Saute vs Simmer - What's the difference?
saute | simmer |
To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.
The state or process of simmering.
To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
In transitive terms the difference between saute and simmer
is that saute is to cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks while simmer is to cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.saute
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Verb
(en verb)simmer
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Alternative forms
* simber (obsolete)Noun
(-)- The kettle was kept on the simmer .
Verb
- The soup simmered on the stove.
- Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.