<p>To saut&eacute; food is to cook it all the way through &ndash; and relatively quickly &ndash; in a hot pan with a little bit of fat, such as butter or oil. It helps when the pieces of food are all about the same size, sitting in a single layer, and not overlapping each other. The goal of saut&eacute;ing is to cook the food while deepening its color and retaining its moisture and flavor.</p> 14 <p>To saut&eacute; food is to cook it all the way through &ndash; and relatively quickly &ndash; in a hot pan with a little bit of fat, such as butter or oil. It helps when the pieces of food are all about the same size, sitting in a single layer, and not overlapping each other. The goal of saut&eacute;ing is to cook the food while deepening its color and retaining its moisture and flavor.</p><p> Technically, saut&eacute;ing requires a low, shallow pan with rounded edges, so you can easily move the food around without a spatula. But in a pinch, a frying pan will do just fine. Just make sure to keep the food moving. The difference between saut&eacute;ing and frying, by the way, pretty much comes down to the amount of fat used (more for frying, less for saut&eacute;ing), the cooking temperature (a tad hotter for frying than saut&eacute;ing), and the movement of the food (shimmying for saut&eacute;ing as opposed to flipping for frying).</p> 2008-10-02T13:53:28-05:00 2008-10-02T13:39:00-05:00 true 19 how to saute how-to-saute live false 2008-11-03T20:34:43-06:00