Cooking School Lesson

How to Sauté

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Lesson Snapshot:

  • 1 instructional video
  • 14 practice recipes
  • 26 tip and technique videos
  • interactive quiz

Lesson Description & Goals

Learning how to sauté is an important task for any home cook or professional chef. It is one of the fastest and most common dry-heat cooking methods used to cook bite-sized pieces of food in a pan.

When learning how to sauté, there are a few things you need to understand before you can master this cooking technique. In this lesson, we will cover these key steps required for sautéing success.

  • Define what sauté is
  • Understand when to sauté
  • Properly prepare foods for sautéeing
  • Properly sauté ingredients

Lesson Topic Videos

Lesson Practice Recipes

This lesson includes access to the following text & instructional video recipes

Rouxbe Recipes
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Hash Browns

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

Serve some crunchy, golden hash browns with your next breakfast or brunch.

Comments: 49 Views: 8557 Success: 100%

Sauteed Fennel with Parmesan

by Kimberley S in Rouxbe Recipes

A healthy and tasty side dish. Crunchy fennel sauteed with garlic, lemon and parmesan cheese.

Comments: 8 Views: 13644 Success: 94%
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Sauteed Brussels Sprouts and Shallots

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

Brussels sprouts tossed with caramelized shallots that are so good even people that don't like Brussels sprouts will like ...

Comments: 2 Views: 6093 Success: 100%

Sauteed Peas with Romaine and Mint

by Joe G in Rouxbe Recipes

Served as a side or unique salad, celery and onions are sautéed together with romaine lettuce, peas and then finished with...

Comments: 11 Views: 8906 Success: 100%

Sauteed French Green Beans

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

Tender green beans sautéed with shallots and minced garlic.

Comments: 10 Views: 18102 Success: 98%
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Wild Mushroom Frittata

by Kimberley S in Rouxbe Recipes

Earthy wild and button mushrooms are combined with fontina cheese in this delicious and simple frittata.

Comments: 4 Views: 2782 Success: 100%
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Cream of Mushroom Soup

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

This velvety and earthy cream of mushroom soup is extremely simple to make.

Comments: 3 Views: 3534 Success: 70%
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Sauteed Mushrooms

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

Buttery sauteed mushrooms make an excellent side dish and also add delicious flavor to many other dishes.

Comments: 10 Views: 8347 Success: 100%
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Braised Onions

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

Pearl onions are slowly braised in dark chicken stock and fresh herbs. Whether served as a side or poured over steak, chic...

Comments: 17 Views: 6309 Success: 100%
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Soy-Sesame Salad w/ Wild Mushrooms

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

Tender salad greens and sauteed wild mushrooms are tossed with a soy-sesame vinaigrette. Topped with crunchy shoestring po...

Comments: 1 Views: 4307 Success: 100%

Pasta Boscaiola

by Kimberley S in Rouxbe Recipes

Fresh pappardelle is lightly coated with a delicious sauce of mushrooms, prosciutto, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and a bit ...

Comments: 8 Views: 5806 Success: 97%

Lomo Saltado

by Kimberley S in Rouxbe Recipes

This variation of the popular Peruvian dish "Lomo Saltado" contains simple but delicious ingredients.

Comments: 42 Views: 13475 Success: 97%

Penne Mediterranean

by Kimberley S in Rouxbe Recipes

Penne pasta is tossed with chicken, feta, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms and a light, stock-based sauce.

Comments: 25 Views: 12852 Success: 98%
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Sauteed Carrots and Green Onions

by Dawn T in Rouxbe Recipes

Sweet carrots tossed with butter and green onions. Simple to make and oh so yummy to eat!

Comments: 6 Views: 7008 Success: 100%

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Lovely looking and tasty mushrooms.
I followed your sautéing lesson and for the first time EVER I produced lovely looking and tasty mushrooms. I added these to my creamy sauce at the last minute and it didn't go g... More >>

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