sautée

A form of sauté — 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.

Meanings

verbsautée (third-person singular simple present sautées, present participle sautéeing, simple past and past participle sautéed)

present singular third person sautées · participle present sautéeing · participle past sautéed · past sautéed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sauté.
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APA

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Chicago

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