What exactly does "saute" mean?

Answer 1

Saute':is a method of cooking food that uses a small amount of fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat. Sauter means "to jump" in French. It most likely gets the name for one of two reasons, because the food is cooked until it "jumps".[1] or because the food is jumped in the pan [2]

Food that is sautéed is usually cooked for a relatively short period of time over high heat, with the goal of browning the food while preserving its color, moisture and flavor. This is very common with more tender cuts of meat, e.g. tenderloin and filet mignon. Sautéing differs from searing in that the sautéed food is thoroughly cooked in the process. One may sear simply to add flavor and improve appearance before another process is used to finish cooking it.

Olive oil or clarified butter are commonly used for sautéing, but most fats will do. Regular butter will produce more flavor but will burn at a lower temperature and more quickly than other oils due to the presence of milk solids.

Answer 2

Sautéing is a method of cooking food that uses a small amount of fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat. Sauter means "to jump" in French. It most likely gets the name for one of two reasons, because the food is cooked until it "jumps" or because the food is jumped in the pan
Food that is sautéed is usually cooked for a relatively short period of time over high heat, with the goal of browning the food while preserving its color, moisture and flavor. This is very common with more tender cuts of meat, e.g. tenderloin and filet mignon. Sautéing differs from searing in that the sautéed food is thoroughly cooked in the process. One may sear simply to add flavor and improve appearance before another process is used to finish cooking it.
Olive oil or clarified butter are commonly used for sautéing, but most fats will do. Regular butter will produce more flavor but will burn at a lower temperature and more quickly than other oils due to the presence of milk solids.

Answer 3

In southern terms girl, it just means to fry it in some oil. LOL I tend to use some Pam to keep the fat low.
Let's say a recipe says to saute some onions... chop em up, spray the skillet, throw em in, turn the heat on about Med, and use a wooden spatula to stir them around whle they brown.
Chefs like to use their own vocabulary to make it sound harder than it really is. Go for it!

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Answer 4

cook food in HIGH HEAT in a LITTLE AMOUNT OF TIME. to get it to brown but still keep the color, moisture and flavor. you can saute onions, bell peppers, and even meat like tenderloin, and filet mignon. almost all cuisines in the world uses this method.

Answer 5

It means cooked (in saucepan or pan) with hot fire and little fat. To avoid that the food sticks to the pan, one must make it "sauter" (jump) inside the pan, hence the name.

Ex: sauté de veau Marengo. Bon appétit.

Answer 6

sau·té

TRANSITIVE VERB:
sau·téed , sau·té·ing , sau·tés
To fry lightly in fat in a shallow open pan.
NOUN:

A dish of food so prepared

Answer 7

Toss lightly pan fried

Answer 8

too cook fastly in a shallow, broad pan over high heat

Answer 9

on a low to medium heat you mix whatever you need to saute with butter and you stir it until the butter has covered it all and its partly cooked

Answer 10

When you have the stove on low and you cook what ever you are cooking gently and gradually without it getting burnt. Hope this helps