preslicing
Dividing in advance
Preslicing is cutting something into slices before sale, serving, or use.
Bread, deli meats, and cheese are commonly sold presliced for convenience: presliced ham, presliced bread.
The term also applies to preparing food in advance: I'm preslicing the vegetables for tomorrow's stir-fry.
Cutting into pieces
- dicingCutting into cubes
- mincingAffectedly delicate in manner
- julienneCut into thin strips
- chiffonadeThin-sliced leaf ribbons
cubing · shredding · grating · zesting · peeling · segmenting · filleting · butterflying
Pre-cooking ingredient arrangement
- meal prepAdvance food preparation
- batch cookingCooking in bulk quantities
- marinatingSoaking food in flavored liquid
- stagingPreparing for presentation
portioning · organization · planning · prepping · convenience · assembly
Reducing required duration
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- workflowSequential task progression
- speedRate of motion
- convenienceEase of use
productivity · optimization · systematization · precision · consistency · uniformity · labor-saving · quick-cooking
chopping
Cutting into pieces
chiffonade · cubing · shredding · grating · zesting · peeling · segmenting · filleting · butterflying · quartering
mise en place
Pre-cooking ingredient arrangement
- meal prepAdvance food preparation
- batch cookingCooking in bulk quantities
- marinatingSoaking food in flavored liquid
staging · portioning · organization · planning · prepping · convenience · assembly
time-saving
Reducing required duration
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- workflowSequential task progression
- speedRate of motion
convenience · productivity · optimization · systematization · precision · consistency · uniformity · labor-saving · quick-cooking · even cooking