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How To Do The Sauté Snap

Bridget shares the secret for taking a saute pan full of food and flipping it with a flick of the wrist.

Transfer to serving dish, sprinkle with scallions, and serve.

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The sauté snap – taking a sauté pan full of food and flipping it with a flick of the wrist – is a convenient way to get even browning without turning each thing individually. In this clip from the America’s Test Kitchen Cooking School, Bridget Lancaster demonstrates this key technique. Learn more by checking out our Secrets to Sautéing.

About the Author: Amy Scheuerman

Amy is the assistant editor for New Media at America's Test Kitchen. She spent eight years in North Carolina where she developed a love of barbecue and biscuits before moving up north to get a degree in nutrition. When not visiting farms or cooking, Amy enjoys curling up with a book, a local beer, and a bowl of truffle-chili popcorn.

One Comment

  • elljay99

    Julia Child recommended practicing with dry beans in the back yard because until a novice got the ‘snap’ down, food would go everywhere. I always thought that was so charming!

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