Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sauté

/soʊˈteɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: saute
IPA: /soʊˈteɪ/

4

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

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.

Transitive verb

noun

A dish prepared this way.

Example Sentences

"Parboil three-fourths cup carrot, cut in strips, fifteen minutes; drain, and sauté in one tablespoon bacon fat to which has been added one tablespoon finely chopped onion.[…]Cook until potatoes are soft, then add twelve small onions cooked until soft, then drained and sautéd in two tablespoons butter to which is added one tablespoon sugar. Onions need not be sautéd unless they are desired glazed. Serve from casserole dish."
"Frying and sautéing are methods that heat foods for the most part by conduction from a hot, oiled pan, with temperatures between 350 and 450°F/175–225°C that encourage Maillard browning and flavor development."
"Lightly sautéing fresh spinach in a drizzle of olive or avocado oil meets this baseline, and it’s tasty and nutritious as well."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /soʊˈteɪ/
British English: /ˈsəʊteɪ/

Usage

Transitive verb

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

sautés (present, singular) sautéing (participle, present) sautéed (participle, past) sautéed (past) sautéd (participle, past) sautéd (past) saute (alternative) sautee (alternative) sautée (alternative) sauter (alternative, dated) sautés (plural)

Phrases

sauté up saute pan

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sauté?: The recorded pronunciation is /soʊˈteɪ/.
What does sauté mean?: 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.
Where does sauté come from?: 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.

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