knife skills
Chopping and slicing
Knife skills are the techniques for handling kitchen knives safely and efficiently—how to grip, how to guide with the non-cutting hand, how to slice, dice, mince, and julienne.
Culinary students spend considerable time developing knife skills before moving to actual cooking.
Her knife skills were impressive—she could brunoise an onion in under a minute.
- choppingCutting into pieces
- dicingCutting into cubes
- mincingAffectedly delicate in manner
- julienneCut into thin strips
- slicingCutting into portions
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