List of culinary knife cuts


There are a number of regular knife cuts that are used in many recipes, each producing a standardized cut piece of food. The two basic shapes are the strip and the cube.

Strip cuts

Pont-neuf; used for fried potatoes, pont-neuf measures from to Batonnet; French for "little stick", the batonnet measures approximately. It is also the starting point for the small dice.Julienne; referred to as the allumette when used on potatoes, the julienne measures approximately. It is also the starting point for the brunoise cut. Fine julienne; measures approximately, and is the starting point for the fine brunoise cut.

Cube cuts

Cuts with six even sides include:Large dice; ; sides measuring approximately Medium dice; ; sides measuring approximately Small dice; ; sides measuring approximately Brunoise; sides measuring approximately Fine brunoise; sides measuring approximately

Other cuts

Other cuts include:Paysanne;
  • Butterflying; is a way of preparing meat, fish, or poultry for cooking by cutting it almost in two, but leaving the two parts connected; it is then often boned and flattened.Lozenge; diamond shape, Fermière; cut lengthwise and then sliced to desired thickness Rondelle; cylindrical vegetables cut to discs of desired thickness Oblique; triangle-shaped cuts made by rolling cylindrical items 180° in between bias cutsTourné; long with seven faces usually with a bulge in the center portionMirepoix; Rough Cut; chopped more or less randomly resulting in a variety of sizes and shapesMincing; very finely divided into uniform pieces
  • Wedges; round vegetables cut equally radially, used on tomato, potato, lemon, cut into four or six pieces or more
Japanese cuts include:'; sliced into thin rectangular strips.
  • ', is the standard cut for most sashimi. Typically this style of cut is the size of a domino and 10 mm thick.', is an extremely thin, diagonally cut slice that is mostly used to cut firm fish, such as bream, whiting, and flounder. The dimensions of this cut are usually 50 mm long and 2 mm wide.
  • ', is the style in which sashimi is cut into small cubes that are 20 mm on each side.', is the style in which the fish is cut into fine strips, less than 2 mm in diameter. The fish typically cut with the ito-zukuri style include garfish and squid.
  • '; round cut, cut into round slices.'; half-moon cut, cut into round slices which are cut in half.
  • '; diagonal cut, cut at a 45-degree angle to make oval slices.'; ginkgo leaf cut, cut into round slices which are cut into quarters.
  • '; small edge cuts into tiny round slices.'; wedge cut or comb cut.
  • '; cut into cubes.'; cut into small cubes.
  • '; cut into small cubes of 5 millimeters in size.'; chunk cut, cut into chunks of 3-4 centimeters in size.
  • '; cut into thin slices.'; diagonal cut into pieces of 1/2 inch in size.
  • '; cut into bite-size pieces.