How to cut Chinese cabbage?

Despite the relatively recent appearance of Peking cabbage on the Russian market, this vegetable has managed to win immense popularity among domestic housewives. It comes as an excellent ingredient for salads, appetizers and second dishes of Asian cuisine. Most often, cabbage is bought in the winter, when the lack of vitamins is felt particularly acutely. The juiciness of the vegetable and its delicate taste are even to those who do not like cabbage very much. However, most housewives do not know how to cut the "foot" correctly, and the taste of the whole dish depends on the right method. In this article we will look at several options for slicing Petsay and talk a little about the beneficial properties of vegetables.

Petsay has a huge amount of vitamins and is incredibly useful for the body. Vegetable is saturated with ascorbic acid, fiber, minerals, proteins and vitamin C. In addition to salads, it can be used as an ingredient for soups, main courses, and also starters. The low calorie content of the product, which is only 15 calories per 100 grams, was liked by most women, because everyone wants to eat not only tasty, but also useful without harm to the figure. By the way, the caloric content of the white analogue is 30 kcal.

Tender pulp is cooked quickly, regardless of the type of dish. Boil, fry or stew the product should be no more than two or three minutes, as this ensures the safety of vitamins and minerals inside the vegetable.

First of all, you should prepare everything necessary for cutting the vegetable: a cutting board, a large, sharp knife, a kitchen towel and a bowl of water must be used during the cutting process. Cabbage should be washed, while holding the base up, and then dry with a towel.

It is not recommended to wash the petsai, completely putting it inside a deep bowl filled with water, as it can absorb too much liquid. Be sure to remove the top three sheets, since they are usually faded and polluted. After that, five centimeters of the lower end of the head of the cab are cut off and thrown away.

There are several methods of cutting "peking", the choice depends on the dish to be cooked.

To prepare pickles from pets, ready forks are cut in half first, and then each half is cut into two more pieces. This results in four pieces, optimal in size and shape, for salinization.

This dish came to us from South Korea, its peculiarity lies in the spicy and spicy taste, achieved by fermenting Chinese cabbage in a special brine. Petsay in this case is cut as follows: head should be rinsed with a cut-off point upwards so that the water passes through the vegetable and does not remain anywhere between the leaves. This prevents the watery dishes. Then forks shaken off and dried with a towel: paper or regular kitchen.

Cabbage is placed on the board and cut along the vegetable, not reaching the leaves, which are divided by hand into two parts, which will ensure the safety of the leaves. Then the process is repeated with each of the halves, as a result of which four equal parts are obtained, which are kept in a special composition, and then are seasoned with a hot pepper garlic mass.

Everyone knows the recipe for this dish, the main ingredient of which are lettuce leaves, but when replacing this ingredient, we feed, the salad becomes juicy and drastically changes the taste for the better. There are two ways to cut Chinese cabbage for this salad.

For a classic type of Caesar salad, professional chefs recommend slicing larger sheets. After rinsing, drying and cleaning from the top of the wilted layer, you should put the head of cabbage on a cutting board and cut off the upper ends of the leaves. For work, you should use a well-sharpened, long knife. Next, the cabbage must be disassembled into separate leaves, rinse them additionally and then shake off.

For salad, only the green part of Peking cabbage is required, therefore, from each leaflet, it is necessary to cut off the lower white part, while holding the vegetable diagonally. Unnecessary part can be either thrown away or supplemented with other dishes. When the leaves are ready, each is cut into pieces, three or Chester, depending on the size and the final result.

This method is optimal not only for Caesar salad, but also for other species. This will make a dish with a mild flavor and crispy filling. Ready for cutting heads of Chinese cabbage is laid on the board and cut in half along the growth of the leaves. Next, one of the parts is cut into strips with a width of two centimeters along the body. Then the petsay is cut into strips with a similar width, but already across the length. In this way, neatly cut cubes are obtained, ideal for any salad.

Another popular way of slicing Chinese cabbage for salads or appetizers is the option applied to leafy salads such as romen or iceberg. Beijing cabbage leaves need only be torn with your hands into small pieces.

Shredder is the best option for cutting any type of vegetable. This method makes it possible to obtain straws of any thickness and length. Thinly chopped Beijing cabbage will be an ideal component for salads, thicker strips perfectly complement soups and hot dishes. There are several options shredded Pets.

Already washed and dried cabbage is laid on a cutting board, where it is cut into two parts. Next, one of the halves shredded across a thin straw. To get a long straw, it is recommended to cut the vegetable diagonally. Thus, a long and beautiful straw is obtained that will decorate any salad.

This option is perfect for recipes with heat treatment of pets, for example, soups or main dishes. To begin to cut off the upper part of the leaves, which are already slightly summed up. Then the head is cut into two parts, each of which is also divided by a knife in half exactly in the center. Holding the vegetable on one side with a sharp knife, we begin to shred it with a large straw on the other.

The fastest method of slicing Chinese cabbage is shredding using electric kitchen appliances: a blender, a vegetable cutter, food processors with a special attachment. To use these gadgets, petsay should be cut into small pieces that can fit in the loading hole. In the assembled unit is installed disc for chopping vegetables to the selected thickness.

Ready pieces of vegetable are inserted into the inside of the device and clamp the petsay with the pusher so that it passes through the rotating shredder drum. The output is perfectly chopped Beijing cabbage.

So, we have considered the main ways of cutting Chinese cabbage, which will definitely come in handy in the kitchen.

Ways of cutting Chinese cabbage are clearly demonstrated in the following video.