Use the Magic Bullet or just put it on a low speed. Also, don't hold the button down. Just press it for about 3 seconds and see if it's the consistency you want it. If not, just continue to blend in short little spurts. Get the right "food processor" and you'll be on easy street. Use a mandolin. Even the "as seen on TV" unit will deliver clean, uniform cuts with a little practice. A good quality mandolin costs less than any electric unit. The control of the mandolin outstrips the "whopper chopper" every time. My Magic Bullet is collecting dust in the cupboard waiting for the next garage sale....
You can use a knife to chop or dice small things like vegetables or fruit into smaller pieces. Another option is to use a food processor to quickly and easily chop or blend ingredients into smaller bits.
Chop, dice, grate, peel and mash.
To dice something means to chop it up into very small pieces, usually small cubes.
Chop, dice are two possibilities:Chop the onion into small pieces. Dice the meat into small pieces.
It would depend on what you are using the vegetables for; if you are using them in an entree you could chop or dice them, unless they are being used for a garnish then you would shred them. If you are making a salad, then it would be your preference as to how you would cut your vegatables. A recipe would tell you how to prepare your veggies as well.
It can be, yes - as a verb, it means to chop into small pieces, like carrots for a stew. As a noun, it is the plural of die (as in two die is "a pair of dice").
Minced means to chop food such as meat, vegetables or fruit into very small pieces, it is either done with a very sharp knife or more often using a machine with a mincing attachment, diced means to cut meat, vegetables or fruit into small cubes, these cubes can range in size from fine dice (but bigger than minced) to larger dice but no bigger than a mouthful.
Slice, dice
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The difference between using dice and mince when preparing ingredients for a recipe is the size of the pieces. When you dice something, you cut it into small, uniform cubes. When you mince something, you chop it into very small pieces, almost like a paste.
To dice a shallot effectively, start by cutting off the ends and peeling the skin. Then, make vertical cuts lengthwise, followed by horizontal cuts across the shallot. Finally, chop the shallot into small, even pieces.
As long as they are refrigerated, they can last several days. I often chop mine and freeze them in small jars. They last a few months like that.