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Sticks, wedges, circles, slices or cubes: here's how to cut potatoes the right way
03.12.2024 05:20
There are many ways to cut potatoes.
The tubers can be turned into a collection of circles, wedges or bars.
You can also cut the vegetable into cubes or slices.
But which of these options is correct?
The expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, chef, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova emphasizes: everything depends on the final goal.
It is necessary to take into account what kind of dish is being prepared.
Potatoes for soup
If you plan to make potatoes an ingredient in the first course, then the nightshade should be cut into cubes.
If the goal is to make a rich soup, then the tuber should be cut into slices.
It is also acceptable to cut the vegetable into strips.
Fried potatoes
If you plan to put the chopped vegetable in a preheated frying pan, it is better to turn the nightshade into a set of sticks, slices, wedges or 2-3 mm circles.
French fries
Traditionally, this dish is presented in the form of bars. However, it can also be cut into slices.
Baked Potatoes
Ideal cutting options for this case are: wedges, slices, bars.
Stewed potatoes
Before stewing, it is advisable to cut the vegetable into strips.
Salad
Want to make Olivier or potato salad? Then cut the tubers into cubes.
And it is desirable that the resulting pieces roughly correspond in size to the pieces of other ingredients.
Meat in French
To prepare this dish you need potatoes cut into slices.
For reference
Potato is a species of perennial tuberous herbaceous plant of the genus Solanum of the Solanaceae family.
