An Easier Way to Cut Shallots and Garlic? | Techniquely with Lan Lam
The easiest, best way to cut shallots and garlic? Lan shows you her favorite technique.
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I've always hated bolster knives and now I have yet another reason.
Fantastic video! Looking forward to messing this up later!
I like her she is so sweet ❤
It’s Lan’s world, and we’re all just living in it. ❤
I’m totally going to try this for the next time I cook with garlic.
Lan you are just so amazing!
Can you use the same technique with using a cleaver?
I really have to get a better knife 😕
This is much better than what I do and directly grab the back of the blade with my fingers to get more precision.
Does anyone know what knife that is?
Thank you! I love chopping, but I find that shallots and garlic get away from me (and fall apart) too often. Anxious to try this!
Just use a Slap Chop.
Great video Lan
Good advice.
I'm mystified by how easily they can perform the horizontal cuts. When I dice an onion, I can't get my knife to glide through it as easily as I see them do it and that's even after I've spent 10 minutes or running it through my sharpening wheels. The vertical cuts are easier but the horizontal ones not as much. Plus I'm a bit leery about where to hold the onion for the horizontal ones. Holding it on top, it slips. Holding the root, I don't want the knife to go too far and slice my hand. So I cheat and cut the onion into 1/4s. I cut vertically then rotate 90-degrees laying it on the other face and cut vertically again. Like she did with the garlic.
That is a great technique. I still dint kno why you make the horizontal cuts. The rings of the onyo are going to cause separation. 🤷♀️
😮😳🤯
she is so good
Yooo, this is galaxy brain! I've gotta try this!
Legit 🤯🤯🤯
Neat! …but I love my bolster, it has saved me from many a nick when sloppily picking up my knife. 😉
Wow Lan delivers the goods as always! Such a good idea! Always bought cheap bolstered knives that sharpen nicely so time to up my knife game! Good lerd we don't deserve our queen Lan!
As Jonathan Davis would say, "Thuck yeah!"
Isn't that what smaller knives are for?
Cooking will never be the same again after this video
But what do you do if your knife does have a bolster?
I love everyone at ATK but Madam Lan Lam is my favorite. I can listen to your advice all day. This was amazing. Thank you for all you do!
Or you can use a smaller knife…
Brilliant tip! Love Lan. ❤