Gravy recipes (hot sauces)

To ensure a perfectly juicy holiday turkey, it's best to buy a fresh bird, not frozen. Stuff the cavity with vegetables, rub the skin with butter for a crispy crust, and...

A luxurious cut of meat like filet mignon needs very little garnish to be perfect. It's all about technique and a generous helping of butter! Frying over a hot...

Garlic, white wine, and fragrant fried bacon give these chickens a wonderfully rich flavor. Even though the cornichons are cooked whole, the entire dish, including the gravy, will only take...

Whether you're having scrambled eggs, meatloaf, or just savory coffee rolls for breakfast, this South American dip is a perfect complement to any meal. Crushed andouille sausage, coffee, and spices...

This simple holiday beef recipe is a must-have for anyone who doesn't have the time to cook but still dreams of delighting their guests with a royal dinner. The meat turns out...

This dish perfectly combines everything you and your partner need for a balanced dinner. Seared chicken breast with lemon and herbs is served with baked red potatoes and...

Chicken breast is braised in a homemade sweet and sour sauce made with non-alcoholic cider (unfiltered apple juice) and turns out incredibly juicy, tender, and delicious. For the perfect balance of flavors...

This version of classic French tarragon chicken is quick and easy to prepare (though you can speed things up even more by braising the chicken breast or substituting a turkey cutlet). Tender...

If you don't have a dedicated smoker, any outdoor grill—gas or charcoal—will do. To ensure even smoking, butterfly the turkey, removing the backbone, then rub it with the mixture...

Classic Swedish meatballs are made from a mixture of ground meat (regular beef and pork) seasoned with nutmeg, black pepper, and allspice. Pan-fry them on the stovetop until crispy...

Crispy fries are served with a mound of braised beef and fried bacon in barbecue sauce, and a side of coleslaw with a mustard dressing. The beef short ribs can be braised in advance...

Create a sophisticated restaurant-style surf-and-turf dish. Pan-fried steak and tender potato-crusted white fish are served on a bed of king mushrooms and corn, under a rich...

When making delicious Swedish meatballs at home, you can go big and make them big. The combination of several types of meat and grated onion makes the meatballs juicy, tender, and very...

When you fry a beef steak for dinner, don't wash the pan: the remaining fat and stuck-on bits can be used to make a delicious—and most importantly, quick—cranberry sauce for the meat. Just add...

Sear a beef steak until it's beautifully browned, then finish it in a rich, creamy sauce infused with a plethora of spicy flavors. The steak turns out juicy, and you'll be less likely to...

Prepare a German-style dinner. Veal hunter's schnitzel in a crispy breadcrumb coating is served in a rich mushroom gravy with fried spaetzle dumplings. Sunny Anderson adds... to the spaetzle batter.

For this French recipe, Bobby Flay uses only the chicken breast and legs. To ensure they cook faster and look elegant when served, he slightly exposes the bone on each thigh and...

"I know meatloaf goes well with gravy, but this version is so rich it doesn't need it," admits Sunny Anderson. "And since there are a lot of you who love gravy, I'd like..."

Hollandaise is one of the most popular sauces in French cuisine. It pairs perfectly with vegetables such as asparagus, cauliflower, or broccoli, and is also an essential ingredient in eggs Benedict. With...

Juicy beef roast is served over crisp risotto flatbreads with a light green salad for a big Sunday family dinner. The risotto for the flatbreads can be made ahead and kept in...

Juicy cabbage rolls stuffed with ground pork and beef, Parmesan, and herbs are steamed and served in a homemade tomato sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese. This dish is much easier to prepare than it looks...

Chicken breast stuffed with prosciutto and a three-cheese blend of mozzarella, cheddar, and Parmesan is fried until golden brown and served with caramelized onions, mushrooms, and red-eye sauce.

You'll definitely love this sauce: it's made with fresh or frozen tomatoes, so no peeling or chopping required! Simply add whole tomatoes to a saucepan with a little onion,...

This classic brown sauce is one of the five essential sauces of French cuisine and is used as the base for a number of other sauces for meat or poultry, including bordelaise, robert, chasseur,...

Incredibly, creamy Alfredo sauce can be made dairy-free! Cashews are blended with toasted aromatic spices, nutritional yeast, and almond milk, and...

Succulent pork and veal meatballs in a velvety wine sauce with mushrooms are served with boiled egg noodles. Both button mushrooms and dried porcini mushrooms are used in the preparation. The flavor is...

The chicken is soaked in a honey brine for an hour, then baked in the oven and brushed with a honey glaze a few minutes before it's done. The resulting meat is incredibly tender and juicy, and the skin...

Beef steak with sweet and spicy caramelized onions... What could be more delicious? Caramelized onions braised in beer! What a perfect accompaniment to meat. The onions are braised in beer with bacon bits and...

When you're the daughter of an Iron Chef, you're not expecting typical childhood food at home. Thanks to her mother, Alex Guarnaschelli, Ava Clark learned to cook and appreciate food from a young age. By the age of 12, she...

This sauce is so simple that it will become your indispensable assistant in casseroles and pies. Made with beef broth, it's aromatic and delicious, perfect with potatoes...

This exquisite dish is over a hundred years old. It's believed to have been named after King Oscar II of Sweden, who had a fondness for its ingredients. Grilled filet mignon steak is served with a topping...

These steak fingers are prepared similarly to crispy chicken fingers. Strips of pounded beef steak are double-breaded and fried in a mixture of butter and vegetable oil until...

Steak Diana is a dish for a special occasion. Tender fil mignon steak is seared to a beautiful crust and served with a warm creamy mustard sauce. Garnish with chopped fresh herbs and...

Love boeuf bourguignon? Then you'll definitely love this simplified version with steak. The steak is fried separately from the sauce, so dinner is ready much faster than if you braised it...

A red wine sauce with fragrant rosemary and black pepper is the perfect accompaniment to a beef steak. For the most intense flavor, use coarsely ground pepper, and thicken with wine...

"These are very cheesy mashed potatoes! Mind you, there's as much cheese as possible in this," says Molly Yeh. She also recommends making a gravy with her holiday mashed potatoes...

"One of my favorite dishes to make in advance during a busy week is braised brisket," says Trisha Yearwood. She braises a four-pound beef brisket in a slow cooker,...

Sunny Anderson uses a store-bought spice mix for her easy braised brisket recipe, but she strongly recommends checking the ingredients before purchasing. "Some barbecue mixes contain..."

To make this amazingly flavorful and juicy beef brisket, Aarti Sequeira mixes her own ginger-garlic paste and adds it to the pot along with a cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom, and...

This beef brisket is worthy of a holiday table. Most braisings use only the flat side of the brisket. This recipe, however, uses the whole cut, which has a fattier and leaner...

This simple grilled salmon recipe is truly the best. You'll get perfectly grilled, juicy, savory fish with deliciously crispy skin. It's packed with a whole host of flavors: the capers add...

This fragrant, creamy sauce with portobello mushrooms and tender leeks comes together in minutes and is perfect not only for chicken ravioli, as Tyler Florence serves it, but also for rice, pasta...

If you want to add the flavor and aroma of Latin American cuisine to any dish, the easiest way is to make sofrito. This is a stir-fried vegetable base that has different ingredients in different Latin American countries...

This glaze has a balanced sweet-tart flavor with a hint of herbs and is perfect for chicken. It's made with lemon curd. Brush it on your chicken while grilling to...

The easiest roast beef recipe that won't take much time. Simply place a piece of beef (preferably chuck or shoulder) on a baking sheet and roast until the meat is...

Skin-on turkey breast is sautéed in butter with herbs and garlic until lightly browned to seal in the juices, then finished in the oven for a...

"Porchetta is a delicious Tuscan pork roll with herbs and spices, slowly baked in the oven. Every year I like to add something new to it, and this time I decided to replace...

Ree Drummond makes these miniature sandwiches with double-breaded fried flaky steak. Instead of regular buns, she baked quick, flaky biscuits, and instead of the usual store-bought sauces...

In Korea, there are many recipes for the country's beloved pork belly, which is grilled whole, cooked on the stovetop, or baked in the oven. The air fryer is also gaining popularity. This device...