Use mushrooms to give your sauce umami flavor.
Chef Chris Martin, founder of Savor The Passion, said mushrooms are loaded with umami flavor that can upgrade a sauce.
"I like to quarter my button mushrooms, toss them in oil, salt, and pepper, and then broil them. I like to broil until there isn't excess liquid in the pan, and right before they start sticking to the pan," Martin told Insider.
By cooking out the liquid, he explained, "you won't be adding water to the sauce, just pure mushroom-flavored goodness."