Sautéing (from the French sauté, lit. `jumped, bounced` in reference to tossing while cooking) is a method of cooking food, that uses a small amount of oil or fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat. Ingredients are usually cut into pieces or thinly sliced to facilitate fast cooking. The primary mode of heat transfer during sautéing is..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sautéing
Cooking food in a small quantity of fat in a sautÈ pan ( a frying pan with straight sides and a wide base), to brown the food quickly. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21220