How to Large Dice

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Watch more Food Preparation Tips, Tricks Techniques videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/99-How-... • This technique has nothing to do with the large fuzzy dice found in souped-up muscle cars; it has everything to do with the large diced veggies found in souped-up soups. • Step 1: Wash peel • Wash and peel the vegetable, if necessary. • Step 2: Grasp knife • Grasp the knife in your dominant hand, holding the handle close to the blade with three fingers: your middle, ring, and pinkie. Curl your forefinger around one side of the blade while holding your thumb on the opposite side. • Step 3: Hold vegetable • With your non-knife-wielding hand, hold the vegetable firmly on the cutting board close to the area you will cut. • Tip • Curl your fingers so that the tips are firmly planted on the vegetable and the knuckles point outward—in the food world, this is called the 'claw grip.' • Step 4: Cut off ends • Cut off the ends of the vegetable. • Step 5: Cut off sides • Cut off the sides of the vegetable. It should now resemble a block with 4 long flat surfaces—this will make it easier to cut uniform pieces. • Step 6: Slice lengthwise • For a large dice cut, you are aiming to make dice, or cubes, that are ¾ inch on every side. Begin by slicing the vegetable lengthwise into uniform slabs ¾ inch wide. • Tip • Keep the point of the knife on the board and use a steady rocking motion to slice—not saw—the vegetable with the full length of the blade. • Step 7: Stack cut slabs • Stack the slabs on top of each other and again cut them lengthwise into ¾ inch wide sticks. • Step 8: Make crosscuts • Line up the pile of sticks, and make ¾ inch crosscuts along their length, creating ¾ inch cubes. What you do with them is up to you, but we don’t recommend hanging them from your rearview mirror. • Did You Know? • A finished large dice cut vegetable is the same size as a standard gaming die—3/4' by 3/4' by 3/4'.

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