Cut Like a Chef: Essential Knife Skills

[Music] hey you are you looking to get better at cooking well here are the essential knife skills that you will want to master this is how to cut like a chef let's start with how to hold your knife make sure you choke up on the handle wrapping your fingers around it and use your thumb and pointer finger to hinch the blade this might feel awkward in your hand at first but give it time and give it practice next focus on perfecting the claw technique with your non-dominant or guiding hand bend your fingers to ensure none protrude while cutting also allowing the claw to securely hold the ingredient in place during the cut the last thing to do is to practice and be careful remember speed comes with practice and before too long you'll be cutting like a chef now that we know how to effectively use her knife let's learn about some of the most versatile and common cuts that you'll see let's start with a dice there are three different sizes es in a dice which are small medium and large all three variations of the cut are fundamentally the same and it's just about how much space you give between your Cuts start with cutting off the sides of your ingredient then cut it into planks cut your planks into long sticks like a Julian or a baton cut before cutting them into small cubes and that's it a dice is the perfect way to get all your ingredients the same size and ready for cooking next let's talk about the brunoa Baton and Julian Cuts now I wanted to introduce these Cuts after the dice because if you know how to do a dice then you already know how to do all three of these cuts to achieve a batet or a Julianne simply recreate the steps used for a small dice with the only difference being a smaller size for the Julian stop after completing the match stick or french fry cuts and that's it the Baton represents a french fry style cut while while the Julian mirrors the matchick form and if you decide to take your Julian cut one step further like you would a dice then you get your brunoa the last cut that I want to show you is the shiffon OD cut a shiffon OD cut is a technique that aims to cut our leafy greens like lettuce or basil into little ribbons take your ingredient roll it in on itself tightly and then slice it leaving only an inch or less between your cuts the shiut is a perfect way to cut up your garnish or to add style to your salad or taco mixtures with Precision Cuts Like These make sure to be careful but with practice and dedication your food will look stunning and you'll soon be cutting like a chef if you want to learn more about cooking your gardening go check out the community teaching kitchen Channel and if you want a part two of cut like a chef where we will go over some of the more obscure cuts and culinary practices give us a like and a comment down below thanks again and see you next time and

Channel: Providence Community Teaching Kitchen

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Length: 3min 0sec (180 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 09 2024