sauté
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The first step is to sauté leeks and garlic in olive oil, butter and, crucially, a bit of white miso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
If you don’t have a sauté pan and insist on using a saucepan, be sure to choose an appropriately sized pan based on how much sugar and fruit you plan on using.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
But with you, it’s, ‘Well, can I sauté it in brown butter?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
Cooks sauté it in olive oil, season it with onions or boil it into soup to make tasty, low-cost meals.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
Wanda stood up without a word and walked over to the kitchen, joining Ekemeni as she began to sauté greens in bacon fat.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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Inspired by traditional Indian cooking and Southeast Asian flavors, this Food52 recipe bathes and simmers sautéed heads of romaine in a delicious mixture of gingery coconut milk, fresh lime juice and fish sauce.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
From there, the menu moves to the restaurant’s specialties: hand-cut steaks aged in-house, sautéed scallops and pan-fried walleye.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
An even older icon awaits at Phnom Penh, a 40-year-old Vietnamese-Cambodian restaurant where crowds eagerly wait their turn to try nearly-raw marinated butter beef and lotus root sautéed with chilies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
My favorite meal is gambas à guilho: shrimp sautéed in garlic and olive oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
I run toward the smell of sautéed garlic as fast as my legs will take me, but I can hear my sister’s parting words through the noisy sizzle.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Having dishes prepared in the same kitchen sections slows things down, so the options needed to vary between broiling, sautéing and frying shrimp, and options with or without pasta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Roasting and sautéing are the most popular methods used to enhance Brussels sprouts’ earthy, nutty and sweet flavor.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
The chopping, sautéing and seasoning we see on this cooking-competition show might be more impressive than usual this year.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Add the celery and garlic, sautéing another 3 minutes, stirring often.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
The simplest way of cooking mushrooms is usually the best, and this may be broiling, sautéing in butter, or stewing in a little cream sauce.
From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary
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