through some of your recent comments. Wow! So much hate when you grind your way to 1M subs, huh? I know I don't need to tell you this but ignore the haters Brian! I've been binge watching your videos ever since I found you. You make me want to cook more often and push myself with more ambitious dishes. You're the man 👏
I love the gelatin idea, as a diabetic adding white flour is out for me. The gelatn thickens the sauces to the right consistency.
Great video Brian
Couple of quetions here
1) Is there any alternative of wine for pan sauce ? (religious issue)
2) Why does gelatin not equal corn starch when it comes to pan sauces?
My wife tried several stores before finding the demi glace in the gravy section at Harris Teeter. The search was was worth the effort. The Cabernet we used had a strong flavor that could be toned down a bit, but overall the bordelaise was very good. We put it on a ribeye and potato wedges. The bordelaise is much better than they typical gravy on poutine. Thank you!
The gelatin trick is a great idea and I'll certainly try that.
This video has upped my cooking game so much. So much goodness in one video! Thank you Brian!
Highly recommend getting a couple of Chef’s Presses. I use them almost everyday when searing meats and weighting down grilled sandwiches.
Just what I needed to know, my pans are old Prestige stainless copper bottom pans. Not non-stick;-)
At 80 I’ll only replace when necessary, but those pans do look exceptionally good. I’m subscribing immediately 😎
Sauces are the weak point in my cooking game-thanks for a quick level up!
I love your channel first and foremost. I cant wait to make all 3 sauces.
I would LOVE if you inserted some text to translate grams (cups, oz, tbsp).
Thinking now about combining the sauce component of this video...with the healthy week of pre cooking and your sauce strategy for keeping things interesting.
This is heaven. I wanna try all of your recipes ❤ love this style, you re direct, efficient, clean. Keep going
This guy is an expert. He drops useful tips constantly. Great video.
Happy Friday Eve, Mr. Lagerstrom! Everyone should try making demi-glace. It is what makes great steak houses great. I pressure can mine in 4oz jars for eating once every three months because my gout situation rebels if doing it more often than that. It's amazing stuff mixed with the fond of cooking your preferred cut of steak and reduced further just a twee. Great to see your channel flourishing because I've been watching since the low tens of thousands of subbies.
Nice stuff! For a lactose struggler like myself, I use a honey-mustard 'gravy' for topping pork chops rather than a cream sauce. My fave is a NY Strip, or tenderloin when on sale, with the reduced red wine sauce, sautéed mushrooms, onions and peppers. Have an extra bottle of red wine on hand, you will want some!
You might experiment with thicker yogurts in some sauces. Anything that calls for citrus and cream has the right general flavors to allow yogurt to stand-in, and that can drastically reduce the lactose.
- A fellow Lactaid consumer
@@robertbeisert3315 ty!
I had no idea that good demi was so cheap on Amazon!!! Time to stock up. Making it yourself is a PITA.
Your channel is inspiring. The thought and detail put into every recipe and explanation does not go unnoticed, it is much appreciated and sets your content on a different level. The fact that you present all ingredients weighed in grams is superb, professional and allows anyone, anywhere in the world, to replicate your recipes precisely. Now… (just a suggestion) Having close to 2 million followers, you must know that a lot of us -who understand grams- are also not familiar on a daily basis with degrees F. Since you caption temperatures on your videos, I wish to suggest that you add (in parentheses or something) also the conversion to degrees C. I don’t think that it would add very much work to your editing process, but it would avoid failures and confusion for many followers. As I said: just constructive criticism. Your work is inspiring. Thank you for that.
Excellent constructive criticism. Love this.
Would love a Part Two of pan sauces at home!
Hey there Brian when I was still in cooking for work we used gingerbread for the glaze with beef stock. Instant glaze sauce and strong taste with a touch of sweet
Love the videos. Small point of interest, refrigerated meats do not reach room temperature in 10 mins, and it's not necessary at all. Chef Jean Pierre did a good video about it. Keep the videos coming!
I think the advantage is that the surface of the meat gets warmer so you get less of a drop in the pan temperature when you put the meat on and a better sear. With a warmer surface and cooler interior you can get a better sear without over cooking the interior
This is what I needed. Brian eases my constant panic and anxiety, with a familiar voice and face 😂. Thank you Brian 🙏🏽 going to give these a shot asap.
Brian, this video is awesome! Thank you for posting such useful and entertaining content. I've made more of your recipes than any other chef.
Dude thanks so much for trying my recipes.
I kept refreshing his TH-cam channel and nothing new appeared. It didn’t even appear by 12:07 or 12:15. I was low key sad he didn’t have a video, so I am STOKED NOW!😄
You da best Brian. Been watching since 50k subs. I'm the dude who told you you'd be at 500k subs in 6 months and I actually wasn't far off! Happy for all of your success, you deserve it. Cheers bro.
Yo bri I made the second sauce for the pork chops for the family. I have to say it will be a hot minute before we go to a restaurant again. It was so delicious literally felt like we turned our kitchen into a 5 star restaurant thank you so much
All lovely, classic French sauces - however, I would make use of the Tarragon and add Chervil to the bordelaise - add sliced mushrooms and shallot, flambé with cognac or brandy, deglaze with wine and brown stock or Demi glacé - the classic sauce chasseur which works brilliantly with chicken, pork or beef. Nice one. Brian mate 😊
Very pleased that you are still demonstrating how to cook real food rather than devolving into gimmicks, as many of my previously favored TH-cam cooks have done to gain likes.
You’re killing it Brian, appreciate you
Thanks BRO. Appreciate you
Never dawned on me to add gelatin to achieve that level of viscosity. Brilliant!
Nice video, with lots of good technique. I am happy to find your channel.
For home cooks: Florio marsala is the one you want, if you can find it. For some reason it has gotten difficult to obtain. Stainless steel pans are great, but the cheaper aluminum ones most restaurants use work just as well. I tried that Demi Glace Gold a few months ago and did not care for it at all. Your taste buds may disagree.
Dude…. DUDE! Seriously, thank you these recipes! Made the chicken Marsala tonight for the family. Everyone absolutely loved it. This one that I’ll be making many, many times. Can’t wait to try the pork and steak next!
Hey Beginners!! This is the perfect video to watch to understand some secrets. Great job man.
Thank you for putting everything out n grams! That alone makes me want to cook your recipes. Don’t EVER change that.
not shit, Brian has become my favorite chef/cook on TH-cam. the ones i liked before, have become second.
I made the pork and sauce from this tonight and loved it! So much flavor in the sauce (tarragon was the spot on magical ingredient) and the pork was fantastic! I’m not a big pork fan but this could help change my mind. Thank you!
I love that look you gave with the tarragon mustard sauce. I could tell it was good without even making it!
IT HIT ME EMOTIONALLY
As a huge fan of mustard, I can wait to make this. ❤
It’s tarragon and mustard in sauce form... what’s not to love?
Do it. Perfect for pork chops. @@AthenaisC
Would you ever condone using clarified butter as your oil for a pan sauce? As I understand, it's a much higher smokepoint than normal butter, but is it high enough?
It's like 482° if I recall (was just researching ghee a couple days ago).
I love how humble you are; grab the wrong spoon and still include your error because it happens and let's move on. Thank you for the upgrade 💪
Hey Bri, thanks for the new video. I have been thinking hard about starting to use xanthan gum for some recipes and am just not pulling the trigger because it isn't clear to me when to use something like xanthan gum vs gelatine vs corn starch. Do you have any tips or guidelines for when to use each?
Just one thing, it's not necessary to remove the chix tender, you can "fold" it over so it remains attached and keeps a uniform thickness to the breast. I did it that way for literally thousands of servings, and I always loved to make pan sauces to finish. Base Mise en Place was always S&P, oil and clarified butter, white, red, sherry, cognac and marsala, chix and beef stocks, demi, garlic, shallots, heavy cream and whole unsalted butter. Never used gelatin, with quality stocks pan reduction is all that's needed.
There are many videos that prove letting meat sit on the countertop and bring the temp up is a fallacy. You can do your own test. Pull from the fridge and temp your meat. Let it sit on the counter for 10-30 minutes and temp it again. Not more than 2-3 degrees difference.
His own amazement at how good each sauce is makes me want to try these even more
These look amazing, Brian! The seared chicken and pan sauce looks heavenly, I'd pair it with mashed potatoes and roasted vegetables.
You should try a ginger juice sauce. Grate the ginger and press through a sieve. Then add the juice to a deglazed pan, add a TBL of butter. After the sauce thickens then poor over fish/meat.
Just did the pork recipe, though I cooked pork loins starting with the thick fat side. Maaaaaaybe it was overkill but the flavor truly smashed our tongues, it was amazing!!!
Thank you for these recipes!!
You're killing it lately man. I love your recipes. Thanks from Wales, where we appreciate you using grams and celsius to measure 😅
i've been following your channel for quite some time now and i have to say: your recipes always look incredible! thanks for always putting out a1 content :)
Give me a good sauce, and I'll eat almost *anything*! These look so first-class, and I have some mushrooms in the fridge and reduced stock in the freezer. Must give that mushroom marsala a try. Thanks for this! Irresistible.
Mustard Tarragon Sauce "transformed" the chicken scallopini last night. So, easy and really delicious. It's so nice to make a tired old favourite into something new and sophisticated. Thanks buddy!
Ever plan on putting out a cookbook? I'd love to have access to your recipes in physical form.
I started out with your baking vids and am now spending more time cooking - your stuff has helped me be a lot more confident in the kitchen.
I changed things up and made the mushroom cream sauce for the chops and did the mustard sauce for the chicken. Excellent
this vid is dense as hell my brain is wrinkling at a record setting pace
HAHA thanks DADDY SHAQ. and CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!
My sauce game is weak. Definitely needed this video, cheers!
Just made the tarragon-mustard sauce, gotta tell you, one of the best sauces I've ever tasted!
Yes to sauces! I was looking for some good recipes! Thanks for the video! Can't wait to try 'em!
Thanks for watching!
Made this for dinner tonight, one of the best meals I’ve ever made!!! Thanks Brian!!
Well rested = cold. I always throw the meat in the sauce for about a minute. And I loved the pork sauce. Actually wrote that one down.
finally. wanted to learn pan sauces for a while.
They are pretty easy and provide mega payoff.
@@BrianLagerstrom can't wait to try that store bought demi glace
I was able to get some vacuuum packed Duroc pork loin chops (2 per pak) at the grocery. Pan fried to 140 internal, and it was the best pork chop ever. A sauce like in the 2nd part of the vid would probably improved it. Anyway, I've got another pack of 2 chops and I'll try to hit 135F in the pan. Not sure if I'm ready for the sauce, but I appreciate the video!
I’ve made the Marsala sauce several times. For us it’s too much Worcestershire so I dialed it back a little. I also double the recipe because the sauce refrigerates well and is delicious on the leftover chicken breasts.
If you wait for 40-50 minutes, does the moisture not go back into the chicken like dry brining a steak?
THIS is the video I’ve been waiting for from you. Thanks!
My only concern is the garlic in the relatively dry pan. It is easy to burn it in those conditions. I would do the onion and wait till a minute before the wet stuff before I tossed it in. Beyond that, it looks marvelous. Although, for my taste buds, I use less wine.
Is there a replacement for the wine in the first recipe?
Balsamic + water essentially gives you wine when it comes to cooking, white balsamic to mimic white wine and regular balsamic to mimic red wine