How to Grate Lettuce and Cabbage Like a Restaurant

Lettuce and grated cabbage are used as side dishes in Mexican meals, as a base for coleslaw and in many restaurant specials. Making your own lettuce and shredded cabbage at home is not difficult. You can grate lettuce and cabbage manually, using a grater or a food processor according to the instructions below:

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Handmade Cabbage and Lettuce Grate

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Prepare lettuce or cabbage. Lettuce is often served with Enchiladas and Tostadas shrimp cakes, while green cabbage is used as the main ingredient in many salads.

Remove damaged outer leaves. The outer leaves of lettuce and cabbage are often damaged, while the inner leaves will be fresher.

Place the thick stem and flat side of the salad or cabbage on a cutting board.

Smash the lettuce onto a cutting board in a vertical direction. Imagine there is a nail on the cutting board and you are using the stem of the salad as a hammer. Use the “hammer” to hit the “nail” very hard, so the lettuce body will break. At this point, remove the stem of the lettuce.

Cutting cabbage with this method will not work. It’s much easier if you cut the cabbage in half from top to bottom, then cut off the tough center with a pizza-like cut.

Cut the cabbage in half. Place the core in the center of the cabbage on a cutting board and cut the cabbage into 2 lengths.

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Turn the cabbage to the left by a slight angle (about 5 degrees).

Chop cabbage. Cut only lengthwise and slowly rotate the cabbage until the cut is complete. If you don’t want to cut the long yarn, cut the yarn in half horizontally. Or you can lay the cabbage flat side down on a cutting board and cut into strands of the desired thickness.

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Continue cutting the remaining half of the cabbage.

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Grate Lettuce and Cabbage with the Shaver

Remove the outer leaves of the lettuce or cabbage. Make sure that the lettuce/cabbage is free of bruises or damage.

Cut lettuce or cabbage into 4 portions.

Stand the cheese grater or vegetable grater in a large bowl. This way, the shredded lettuce or cabbage will fall directly into the bowl.

Push the lettuce or cabbage along the body of the grater. Each strand of lettuce or cabbage will fall off.

Continue until the lettuce or cabbage is all shredded. Grate the remaining lettuce or cabbage until a bowl is full.

Grate Lettuce and Cabbage with a Food Blender

Remove the outer leaves of the lettuce or cabbage. Make sure that the lettuce/cabbage is free of bruises or damage.

Cut lettuce or cabbage into 4 portions.

Put a portion of lettuce or cabbage in a blender.

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Select Pulse for a few seconds. Check that the cabbage or lettuce is well ground.

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Continue to grind vigorously until the lettuce/cabbage has the desired texture. Some restaurants often serve salads/shredded cabbage. Continue blending until you get the texture you want, but don’t grind too long to avoid breaking up the lettuce/cabbage.

Remove the lettuce/cabbage from the blender. Place the grated ingredients in a bowl.

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Continue to grate the remaining 3 lettuce/cabbage portions and grate them one at a time.

Advice

Sharpen the knife so that when cutting, the knife does not slip and cut into the hand.

Warning

Be careful when using the cutter. Do not cut too close to your hand and cut too fast if you are not proficient enough.
Do not use a steak knife. Lettuce/cabbage cut with a steak knife won’t be smooth enough.

Things you need

Lettuce/Cabbage
Sharp knife
Chopping board
Planing tools
Food grinder

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