sautéed

adjective

sau·​téed sȯ-ˈtād 

sō-

variants or less commonly sauteed

: cooked by frying in a small amount of fat

sautéed mushrooms/onions/spinach

… veal cooked in a lightened veal stock enriched with cream and combined with sautéed cucumbers.

—Anne De Ravel

I was sorry to have missed a sometime specialty of sauteed scallops crowned with different caviars.

—Caroline Bates

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above