saute

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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.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

verbsaute (third-person singular simple present sautes, present participle sauteing, simple past and past participle sauteed or sauted)

present singular third person sautes · participle present sauteing · participle past sauteed · past sauteed · participle past sauted · past sauted

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sauté.

    Likewise for his treatment of linguinilike rice noodles sauteed with whole shrimp, pork, egg, chiles, green onions, and bean sprouts.

    1987 July 28, Texas Monthly, page 36
    2 more examples

    This appropriate combination of blanched dubu (tofu), sauteed kimchi, and stir-fried pork is a threesome made in heaven. The dubu, which has the potential to be bland on its own, has the pork to add substance and the kimchi to add flavor.

    2023 June 29, Violet Kim, “Korean food: 39 dishes we can’t live without”, in CNN

    The distinguishing flavour of sundubu jjigae comes from sauteing gochugaru (Korean red chilli powder) in sesame oil. The first time I tried this, I immediately burnt the gochugaru to a crisp.

    2024 September 25, Jane Lee, “‘Jjigae is comfort food of the highest order’: my obsession with cooking Korea’s best-loved soups”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefried quickly in a little fat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

saute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saute

MLA

“saute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saute. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saute,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saute.

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