Skinning And Chopping Ginger

[natalie8]

I'm starting to do some more cooking, but I'm clued out about how to skin and chop ginger. Can any of you chefs out there give me some tips?

[thaigerd]

For you Nathalie:

Ginger Peeling for Dummies

Sorry, could not resist

Gerd

[cm-happy]

I'm starting to do some more cooking, but I'm clued out about how to skin and chop ginger. Can any of you chefs out there give me some tips?

Thought only Fred Astair could skin & chop Ginger

Oops I'm dating myself.

[natalie8]

Hey, thanks for the replies. I checked out the Allrecipes site and it's very helpful.

And, cm-happy, you're right about Fred Astaire. ;-)

[tutsiwarrior]

after I got the ginger peeled (btw, good one, gerd...) I take a regular coarse grater like you use for carrot salad, impale one end of the ginger nob with a fork and grate away, rotating to get the 'hair' that accumulates when not rotated...you give up a bit to waste but so what...ginger is cheap...

some recipies call for slivvered ginger...a bit OTT if you ask me...

[jayenram]

you give up a bit to waste but so what...ginger is cheap...

I usually buy 5 or 6 'pieces' if I'm intending to include ginger in a dish. I peel the lot and cut the dish's required amount into tiny cubes. The remainder, I coarsely chop and then liquidise with a little water added. Then freeze in a plastic container for future use.

I also do the same with garlic.