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Sautéing or sauteing[1] (UK: /ˈst.ɪŋ/, US: /sˈt.ɪŋ, sɔː-/; from French sauté [sote] 'jumped, bounced' in reference to tossing whiwe cooking)[2] is a medod of cooking dat uses a rewativewy smaww amount of oiw or fat in a shawwow pan over rewativewy high heat. Various sauté medods exist.


Ingredients for sautéing are usuawwy cut into smaww pieces or dinwy swiced to provide a warge surface area, which faciwitates fast cooking. The primary mode of heat transfer during sautéing is conduction between de pan and de food being cooked. Food dat is sautéed is browned whiwe preserving its texture, moisture, and fwavor. If meat, chicken, or fish is sautéed, de sauté is often finished by degwazing de pan's residue to make a sauce.

Sautéing may be compared wif pan frying, in which warger pieces of food (for exampwe, chops or steaks) are cooked qwickwy in oiw or fat, and fwipped onto bof sides. Some cooks make a distinction between de two based on de depf of de oiw used, whiwe oders use de terms interchangeabwy.[3][4][5]

Sautéing differs from searing in dat searing onwy browns de surface of de food.

Certain oiws shouwd not be used to sauté due to deir wow smoke point.[6][7] Cwarified butter, rapeseed oiw and sunfwower oiw are commonwy used for sautéing;[8] whatever de fat, it must have a smoke point high enough to awwow cooking on medium-high heat, de temperature at which sautéing is done. For exampwe, dough reguwar butter wouwd produce more fwavor, it wouwd burn at a wower temperature and more qwickwy dan oder fats due to de presence of miwk sowids. Cwarified butter is more fit for dis use.


In a sauté, aww de ingredients are heated at once, and cooked qwickwy. To faciwitate dis, de ingredients are rapidwy moved around in de pan, eider by de use of a utensiw, or by repeatedwy jerking de pan itsewf. A sauté pan must be warge enough to howd aww of de food in one wayer, so steam can escape, which keeps de ingredients from stewing and promotes de devewopment of fond. Most pans sowd specificawwy as sauté pans have a wide fwat base and wow sides, to maximize de surface area avaiwabwe for heating. The wow sides awwow qwick evaporation and escape of steam. Whiwe skiwwets typicawwy have fwared or rounded sides, sauté pans typicawwy have straight, verticaw sides. This keeps de ingredients from escaping as de pan is jerked or stirred.[9][10]

Onwy enough fat to wightwy coat de bottom of de pan is needed for sautéing; too much fat wiww cause de food to fry rader dan just to swide, and may interfere wif de devewopment of fond. The food is spread across de hot fat in de pan, and weft to brown, turning or tossing freqwentwy for even cooking. The sauté techniqwe invowves gripping de handwe of de sauté pan firmwy, and using a sharp ewbow motion to rapidwy jerk de pan back toward de cook, repeating as necessary to ensure de ingredients have been doroughwy jumped. Tossing or stirring de items in de pan by shaking de pan too often, however, can cause de pan to coow and make de sauté take wonger.

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  1. ^ "saute - Wiktionary". en, Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  2. ^ "Saute". Dougwas Harper. Retrieved 23 Juwy 2012.
  3. ^ "Sautéing". Awan's Kitchen, uh-hah-hah-hah.
  5. ^ "The Secret To Great Saute". The Rewuctant Gourmet.
  6. ^ Jennifer Good (4/17/2012). "Heawdiest Cooking Oiw Comparison Chart wif Smoke Points and Omega 3 Fatty Acid Ratios". The Basewine of Heawf Foundation.
  7. ^ Harinageswara Rao Katragadda et. aw. (2010),"Emissions of vowatiwe awdehydes from heated cooking oiws", Food Chemistry 1 May 2010, Vow.120(1):59–65, doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.09.070
  8. ^ Lydia Beww (16 Juwy 2014). "Why owive oiw shouwd be kept out of de frying pan". The Tewegraph.
  9. ^ "Saute Pans - Choosing and Buying de Right Saute Pan". The Rewuctant Gourmet.
  10. ^ "Sauté Pans". Cook's Iwwustrated.

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