sauté
Use Sauté in a sentence
ɪŋ adjective
1.
cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cook in a small amount of fat; pan-fry.
noun
3.
a dish of sautéed food.
Origin:
1805–15; < French, past participle of sauter to jump (causative: to toss) < Latin saltāre, frequentative of salīre to jump
1805–15; < French, past participle of sauter to jump (causative: to toss) < Latin saltāre, frequentative of salīre to jump
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| —vb , -tés, -téing, -téeing, -téed | |
| 1. | to fry (food) quickly in a little fat |
| —n | |
| 2. | a dish of sautéed food, esp meat that is browned and then cooked in a sauce |
| —adj | |
| 3. | sautéed until lightly brown: sauté potatoes |
| [C19: from French: tossed, from sauter to jump, from Latin saltāre to dance, from salīre to spring] | |
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