Cleaver

Chinese cleavers are generally sold in kitchen specialty stores, mail order catalogs and better department stores. It is important to select a cleaver made from high carbon steel.

Cleaver
The knife used to do most of all cutting in Chinese cooking. Usually a lighter, thinner cleaver is used for slicing and chopping meats and vegetables. The heavier cleaver is used to cut through bone.
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cleaver - a versatile tool for cutting meats (why pay for expensive chicken parts, when you can do the cutting yourself). You can also use the cleaver to scrape dough boards and use the flat side to tenderize meat.

Cleaver - An ax-like cutting tool used for a multitude of tasks. A good cleaver has a well balanced weight and can easily cut through bone as well as chopping vegetables.

Cleaver: a hatchet-shaped knife used for cutting bone or for chopping.
Cloves: flower bud of the clove tree. Air-dried unopened flower bud, dark brown. Woody and bitter, warm taste.
Coagulate: to gather together into a thickened mass.

Cleaver:
A heavy, versatile knife with a large rectangular blade; used for cutting through bone, chopping and trimming. The flat edge can be used to crush herbs and garlic. Also known as a butcher's or Chinese cleaver.

Chicken, cutting a cooked chicken Chinese style: divide in half down the centre with a sharp cleaver. Place each half, cut side down, on a heavy wooden chopping board and chop crossways into strips.

We're well into the millennium, so there's no need to keep up that June Cleaver 1950s kitchen mentality. In my personal and completely biased opinion, anyone who's old enough to feed himself is perfectly capable of helping out with the cleanup.

Crack these lightly with the back of a cleaver to break through the hard shell.
This makes it easier to eat the crab meat. Chop down centre of crab to separate body into 2 halves.
Cut each half evenly into 3 pieces.
Cut shallots into 3cm lengths.

If even your cleaver is having trouble, just stick the entire squash in the oven and bake it for an hour or so until it’s softened to a consistency you like. The whole-baking method takes longer but makes removing the squash flesh much easier.

To maximize flavor from chopped Basil, first place it in a ziploc bag, and then pound it with the flat of cleaver or a meat tenderizer. Pound until the leaves appear wet, and then proceed to chopping.

"Cutting Boards of Plastic and Wood Contaminated Experimentally with Bacteria". Journal of Food Protection 57 (1): 16-22.
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When shopping for garlic, look for firm bulbs without any dampness and no dark or broken spots on the skin. Store in a cool, dry place (not the refrigerator). When it comes time to cook, use the side of a knife or cleaver to smash the garlic - this ...

Another method is to hold the fresh coconut in the middle of your palm; place a bowl beneath your hand to catch the liquid; then hit the coconut with the back or blunt side of a cleaver (DO NOT USE THE SHARP SIDE) until it cracks in half.

Nakiri-botcho is an elongated 8-inch Japanese cleaver type knife used to cut produce.
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See also: Cooking, Vegetable, Knife, Slice, Chicken