Things You'll Need:
- Vegetables
- Cutting Boards
- Sharp Chef's Knives
- Vegetables
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Step 1
Clean your cutting board and knife.
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Step 2
Peel the skin from the vegetable, if necessary, and discard it.
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Step 3
For round vegetables like carrots and potatoes, cut in half lengthwise and lay cut-side down on the cutting board. This will keep the vegetable from rolling.
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Step 4
Cut the vegetable lengthwise into even slices, then stack the slices and cut them into long sticks. (Long vegetables like celery and leeks need only be sliced into sticks.)
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Step 5
Gather the sticks and cut them crosswise into cubes. Make sure to get the cubes as even as you can.
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Step 6
To dice a tomato, cut it in quarters vertically, through the stem. It is not necessary to cut the stem out just yet.
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Step 7
Cut away the inner pulpy part of each tomato quarter, cutting away the stem with it. Discard it or save for another use.
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Step 8
Slice the remaining outer flesh into thin strips, then cut the strips crosswise into a dice.
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Step 9
To dice cucumber, peel the skin with a vegetable peeler and slice the cucumber in half lengthwise.
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Step 10
Using a teaspoon, scrape the seeds and pulpy interior from each half.
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Step 11
Slice into thin strips and then cut crosswise to dice.












Comments
13411 said
on 12/13/2006 This the best instruction on cutting vegetables in cubes. I have searched every where on how to cut a potato in cubes. Thank you.