stekt

Stekt is the past participle of the verb steka (to fry) in Swedish and Norwegian, where it is used as an adjective to indicate that food has been fried. The form is typically spelled stekt in Swedish and Norwegian, while Danish uses the equivalent stegt. The term is common in recipes, menus, and cooking instructions to designate a fried preparation, usually pan-frying or shallow frying in oil or fat.

In usage, stekt can function both as a participle and as an adjective: "Köttet är stekt" (the meat is fried), "stekt potet" (fried potatoes), or "stekt lax" (fried salmon). It is most often applied to meat, fish, and vegetables prepared by frying, but may also describe other foods that have undergone frying as part of their preparation.

Notes on linguistic scope: the primary contemporary meaning of stekt in Swedish and Norwegian is culinary. In a broader historical or dialectal sense, forms related to the verb steka can appear in other contexts, but in modern standard Scandinavian usage stekt almost exclusively refers to fried food.

See also: frying, pan-frying, fried foods, and related cooking techniques.