What device to use to chop/dice tomatoes?
I make chunky salsa in 2 quart batches. I have terrible knife skills, it takes me way too long to dice the amount of tomatoes needed for a batch. I am looking for a piece of equipment that will chop or dice the tomatoes into appox. 1/4 inch pieces in a quick and efficient manner.
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Working as a cook myself... unless you really like chunky I would go with a blender. Issue with a blender about half the tomatoes will be a purree before you get rid of all the big chunks and if you start cutting up the tomatoes it wont take all that much longer just to dice em..
Blender quick but half will be a purree ? Dicing all of it will be nice even dice but takes longer. Which is more important nice and chunky or speed?
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Use a serrated kitchen knife or a very sharp straight-edged knife for slicing. Place the tomato on its side and cut into evenly spaced slices starting at the stem and ending at the bottom. Take care that the slices are the same thickness.Is there a machine to dice tomatoes?
Fullstar Vegetable Chopper Food Chopper - Tomato Dicer, Onion Chopper, Vegetable Cutter - Food Dicer Chopper with Storage Container & slip-proof mat - Kitchen Tools Onion Dicer (3 Blades)Can you dice tomatoes in a food processor?
A food processor is the perfect appliance to dice tomatoes in less than a minute. You can use the pulse feature to prevent the appliance from making a sauce out of your tomatoes.How do you cut dice for tomatoes?
Gently squeeze out the seeds, using a finger or a small table knife to help empty the chambers. Lay the seeded tomato halves, cut side down, on a cutting board. Holding the serrated knife parallel to the cutting board, cut the tomato halves horizontally into slices that are as thick as you want your dice to be.8 Tomatoes Gadgets put to the Test
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I cut the things in thick slices and put them through a french fry cutter. That gives me nice tomato cubes without much hassle.
Incidentally, the cutter works great on peppers, bell etc, too; nice square bits, little effort; plus of course you can make french fries or cottage fries.
Answer 3
I have something similar to this. The size of the pieces it chops into just depends on how long you run it - the longer you run it, the smaller the pieces.
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