Definition of "saute" [‖Sau•te]

• To fry in a small quantity of fat or oil. (verb)

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• "However, I made this with a simple plantain saute, which is also an equally superb combination."
• "I 'saute' onions and green peppers the same way but add a tiny bit of water."
• "We could probably get by with far fewer cooking terms growing up, the only place I ever heard the word "saute" was on TV; at home we always fried stuff--but only if English didn't have the history that it does."