sauté

动词/səʊˈteɪ/

名词/ˈsəʊteɪ/

/soʊˈteɪ/

Borrowed from French sauté, past participle of sauter (“to sauté”, literally “to jump”); in cooking, diced onions jump in the pan from the hot oil.

1transitiveTo cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.