How to cut shredded potatoes?
If you want to cut shredded potatoes, we must first choose a sharp kitchen knife, and there are requirements for the weight. It is better to use it freely when holding it in your hand. If the kitchen knife is heavy, your hands will be sore, especially if it is light, it will easily lead to more effort in cutting. And the knife should be thinner, so it will be more convenient when cutting potatoes.
At the same time, potatoes should also be fresh potatoes with suitable size and smooth surface. First, the potatoes should be peeled and washed. Then we cut the potatoes into thin slices, and we can cut them quickly when we are skilled. Of course, many people are not very skilled. At this time, it is better for us to cut them into thin potato chips one by one, and the thinner the potato chips, the better. At the same time, it is better to cut them as evenly as possible. Moreover, we should arrange each potato chip in the order before cutting, so as to avoid confusion.
After all the potato chips are cut, you can stack them into a long strip on the chopping board and stack them evenly to ensure that the thickness of each place is relatively uniform. Then press the potato chips with your left hand and hold the knife with your right hand to shred the potatoes. For the shredded potatoes, we should put them into clean water in time, so as to avoid oxidation. At this time, the shredded potatoes are cut.
Skills of shredding potatoes
There are still many skills in shredding potatoes. First, when peeling and slicing potatoes, we should slowly cut off the first few slices. When the fifth and sixth slices are reached, we can stick a potato slice on the knife, so that it will be cut more evenly.
When the potato is cut to the middle position, it is easy to stick because the potato itself contains a lot of juice. When we continue to cut, it is easy to get stuck with the knife. At this time, the potatoes can be stacked together, so it is more convenient to cut the shredded potatoes after us.
Moreover, the shredded potatoes cut by hand have a good taste, so it is better to cut the shredded potatoes yourself. At the same time, for the cut potato shreds, we must wash off the starch, that is, soak the potato shreds in cold water, so as to make the taste of the potato shreds more crisp. After blanching the shredded potatoes, be sure to pass cold water immediately, so as to make the shredded potatoes taste more crisp and refreshing.
Nutritional value of potatoes
Potatoes are very nutritious vegetables. There is a lot of starch in potatoes, and protein, B vitamins and vitamin C are very rich, which is good for promoting our gastrointestinal digestion. At the same time, there is a small amount of solanine in potatoes, which can reduce the secretion of gastric juice and help me effectively.