Balsamic Browned Butter Question

[Blissful_in_TX]

Help! What am I doing wrong? I’ve made the Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Browned Butter on several occasions without incident. However the last two times, whenever I add the soy sauce or balsamic vinegar to the melted brown butter, it “bursts” and splatters hot butter all over me, the cabinets, floor, counter….everywhere!

After the first time, I let the butter cool (off heat) for about 30 seconds before adding the other ingredients, but it still happened. Has this happened to anybody else??

[jheaphy]

Oh goodness, I'll be following this thread closely as I had planned to make this for the first time tonight!

[Arete]

I just let it cool down for a few minutes, then add just a touch of the vinegar and stir it in, then a touch more, and by then it's cool enough to mix all of the vinegar in. Then I reheat it and let it thicken a bit.

[Krystal]

This has happened to me when I've added the vinegar to the hot butter. I now wait for it to cool a bit and add the soy sauce first.

[AmberJane]

It actually does some violent bubbling when I add the other components, but hasn't splattered anything outside the pan, maybe try a deeper saucepan or just let it cool down a bit.