Zaku-giri (rough chop)

Cutting leafy vegetables roughly into big pieces. The shape doesn’t matter, but keep the size about the same.

👀 At a glance

🔪HowBig, rough pieces

🥬Often forCabbage, napa cabbage

⏱WhyQuick to cut

Stack the leaves

Cut from the end at the width in the recipe

Turn them and cut again at the same width

Curl the fingertips of your holding hand slightly inward and keep them away from the blade
Stacked leaves slide. Hold them down with your whole palm