Best Balsamic Pan Sauce Recipes

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.

PAN-BRAISED CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES IN BALSAMIC-CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Spread chicken thighs on a clean work surface. Pat dry with paper towels and season both sides with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1/2 of the Italian seasoning all over them.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken thighs and brown for 3 minutes per side. Remove chicken to a plate and keep warm.
• Add onions to the same skillet and stir up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions just start to become tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Stir in garlic and remaining Italian seasoning. Taste and adjust salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Add chicken broth and return chicken thighs to the skillet. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until chicken juices run clear, about 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove chicken to a cutting board and cut into bite-sized pieces.
• Return chicken to the skillet and increase heat to medium. Add tomatoes and spinach. Cook and stir until tomatoes are heated through and spinach is tender, but still bright green, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in 1/2 cup heavy cream and balsamic vinegar; bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir for 3 minutes. If you prefer a creamier sauce, add more cream. Serve with shaved Parmesan cheese.

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.

PAN-SEARED SWORDFISH STEAKS WITH SHALLOT, CAPER, AND BALSAMIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Pat swordfish dry and season with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet heat butter and oil over moderately high heat until foam subsides and sauté shallots with salt to taste, stirring, 1 minute. Push shallots to side of skillet. Add swordfish and sauté until golden, about 3 minutes. Turn fish over and add wine, vinegar, capers, and water. Simmer mixture 3 minutes, or until fish is just cooked through.
• Transfer fish to 2 plates and stir parsley into sauce. Spoon sauce over fish.

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.

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.

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.

VEAL CHOPS WITH BALSAMIC PAN SAUCE AND SPINACH SALAD WITH PECANS, PEARS, AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Place the pecans on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until they smell toasty and they are golden brown. Remove the nuts from the oven and cool them completely.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons of the EVOO (twice around the pan). Liberally season the veal chops with salt, pepper, and sage. Once the skillet is screaming hot and you see the first wafts of smoke rising, add the chops and cook on the first side for 5 minutes. Resist the temptation to move the chops around in the pan; you want a nice brown crust on them and messing with them won't help you get there. Before flipping the chops, reduce the heat to medium; flip and cook them on the second side for 8 to 10 minutes, or until desired doneness. Remove the chops from the pan and let them rest under a foil tent for about 5 minutes.
• While the chops are resting, make the sauce. To the same skillet, add a drizzle more EVOO, the onion, and garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the balsamic vinegar and chicken stock and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
• While the sauce is simmering, prepare the salad. In a salad bowl, combine the juice of 1 lemon with about 3 tablespoons of EVOO and a little salt and pepper. Add the sliced pear and toss to coat. Add the spinach, reserved toasted pecans, and crumbled Gorgonzola or Maytag Blue cheese. Toss to combine and coat.
• Turn the heat off the balsamic pan sauce, add the cold butter, and swirl until completely melted. Serve each chop with a little balsamic pan sauce and a serving of the spinach salad.

PAN-SEARED CHICKEN WITH BALSAMIC CREAM SAUCE, MUSHROOMS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Saute onions over medium heat in 2 Tbs of butter until they are nice and caramelized - About 15 Minutes. When they are a nice golden brown, remove from the heat and set aside In a separate pan, heat the remaining 3 Tbs. of butter over medium-high heat. Place the chicken breasts in the pan. Brown on both sides, remove from the pan and set aside (Note - they will not be all the way cooked at this stage) De-glaze the pan with the chicken stock. Use a rubber spatula to make sure you get all the chicken bits and butter off the pan. This helps to flavor your sauce Add the heavy cream and the balsalmic vinegar and stir Add mushrooms and a little S&P, reduce heat to low and let simmer for 10 minutes Add the chicken back to the pan, turn heat back up to medium and saute until the chicken is cooked all the way through. About 10-15 minutes Remove chicken breasts from the pan and plate. Add the Parmesan and caramelized onions to the sauce and keep stirring until the cheese is completely melted in. Cover the chicken breasts with the sauce, SERVE AND ENJOY!!! I garnish a lot of my dishes with freshly chopped Italian flat leaf parsley. It does not change the flavor, I just think it makes for a prettier plate presentation.

PAN-FRIED HAM WITH SWEET BALSAMIC-PEACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut ham into 4 slices, each about 1/4 inch thick.
• Spray 12-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high. Heat remaining ingredients in skillet about 6 minutes, stirring frequently, until peaches are tender and sauce is reduced to a glaze.
• Add ham; reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook about 5 minutes, turning once, until ham is hot.

FILET MIGNONS WITH BALSAMIC PAN SAUCE AND TRUFFLE OIL

Steps:

• Sprinkle steaks generously with salt and pepper.
• Coat the bottom of a large, heavy frying pan with olive oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add the steaks and cook to the desired doneness, 3-5 minutes on each side.
• Transfer to a platter and let rest, tented loosely with aluminum foil, while you make the sauce.
• In the same pan over medium-high heat, add the vinegar and deglaze by scraping up any browned bits from the bottom. Cook until slightly reduced and thickened, about 3 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Whisk in the butter to form a smooth sauce.
• To serve, transfer the steaks to individual plates, top with the sauce, and drizzle with a small amount of truffle oil.

LAMB CHOPS WITH POACHED QUINCE AND BALSAMIC PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine apple juice and sugar in small saucepan. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add quince slices and thyme sprigs. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quince is tender, about 20 minutes. Strain, reserving quince and juices separately. Discard thyme sprigs.
• Sprinkle lamb with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add lamb; cook to desired doneness, about 2 1/2 minutes per side for rib chops and 3 1/2 minutes per side for loin chops for medium-rare. Transfer lamb to platter; cover to keep warm. Pour off drippings from skillet; place skillet over medium heat. Add reserved quince juices; boil until reduced to 1/4 cup, scraping up any browned bits, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir in vinegar, butter, oregano, rosemary, and 1/2 teaspoon chopped thyme. Season pan sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• Top lamb with poached quince. Spoon pan sauce over and serve.

GROUPER, PAN SEARED WITH BALSAMIC BROWN BUTTER SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 425. pat fish dry with paper towels, and let stand at room temp 10 min. sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over med-high heat. carefully place fillers, top side down, in hot oil. cook 3-4 min or until edges are lightly browned. transfer skillet to oven. bake at 425 for 4-5 min or until fish is opaque. remove from oven and place fish, seared side up on a platter. wipe skillet clean, cook butter in skillet over med heat 2- 21/2 min or until butter begins to turn golden brown. pour butter into small bowl. whisk in vinegar, shallot, and lemon juice. season with salt and pepper.

PAN ROASTED STEAKS IN BALSAMIC BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Take the meat out of the refrigerator 30 minutes before you plan on cooking it to let it come to room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Heat a large heavy ovenproof skillet over high heat.
• Season the meat generously on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Add the oil to the pan and heat until shimmering.
• Add the steaks to the skillet and sear for 3 minutes, or until browned.
• Top each with a sprig of rosemary, if desired, flip, and then transfer the pan to the oven for 5-7 minutes for medium rare.
• Transfer the steaks to a plate and let rest while you prepare the sauce.
• Return the skillet to med-high heat.
• Add the shallot and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add the vinegar and scrape the pan with a wooden spoon to loosen the browned bits.
• When the vinegar is evaporated, add the broth and allow the sauce to boil until it reduces to a glaze, about 4 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and add the butter, stirring to combine.
• Spoon the sauce over the steaks and serve immediately.

PAN SEARED PORK TENDERLOIN W ROSEMARY BALSAMIC ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Marinade: Mix 3 tblsp oo freshly grd black pepper, salt, or zest, and minced rosemary in small bowl. Rub the oil mixture over the trimmed pork tenderloins and place in a large baking dish. Cover and let marinate 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 375. Heat remaining 3 tblsp oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and sear, cooking til browned on all sides. Remove the pork from pan and place intoven-safe dish; cover. Roast the pork til a meat thermometer inserted in thickest part of the meat reads about 145 degrees F, about 15 minutes. Pan Sauce: For the pan sauce: Pour off the majority of fat leaving any browned bits inpan. Heat the pan over medium-high heat and add the shallot and wine. cook til most of the wine has cooked off, scraping browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Add broth and cook til sauce has reduced by half. Remove from 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. Pan Sauce Variations: Rosemary Balsamic Red Wine Sauce: Use 1/2 cup red wine and 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth. Add the balsamic vinegar and minced fresh rosemary leaves after the butter to finish the sauce.

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.

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).