7 ways to beautifully cut potatoes for any dish

Do you want to learn how to beautifully cut potatoes like chefs do? To do this, you don’t have to buy special tools, all you need is a sharp knife and a little patience!
There are seven basic cutting methods for the most popular dishes: slices (french fries), wedges (country-style potatoes), slices, wave slices and cubes - large, medium and small.

Will need

Materials used:

potatoes (it is better to choose smooth, medium-sized oblong-shaped tubers);
a sharp knife (it’s better to take a large, wide one);
knife for cutting waves (ribbed plate with a sharp edge);
cutting board.

Other utensils as desired:

potato peeler (you can use a knife);
bowl of water;
napkin.

Preparation

Peel the potatoes and place the tubers in a bowl of water to release the starch.
Advice! You can take hot water, this will reduce the cooking time!

Process

Next, take a wide sharp knife, a cutting board, a potato tuber and start slicing!

1. Sticks (french fries)

Cut the tuber into slices lengthwise 1 cm thick,

stack the plates and cut them lengthwise again,

to make long bars.

Advice! Trim the tuber so that it is roughly rectangular in shape for ease of slicing and so that the resulting slices are the same size.

2. Wedges (country-style potatoes)

Cut the tuber lengthwise into two halves,

then, each half again into two parts lengthwise,

then again, holding the knife at a slight angle.

By the way! You can divide it into halves until you get the desired thickness of the wedge.

3. Records

Slightly trim the base of the tuber so that it does not roll, and cut into slices of the desired thickness.

Important! Try to hold the knife evenly along the horizon, without “pecking” with the tip, and work with the knife evenly so that the thickness of the plate is the same along all edges.

4. Cubes. 5. Medium cubes. 6. big cubes.

The idea of cutting, as for potato slices (french fries),

then cut the bars crosswise.

Advice! Play with the thickness of the slab to get large, medium or small cubes.

7. Wavy Potatoes

Cut the potatoes with a special knife into plates of the required thickness,

then cut each plate with the same knife into small blocks.

This way, each side of the block will have a beautiful wavy surface.

By the way! Cutting methods can be combined, for example, making a wavy edge on plates or slices for fries.
Cook like a chef, beautifully cutting potatoes for each dish in a special way!
Follow safety precautions, take your time when working with a knife, be careful and attentive!