vegetable prep
Cutting before cooking
Vegetable prep is the work of washing, peeling, chopping, and otherwise preparing vegetables before cooking.
In professional kitchens, prep work is often assigned to junior staff: She spent her first year doing vegetable prep.
The phrase also appears as a modifier: vegetable prep station, vegetable prep knife.
- knife skillsCutting proficiency with blades
- chopQuick forceful slice
- rough chopUneven culinary cutting
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- minceCut into fragments
peel · slice · julienne · blanch · ice bath · cold water · wash · trim · core · seed · grate · shred · rinse · cutting board · knife · scrub · steam · parboil
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