Topic · Professional Vegetable Cuts
Dicing a Potato
Diced potatoes are used in soups, stews, hash browns, and more. In cooking, the consistency of your vegetable cuts is important as it allows you to achieve a uniform cooking process. Decide how big you want your cubes. For example, for ¼-inch cubes or ½-centimeter, you will have to make each cut with the same size.
Here is how to dice a potato cube of ¼-inch or ½-centimeter square, which is double the size of the brunoise cut:
Once you have the potatoes peeled and washed, carefully cut them in half lengthwise or crosswise and then place them cut side down on the cutting board, so they do not roll around.
Cut each slice into baton shapes of ¼-inch or ½-centimeter wide.
Slice the potato lengthwise into ¼-inch or ½-centimeter slices using a series of parallel cuts.
Using a series of parallel cuts cut the batons into ¼-inch or ½-centimeter cubes.