saute

Describes food that has been cooked quickly in a small amount of hot oil or fat.

• 🇫🇷Qualifie un aliment rapidement cuit dans une petite quantité d'huile ou de matière grasse chaude, en le remuant ou en le secouant.

1. Quickly fried in a little fat B1 formal culinary

   Cooked quickly in a small amount of oil or butter over relatively high heat.

   • The chef prepared sautéed mushrooms as a side dish.
   • She added the sautéed onions to the sauce.
   • Sautéed vegetables make a healthy and quick meal.

   🇫🇷sauté

• more sauté comparative form
• most sauté superlative form

A noun referring to a dish of food that has been quickly fried in a small amount of hot fat.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un plat ou une préparation culinaire qui a été rapidement sauté dans une petite quantité de matière grasse chaude, ou l'action de sauter ainsi.

1. Sauteed dish B1 formal culinary

   A dish that has been cooked quickly in a small amount of hot oil or fat, often with constant stirring.

   • The chef prepared a delicious mushroom saute for the appetizer.
   • She ordered a vegetable saute with garlic and herbs.
   • The chicken saute was served with a light white wine sauce.

   🇫🇷Sauté

• sautés plural form
• sautés' possessive plural form
• sauté's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to fry food quickly in a small amount of hot oil or fat.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désignant une cuisson rapide des aliments dans une petite quantité de matière grasse chaude.

1. Cook quickly in oil B1 formal culinary

   To fry food quickly in a small amount of hot oil or fat, usually over high heat.

   • She sautéed the onions until they were golden brown.
   • The chef sautéed the mushrooms with garlic and butter.
   • You should sauté the vegetables for just a few minutes to keep them crisp.

   🇫🇷sauter

   Synonymes: brownfrypan-frysearstir fry

• sautéed past participle
• sautéed past simple
• sautéing present participle
• sautés third person singular