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Loading... Aug 7, 2024 · Ninja’s Food Chopper is our pick for the best overall food chopper for its simple design and effectiveness. Plus, it’s dishwasher safe so maintenance is easy.
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The Kuhn Rikon Pull Chop 2-Cup Food Chopper snagged our top spot because its unique design that makes for easy, even chopping. If an electric chopper is more your speed, the Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus Food Processornot only makes quick work of chopping small foods from nuts to apples, but can also emulsify your salad dressings and even grind peanut b...
The list above was compiled using data from two separate tests of food choppers that included a total of 13 different models. We used them to chop multiple ingredients, including onions, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, and peanuts, observing evenness of chop size and ease of operation. We tested all the available speeds, modes, and blades for...
Design
There are two main ways a food chopper's blade can work: by spinning or by moving up and down. Spinning blades work much like a food processor, reducing ingredients to smaller and smaller bits the longer they run. This works very quickly but gives you less control. More common in manual choppers, the up-and-down blade lets you chop items into more consistently sized pieces (especially with larger pieces), but you can't chop as much at a time as with rotating blades. Both types of blades also...
Power Source
Many food choppers are manually powered, meaning you have to turn a crank, push a plunger, or pull a cord to operate them. Manual machines are highly portable and usually give you more precise control over chopping texture, but they're also usually smaller and can't handle as much food at a time. An electric food chopper, on the other hand, is pretty much the same thing as a mini food processor. It'll work quickly—at the expense of even chopping—and it often comes with extra blades and attach...
Size and Capacity
Because they're made more for prepping individual ingredients than for putting together entire dishes, food choppers tend to hold less food than food processors. The ones we tested ranged from 1 to 6 cups in capacity, compared to up to 16 cups for a large food processor. A larger bowl obviously lets you chop more at once, but it's at a disadvantage with small amounts and smaller items: A mere handful of garlic cloves or nuts in a huge bowl can easily get caught out of reach of the blades. Wit...
How do you use a food chopper?
Before you put anything in the chopper, you should prep it just as if you were going to chop it using a knife. That means washing produce and removing any stems, peels, or seeds that you don't want to end up in the final product. Depending on your model of chopper, you may also need to slice large items into smaller pieces to get them to fit into the bowl or beneath the blades. After that, it's simply a matter of turning on an electric machine or chopping manually. The longer you chop, the fi...
Is a food chopper the same as a food processor?
Food choppers and food processors both cut ingredients into smaller pieces, and the line between what's a chopper and what's a processor is a little fuzzy. (Some of the machines above could be classified either way, to be honest.) Food choppers are generally smaller, less powerful, and less expensive than food processors, and they don't have as wide a selection of blades and settings. Almost all food processors are electric, while choppers come in both manual and electric styles.
How do you clean a food chopper?
To start with, you read your chopper's manual! Different models have different parts that can and can't go in the dishwasher or be submerged in water. Whether hand-washing or not, it's a good idea to clean (or at least rinse) the blade soon after use, as dried-on food is much harder to remove. If you do end up with bits stuck to the blade or other parts, a quick soak in hot, soapy water before scrubbing can help. With electric machines, you should keep the motor base out of the sink and away...
Donna Currieis a product tester and writer for The Spruce Eats. She's also a prolific food blogger and the author of "Make Ahead Bread," which is aimed at demystifying the art of bread making. Donna loves checking out new kitchen gadgets—she's tested hundreds of products for The Spruce Eats, including eight food choppers for this roundup. The Spruc...
Jan 1, 2024 · The best food processors and choppers from CR’s extensive lab tests include models from Breville, Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Magimix, and Ninja.
May 29, 2024 · A reliable vegetable chopper should be able to safely and effectively cut a variety of fresh produce, from a classic mirepoix soup base of onions, celery, and carrots to diced...
Jan 29, 2023 · Whether you're whipping up the ultimate jalapeño-spiked salsa, garlicky bruschetta, hearty beef goulash, or creamy sour cream and onion dip, a good food chopper can make life a...
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Sep 17, 2024 · We tested the best vegetable choppers from Cuisinart, KitchenAid, and OXO, ranking each manual and electric chopper based on capacity, ergonomics, accessories, and cleanup.
Dec 27, 2023 · The perfect multitasking tool for slicing, dicing, chopping, and more, with a good food processor you’ll always feel like you’ve got an extra pair of hands helping you in the kitchen.
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