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sauté

[soh-tey, saw-] / soʊˈteɪ, sɔ- /




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Instead of selling a suite of diverse products, millennial brands focused on the “only” T-shirt, mattress or sauté pan you’ll ever need.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

That’s line-cook joy, kitchen–brigade joy — a very specific, slightly masochistic ecstasy that tends to belong to people who’ve burned off their fingerprints on sauté pans.

From Salon Nov. 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

All we need to do is sauté olives, capers, anchovies, garlic, chopped parsley, and tomatoes together in a pot, and prepare spaghetti to go with it.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Inspired by chef Fabio Trabocchi’s recipe for sautéed rainbow chard, my recipe is abundantly green and calls for 1/3 cup of chicken stock.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Its signature breakfast included two sausages, two rashers of bacon and two fried eggs, with sautéed potatoes, baked beans and a grilled tomato for good measure.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

In one corner, sautéed bitter gourd—in another, briny sea grapes.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

I followed the advice of the person who took my order and added sautéed mushrooms and pepperoncini to my sandwich, bringing my total to $25.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2025

It was that perfect, perfect smell that would always take me back to the specific feeling of being a child: the scent of onions being sautéed in olive oil.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

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

If you’re seeking spiciness, include a chopped jalapeño or two when sautéing the poblano and onion.

From Washington Times Apr. 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

That is the difference between sautéing and frying but there are one or two points about frying—this much abused way of cooking—that must be borne in mind if one would have the best results.

From Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest by Mary Jane McClure




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