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🍳 To fry quickly 🍳 A fried dish
saute

saute

5.0
A dish of small pieces of food quickly fried in a little oil or butter
  • noun
  • /sɔːˈteɪ/
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  • So this recipe in particular, this is called my chicken sausage saute with vegetable couscous.

Examples

  • It's leftover saute beef skewers and beans.

  • Tell Noel to burst from the wings on her saute.

    The Company (2003)

  • - Saute !

    Black and Blue (2019)

  • Because Co-op do chicken saute sticks and sweet chili dip.

  • It's like a spicy saute tofu bake.

  • Let cook/saute until everything is blended. About 10 min.

    Blog text (1)

  • The chef prepared a delicious saute of chicken and vegetables for dinner.

  • For lunch, I had a tasty saute made with shrimp and garlic.

  • A hearty saute of mushrooms and onions was served on the side.

Synonyms

dish
vssaute
332 1.0

A particular cooked food served as part of a meal

is a specific quick frying method rather than any prepared food
stir-fry
vssaute
4 2.1

A dish made by quickly frying small pieces of food in a little hot oil while stirring

uses high heat and small fat but without continuous stirring

How Fast

stir-fry
4 2.1
saute
5.0
to pan-fry
3 2.9
stew
110 1.0

Surface Forms

saute singular
sautes plural
sautés plural
sauté singular

Etymology

Saute comes from the French word sauter, 'to jump', because small pieces seem to 'jump' in the pan when cooked quickly. So a saute is a dish of small pieces fried quickly in a little oil or butter.