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Kitchen Tip: How to Quickly Chiffonade Fresh Herbs
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The following Kitchen Tip is a guest post by Naomi of Bakers Royale. Welcome Naomi!
I have to admit, I have a tendency to be impatient especially when it to chopping, dicing or making a chiffonade of herbs. The food processor is a great shortcut for the first two, but it doesn’t works so well on the later.
The blade of the food processor tends to tear and mangle the herbs rather than creating the long, thin ribbons associated with chiffonade herbs.
Now of course you can always use a knife, but unless you have Tyler Florence speed with chopping you can achieve a pile of chiffonade herbs in half the time with a pair of scissors.
3 Easy Steps to Quickly Chiffonade Herbs
- Wash and pat dry the fresh herbs.
- Cut the stems off of the herbs and discard. Then stack the leaves one on top of another.
- Roll the stacked herbs vertically and cut length wise to create long thin ribbons.
And you’re done!
Thanks, Naomi, for sharing this great tip with us! Now you have me craving fresh herbs. I especially can’t wait until it is warm enough to plant some basil in the backyard!
Delicious Recipes Featuring Fresh Herbs
- Apple Pecan Stuffed Squash
- Caprese Pizza on Garlic Focaccia Crust
- Chicken Marsala with Sage and Thyme
- Greek Lemon Oregano Chicken Skillet Dinner
- No-Bake Grilled Vegetable Lasagna
- Seared Filet with Mixed-Herb Gremolata
Naomi Robinson, wife and mother of one, blogs at Baker’s Royale where she shares her baking creations, what inspires her and anything drool-worthy enough to repeat over and over.Without formal training in the art of baking, She’s armed herself with an abundant reserve of passion and determination for baking and creating. Naomi lives by the motto: you don’t have to be the best—you just have to be your best.
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About the Author:
Katie’s lifelong interest in cooking good food has shown her that part of the goodness in life is enjoying delicious food with friends and family. She is: Writer. Photographer. Recipe Developer. Website Founder. Lover of all things good in life. Wife & Mom. A mix of great recipes, family memories, and yummy photography is what Katie serves up each week at GoodLife Eats™. Katie resides in Colorado with her husband and two children.
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Hello! I'm Katie Goodman, author of GoodLife Eats Etc. where I share what I find in my life. A mix of great recipes, family memories, adventures, good reads, and anything else that I love is what you will discover here.
Using scissors to chiffonade is a great tip, it makes it easy to do it right over your dish and not have to dirty a separate cutting board.
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Awesome tips and pics!!
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What a great tip! I love this!!!
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Wonderful tip! Can’t wait to practice it!
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Love this tip! I love using fresh herbs!
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Using a scissors to cut herbs is one of my greatest joys in the kitchen! It’s so quick and easy, and the end result is beautiful.
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I LOVE using scissors in the kitchen! Beautiful photo, too!
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Thanks for this post. It will really help me with my cooking.
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Yummy!!! just one look and you’ll be starving even it’s a picture!!!
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Love your tips! I always use my kitchen scissors for my fresh herbs. Thanks for sharing!
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Such a great tip! I love how easy it is to snip herbs into a dish with kitchen scissors… Perfect for garnishing right before I take photos!
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I love using scissors for herbs. . . I’m all about “easy” and “snip snip” is as easy as it gets. You don’t even need to get a cutting board dirty.
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