Steak sauce—brown sauce (in the British Isles

British Isles

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)—is a generic term for a dark brown sauce commonly served as a condiment for meat.

The two terms are similar but not identical. In the United States, as its name implies, steak sauce is predominantly associated with beef, while elsewhere brown sauce is often used on a variety of foods.

These sauces are normally brown or orange in color and often made from tomato

Tomato

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es, spices, vinegar

Vinegar

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, and raisin

Raisin

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s and sometimes anchovies

Anchovy

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