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How to cut potatoes with a knife and special tools
Potatoes are one of the most popular products in our country. It can be used to prepare many delicious, simple and hearty dishes.
To prepare such dishes, you should know how to properly cut potatoes. The appearance and taste of the finished dish depend on this.
How to cut potatoes? Depends on the dish!
How to cut potatoes for frying, cooking, baking
For frying, potatoes are usually cut into strips. To do this, each potato is cut into ovals 1 cm thick, and then each oval is cut lengthwise.
Slices are best for baking. It is very simple to make them: the potatoes need to be cut lengthwise into four parts. But potatoes will cook the fastest if you cut them into cubes. You don’t need to make them too small.
How to cut potatoes using special tools
There are the following devices for cutting potatoes:
- slicer. Suitable for cutting potatoes and other vegetables;
- device for cutting French fries. Quickly and neatly makes potato strips;
- a device for curly slicing, for example, in the form of wavy slices or spirals.
All of them significantly speed up the cutting process. Master the described types of cutting potatoes and prepare new dishes.
Well, if you cook potatoes very often, get one of the cutting tools.