One of the most important skills in the kitchen is how to use a knife. Each week, we introduce the skills necessary to accomplish 1 task in a cleaner, more efficient way. Today we focus on knife skills on how to chop celery.
Chopping celery is such an important part of cooking. It’s how we add crunch to our Waldorf Salad and add flavor to soups. But is there a way to chop celery faster?
Fortunately, there is! Although celery has a curve on one side, the other side is naturally perfectly stable for cutting. Always start with a clean knife, cutting board and a towel.
Let’s go!
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Step by Step Instructions on How to Dice Celery
Step 1: Chop off the top and bottom of the stalk. You can also slice off any leafy off shoots.
Step 2: Starting at the bottom, make 2 slices about 1/3 up the celery stalk. You should end up with 3 evenly sized strands.
Step 3: Chop all of the strands at once
Step 4: Slice most of the stalk in half, making sure to save about 2 inches at the top. You can the two halves to stay connects.
Step 5: Chop the halves together.
Step 6: Holding the remaining celery in between your thumb and pointer fingers, cut what’s left of the celery in half and then slice the 2 halves together. (They will be 2 separate pieces in this step.)
And there you go. Chopped celery in half the time. Now, go enjoy your Waldorf salad.
Now you know how to dice celery like a pro! Leave me a comment and let me know what you learned from this tutorial.
