Do I really need a nakiri?
Your nakiri can also be every bit as useful as your chef’s knife. They can tackle little jobs like mincing garlic and chopping herbs, but they can also get stuck into a big leafy pile of kale or a 5lb cabbage and hold their own. If you’re vegan and only cut veggies, this is the knife you need.
What is another name for a Santoku knife?
A type of knife commonly used to prepare ingredients for Asian food dishes. This knife, which is also known as an Asian cook’s or chef’s knife, is very similar to a traditional chef’s knife with a wide blade that has a long straight edge curving up slightly at the end.
Can I use a nakiri knife to cut meat?
The flatness of the Nakiri’s blade means you can cut all the way through to the cutting board, without the rocking motion. The Nakiri also has a thinner blade, so it should not be used for tougher cuts, like butchering meat or cutting through thick vegetables.
Can you cut meat with a Nakiri knife?
The Nakiri knife is a Japanese-style knife mainly used to chop, mince and slice vegetables. It can also be used on fruits. It has a broad, straight-edged blade with a square tip, and can be confused for a mini Chinese Cleaver, but it is thinner and lighter. It also can’t be used to cut hard materials like meat bones.
How do you clean a Nakiri knife?
There is a small set of instructions in the box that pretty much just say “wipe a small amount of vegetable oil on the blade if not using for a few days”. I’ve only used it a few times and have done that after using it each time and putting it away.
What are Santoku knives for?
A Santoku knife is used to cut, slice, chop, mince and dice. It works well for slicing items such as cheese, ham and tomatoes, chopping vegetables, and dicing onions.
What is a Santoku knife?
A Santoku knife or Santoku Bocho is a Japanese style knife that literally means “Three Virtues”. In view of its uses, the three virtues of a Santoku knife are “meat, fish, and vegetables” however it is also popularly referring to the three main functions of a knife, “chopping, slicing, and dicing”.
What is a partoku knife?
A santoku knife may be as long as eight inches or as short as five inches. The smaller knife in the photo is a small santoku but is sold by Chicago Cutlery under the trade name Partoku. It is a cross between a santoku and the Western paring knife but actually works as an all-purpose knife.