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Saute

2 stages from French to English.

Today it means to fry food quickly in a small amount of hot fat while stirring or tossing
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Stage 1 of 2
sauter
French · medieval
"to jump"
to jump, describing food tossed and flipped quickly in a hot pan
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Stage 2 of 2
saute
English · 1800s
"to fry quickly in a small amount of hot fat"
adopted directly as a cooking term for frying quickly over high heat
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