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to saute

to saute

1 3.7
Fry food quickly in a small amount of oil or butter over high heat
  • verb
  • /sɔːˈteɪ/
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  • So we're going to grind this up and then saute these things one by one, and then they're all going to go in one burrito.
  • sauteed shrimp

Step one, saute fresh ginger and garlic.

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Examples

  • He decided to saute the shrimp with garlic and lemon for dinner.

  • Step one, saute fresh ginger and garlic.

  • So now we're going to put in our herbs and our apple, and we'll just saute all of these together for just a few minutes.

  • I'm only going to use one you guys, because we're going to saute the onion and the Chile.

  • So what we do is we saute the onions and morels with olive oil.

  • Then I'm going to saute matzo balls with beets and carrots, and then we're going to put those two together and it's going to be delicious.

  • She would come home, get the Brussels sprouts out, wash them, cut them up, sprinkle some red mud, Real Salt on them, and then saute them in a skillet, all in bacon grease.

  • You should saute the onions until they are golden brown.

  • To enhance the flavor, we will saute the vegetables in olive oil.

Synonyms

to cook
vsto saute
1.0

To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying

is specific to quick shallow oil cooking at high heat
to fry
vsto saute
283 1.0

Cook food in hot oil or fat in a pan

is faster and uses less oil at higher heat
to fry up
vsto saute
7 2.9

Cook food in hot oil or fat

is done faster with less oil and higher heat
to stir-fry
vsto saute
7 2.8

To cook food quickly in a small amount of hot oil while stirring

focuses more on quick cooking without continuous stirring
to pan-fry
vsto saute
3 2.9

To cook food in a hot pan with a little oil

is quicker and uses higher heat for faster browning
to frizzle
vsto saute
1 6.8

Cook food in hot oil until it becomes brown and crispy

is quicker and aims for gentler browning rather than crisping

Antonyms

269 1.0

To heat a liquid until it bubbles and becomes gas

58 1.0

To cook food using hot water turned into gas

How Fast

to sear
76 6.1
to saute
1 3.7
to fry
283 1.0
to pan-fry
3 2.9
to bake
388 1.0

Surface Forms

saute infinitive
sautéed past
sautéed past participle
sautéing present participle
sautes third person singular

Etymology

Saute comes from the French verb sauter, which means 'to jump', so imagine food jumping in the hot pan. That's why to saute is to fry food quickly in a little oil or butter over high heat.