sauté

Meaning

Verb

To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.

Noun

A dish prepared this way.

Translations

sautieren

in Butter schmoren

sauter

faire sauter

sauté

sauteren

Rost

dourar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsəʊteɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French sauté, past participle of sauter (“to sauté”, literally “to jump”); in cooking, diced onions jump in the pan from the hot oil.