sauté

views updated May 29 2018

sau·té / sôˈtā; sō-/ • adj. 1. fried quickly in a little hot fat: sauté potatoes.2. Ballet (of a step) performed while jumping.• n. a dish cooked in such a way.• v. (-tés, -téed / -ˈtād/ or -téd, -téing / -ˈtāing/ ) [tr.] cook in such a way: sauté the onions in the olive oil.

sauté

views updated May 17 2018

sauté To toss in hot fat, from the French sauter, to jump. Sauté potatoes are usually boiled, cut into slices, and cooked in a little fat until lightly browned.

sauté

views updated May 11 2018

sauté fried in a pan, being tossed from time to time. XIX. — F., pp. of sauter leap :- L. saltāre, used trans. in causative sense.