6 Steps How To Shred Cabbage Easily

In some amazing recipes, a cabbage is one of the main ingredient and it make those foods look tastier. Let’s say in soup, salad, slaw, kraut, tempura, or stir-fry, you will need a cabbage to enrich the flavor or garnish the course. Sadly, many people still don’t know how to shred cabbage rightly. 

They just shredding it nonchalantly, even the stalk is still on it! Ew! Isn’t it a litlle bit, uhm, gross?

For you all amateur home chefs, here’s a tip about how to shred cabbage easily.

What You Need:     1. A Cabbage

                                  2. A sharp knife or chef knife

                                  3. A cutting board

How to shred cabbage:

1. Remove any discoloured and ugly-looking outside leaves. Throw them away, because we don’t need them.

2. Remove bottom of the cabbage. The shredding process will much easier if you remove it.

3. Cut the cabbage into four pieces. Firstly, place the cabbage in cutting board, little press and cut it into half, then cut each half again so you have four wedges now.

4. Remove the stalk in every pieces. Put your hand against the stalk, and slowly cut it while you press the other part down. Make sure you clean it perfectly because this stalk has bitter taste on it.

5. Shred the cabbage. Use the cutting board again, cut wedges to the required size. Slicing along the vertical edge will make longer shreds, slicing along the horizontal will make shorter lengths.

6. Wash the cabbage. Don’t forget to wash the cabbage into pouring water. After that, you can start cooking or keep it in refrigerator. But, use it as soon as possible after shredding to get a better taste and texture.

It is simple and easy, isn’t it? It just take a minute to shredding a cabbage easily, and we bet your food will look more and more delicious.