How to Use brown sauce in a Sentence
brown sauce
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Coconut aminos is a dark brown sauce made by fermenting coconut palm sap.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
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The brown sauce caking the meat was flavorful but not enough so to disguise the dry and chewy pork.
—Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2018
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My dining companion loves her stroganoff, the brown sauce tart and creamy, the spaetzle just right.
—Diana Spechler, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2019
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Will the two brown sauces share a shelf at the Mustard Museum?
—Brenda Cain, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2019
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But the base of a memorably delectable brown sauce is always soy paste.
—Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 25 Jan. 2023
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This thick, dark brown sauce is a staple in Chinese family-style cooking.
—NBC News, 13 Oct. 2019
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Unlike the thin brown sauce produced by mushrooms, anchovies and walnuts, tomato ketchup didn’t keep as well.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 5 June 2017
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This is a dark brown sauce that looks like soy sauce, but is made from the sap of a coconut plant (not the actual coconut) without any soy or wheat.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2022
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You’re meant to brush some of the anticucho sauce (a brown sauce that tasted of garlic, onion and vinegar) on the skewers then cook them.
—Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
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The dish also includes a duck glaze, or gravy, made with either chicken or veal demi-glace (a rich brown sauce) or low-sodium chicken stock.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
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Queen Elizabeth has released her own brand of condiments, including tomato ketchup and brown sauce (which is like a steak sauce).
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022
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As the cook in the family, my father massaged drops of that thin brown sauce into hamburgers and meatballs, giving them a faint, briny funk.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
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Wafts of garlic as the pan heated over the burner, tournedos and brown sauce added, a moment of simmering, a dramatic glug of brandy; whoosh!
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2019
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There was also steak, a sirloin served sliced with a rich brown sauce as only restaurants can make, and some of those delicious meltingly creamy small potatoes.
—Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 2018
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Do however avoid the Indian menu where an unidentifiable brown sauce pervades.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
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And, man, are those warm slices delicious, especially when folded around a hunk of brisket or smoked turkey with pickled onions and a generous dose of tangy brown sauce.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
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Key Differences Coconut aminos is usually used as a soy sauce substitute, as both are a salty, dark brown sauce with a thin consistency.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
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Oyster Sauce Made from oyster extracts, this savory, thick, salty, dark brown sauce is considered a staple in Chinese family-style cooking.
—Katie Workman, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2019
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Contrary to popular opinion, Cincinnati’s dining scene is not strictly composed of spaghetti drowned in a soupy brown sauce the locals insist is chili, topped overzealously with a heap of shredded cheddar cheese.
—Sean M. Peters, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2022
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The dish earns its name from the reddish-brown sauce (reminiscent of barbecue sauce) made with a generous amount of butter, Cajun seasoning, and Worcestershire sauce.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
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As part of this course, each diner also was brought a small saucer in the center of which was a round disk covered in a deep brown sauce, a preparation our waiter said dated from the 1700s and described as a takeoff on wild hare a la Royale.
—Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Apr. 2018
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Swedish meatballs are traditionally eaten with creamy brown sauce, mashed or boiled potatoes and lingonberry jam, a sweet condiment particularly popular in northern Europe and made from berries related to cranberries and blueberries.
—Judith Vonberg, CNN, 3 May 2018
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