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- Hi, I'm Jerry James Stone
and in today's video,
I'm gonna show you how to chop scallions for garnish.
Scallions, or sometimes called green onions
are great for this.
That deep green, the bright white,
they just make a really beautiful contrast
to a lot of the dishes that you like to eat.
So, I'm gonna show you
how to make them in a few different ways.
Let's get to it.
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Okay, so the first thing we're gonna do
is the easy one,
which is a simple slice.
It's just a 1/8 inch slice on the scallions.
You can do this for the green parts
or the white parts.
The important part
is this a garnish.
You don't want to use this in cooking.
It's just too fragile for that.
So, that's the main reason why.
(chopping)
Now we're gonna do a julienne cut.
The thing that's really nice
about the julienne cut
is you make a little haystack,
have almost like a birds nest
on top of whatever it is that you're serving
so it's just gonna add a lot
of elegance to whatever it is that you're making.
So it's just a fun cut for that.
So the first thing that we're gonna do
is chop a piece of the green onion,
typically the lighter green part,
about one inch or two inches long.
And then just cut that in half.
You wanna take that cut lengthwise, cut side down.
So you can actually slice off really thin pieces.
It's important if you have it cut side up
it might actually curl up
and you risk cutting yourself
because it is such a small cut.
It's really pretty.
Okay, so the next one that we're gonna do
is called a scallion brush.
This is really fun
because it actually like looks like a little tiny broom.
So you take the white part of the scallion,
like the white and green part,
cut it about two inches long,
then on the end you just cut it,
rotate it, cut it, rotate it and it cut it,
and then you put it in ice water
for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
And that chilled water
will cause the cut part to curl up
and it looks like a, like a little broom.
It's cute.
So like I said you just wanna
take about a one inch, two inch cut,
and then you're just rotating
and making little tiny slices.
So you get kind of like a broom type look to it.
(chopping)
Pop that in some water, ice water,
at least 30 minutes if not longer.
But you can do it overnight.
The thing that's also nice
about this as a garnish too,
by putting it in the ice water
if you're maybe a little sensitive
to the sort of onion flavors,
this will actually reduce that a little bit.
So, you know it makes a nice garnish
but also you can actually lessen the impact
of that onion flavor,
if you have someone who doesn't like it for some reason.
Put it in the water.
And we're just gonna put that in the fridge.
I'm gonna let it go overnight
and you'll see how cool it looks.
And the last one
is these green onion curls.
This is similar to the scallion brush.
Instead of doing the white part,
we're gonna do the green part.
Similar thing.
Just cut off a couple inches.
Cut it lengthwise.
Like lay it down flat, cut side down
and just trim off some slices.
Just cut off those little strips
(chopping)
and then you'll grab those strips,
put them in ice water.
30 minutes or overnight
and they'll curl up too.
And then you got these great little green onion curls
that are great garnish.
They're really lovely
on omelets and stuff like that.
So, those are a couple different ways
that you can make garnishes
out of green onions or scallions,
whatever you prefer to call them.
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