How often do you sautee your veg?

[Clarin]

Very boring question.

Im a self taught cook. And have pretty much come to sautee basically all my veg - fresh and frozen alike. Sweetcorn, green beans, broccoli, peas, cabbage etc.

But I just never see anyone else in my family or friend group doing the same. I can’t be the only one doing this. It’s so easy and genuinely tastes the best imo. No watery veg ever!

Am I just very unobservant. Just curious…

Always when I cook vegetables.

DH - never.

Im a self taught cook. And have pretty much come to sautee basically all my veg - fresh and frozen alike. Sweetcorn, green beans, broccoli, peas, cabbage etc.d

The majority of those don't need to be sauteed, why would you want to sautee sweetcorn or frozen peas? Green beans, broccoli, cabbage are all just steamed, frozen peas and sweetcorn are either microwaved or put into boiling water.

Sometimes. I roast most veg usually

I don't sauté any veg but roast them in the air fryer, (less fat used) even green beans. Sweet corn and peas go in soups.

Rarely. Steamed is much healthier surely? It’s just cooking in fat, right?

Unless I’m doing a stir fry then all vegetables are steamed.

To heat them?

A tiny bit of oil, yes. Hardly anything as my pan is a very good nonstick

Rarely, because I prefer them steamed. It’s just personal preference, isn’t it - or, not having the very good non-stick pan that you do and so choosing another method.

Hardly ever. Very few vegetables taste best fried... I can only really think of padron peppers and courgette.

All the time. But I am not white British. Very rarely eat them any other way.

I’m not saying my way is the best way ie I’m superior lol. Just that I’m surprised it’s not utilised more as a method. So quick and keeps veg crunchy.

We never eat steamed veg. Roasted sometimes but maybe once a week.

I like them lots of ways, but I can't imagine always frying my veg OP.

I love asparagus or broccoli w butter in my cast iron, charred slightly !
Mostly do peas in microwave for quickness
Roasting veg is my favourite but I do like the simplicity of steamed veg, seasoning and butter

Depends on the vegetable surely? You wouldn’t fry all veg in the same way as you wouldn’t boil all veg. I definitely wouldn’t be using a non-stick pan either.

I steam peas, corn, green beans, carrots. I roast asparagus, potatoes, any root vegetable or squash. I saute Brussels sprouts.

We mostly steam veg. Sometimes we may saute or bake. Never boil.

But you can over-fry/over-roast/over-steam/over-boil?! Surely it just depends on how long you cook them for, not the method.

I don't tend to fry my vegetables, no.

Steamed or boiled for everyday meals, maybe roasted on occasion.

I do tend to add garlic to a lot of my veg so I suppose that’s why I favor sauteeing in a little olive oil.

I must sautee 95% of my veg.

The only thing I boil is spuds for mash, everything else gets sautéed for flavour. Peas, carrots green beans, broccoli, sweetcorn, courgette. I also roast broccoli, sweet potatoes, gourds, courgette, tomatoes, carrots and onions etc with plenty of butter or good oil and seasonings. There's a time and a place for boiled peas and veg but that place is not my home.

I do roast carrots. Courgettes and squash sometimes get roasted but they’re just as good sautéed. Weirdly potatoes are never sautéed. Not sure why. Bad memories of undercooked results before I discovered parboiling

Are you using saute correctly? Cooking vegetables on high heat, with small amount of fat, to get some colour on them?

That's not heating them.

I admit, I actually thought saute'ing vegetables was cooking them slowly in a little fat like what I do with onions before I make a casserole or something (sweat the onions is perhaps a more accurate term).

But neither the correct use of the word nor my incorrect use of the word is a way I would cook most vegetables routinely, no.

i vary the heat depending on the veg. Sometimes they go low and slow with the lid on (splash of water for steam) then a quick flash of heat at the end for flavour. Thats how I cook my broccoli .

But a lot of time I just chuck a bunch of veg on a medium heat a bit of olive oil/garlic and stir until cooked. Lovely!