Willow leaf: Cooking term, refers to cutting food into willow leaf shape, which is generally 5 cm long and 1.5 mm thick, with a sharp end and a wide end. As shown in the figure:

? Cutting method of willow leaves:

? First of all, we should peel the raw materials, remove the tendons and bones from the meat and change it into a shape suitable for slicing. Then, according to different cooking methods and different textures of raw materials, the thickness of slices is different, generally about 4~6 cm long and about 1.5~3 mm thick;

? 1. Slices for soup and cooking should be thinner;

? 2. Slices for cooking can be slightly thicker.

? 3. Soft, brittle and rotten raw materials, such as tofu slices, fish slices and potato chips, need to be thick;

? 4. Hard or tough raw materials, such as beef slices, pork slices, mutton slices, bamboo shoots, etc., can be slightly thinner. ?