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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

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

What you need is a big bowl of ramen topped with sautéed baby bok choy.

From Salon Jul. 22, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

I’d also have some scrambled eggs, sautéed spinach and some fruit on the side.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 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

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

Ana stood in her kitchen slicing vegetables, sautéing meats and rolling masa into her delectable treat.

From Seattle Times Nov. 19, 2022

Fish about the size of smelts lend themselves readily to frying and sautéing, whereas the larger kinds, like whitefish, may be prepared to better advantage by baking either with or without suitable stuffing.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences




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