Thinly Sliced - Kikkoman Corporation

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  • Cucumbers - thinly sliced
  • Ginger - thinly sliced
  • Onions - thinly sliced
  • Eggplants - thinly sliced
  • Garlic - thinly sliced
  • Japanese long onion - thinly sliced

Cucumbers - thinly sliced

Cut the cucumber vertically in half, and then thinly slice cut-side down at an angle from end to end.

Ginger - thinly sliced

Peel the skin of the ginger knob, and then thinly slice it from end to end.

Onions - thinly sliced

[Thinly sliced along the grain]Cut the onion with its outer skin removed vertically in two. Then insert the knife in a V-shape to remove the stems, and thinly slice cut-side down vertically along the grain from end to end. This cutting method is often used for sauteing or boiling.

[Thinly sliced against the grain]Cut the onion with its outer skin removed vertically in two. Then insert the knife in a V-shape to remove the stems, and thinly slice cut-side down at right angles to the grain from end to end. This cutting method is recommended for raw consumption.

Eggplants - thinly sliced

Remove the stem of the eggplant. Then cut vertically into two, and slice thinly at an angle from end to end.

Garlic - thinly sliced

Cut the garlic clove with the skin removed vertically in two. Then use the heel of the knife to remove the core and thinly slice.

Japanese long onion - thinly sliced

Remove the roots of the Japanese long onion. Then thinly slice up diagonally from end to end.

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