The Clever Apple Slicer Trick We Wish We’d Known About Sooner
An apple slicer is a must-have kitchen tool. It quickly and easily slices and cores apples with little effort on your part. To use it, you press the slicer down over an apple, cutting it into uniform wedges while removing the core in one swift motion. It's especially convenient for making healthy snacks with minimal mess.
Slicing a potato can be very similar to slicing an apple, and it can be frustrating because of its dense, firm texture, which is hard to cut through evenly. Potatoes can roll or slip on the cutting board, and they require extra effort to achieve consistency.
But content creator @alimaffucci just shared a kitchen tip that will be a total game-changer for anyone who has to slice a lot of potatoes—and all you have to do is grab your apple slicer.
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How to Make Potato Wedges With an Apple Slicer
According to Ali, all you need to do is use an apple slicer on your potatoes to get "perfect potato wedges every time."
"Use your apple corer/slicer to make uniform potato wedges! My kids are going to love these “chunky potatoes” made by slicing a russet potato in half and pushing it through an apple corer! It’s as simple as that.," Ali said in her Instagram video.
The apple slicer works the same way on potatoes as it does for your apples. This will make it not only easier to slice your potatoes, but the slices are the same size so they cook evenly. But what about that round core piece? Ali slices it in half so it cooks evenly with the other potato wedges.
"I love this plus I think I’ll try it out when making Thanksgiving mashed potatoes," someone commented on Ali's TikTok video. This is going to make Thanksgiving dinner a lot easier this year!
"My mind is blown! Watch me do this to every potato (sweet, red, russet) in my house," someone else said. This is definitely perfect for sweet potatoes!
"This is genius!! Doing this next time," someone else said and we agree that this is a great hack! "My life has been changed," another person chimed in. We're excited to give it a try!
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