Hey! Does anyone know how this food chopper performs in terms of dicing 4 - 5 cloves at one time? Does it end up all mashed up, or is it too coarse?
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Is that cloves as in garlic? If so, it chops into pieces and not mashed at all. If you want mashed galic cloves, you'd have to bake first then mash which is what I often do. This chopper makes great salsa which is about all I use it for but worth it as I love homemade salsa.
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Haven't done garlic yet but does a good job on onions if they are cut into small pieces
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This little chopper chops onions for hot dogs, little pickles for relish, garlic that I put into the jars as chooped garlic, and I filled the tub. It's all about how you process it. If you constantly hold the button down and not let up here and there, you will puree anything. A little zing puts the chunk into the chopper.
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That's the one thing I liked about this chopper, it actually chops. When you put an onion in, for example, you'll get little squares left as if you had taken a Chef's knife and chopped it by hand. If you continue to push the pulse button, then you'll get more of a mush than chopped consistency. My other "choppers," Cuisinart and KitchenAid, turn the onion into mush right from the start so I can't use them to "chop" anything. Hope this answer helps!
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You can pulse the unit which gives a chopped feel. If you are looking for something that evenlys chops items you might buy a chopper. I use this to make pico de gallo and it comes out great.
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I've only used the chopping function once to make the soup recipe that it came with.... and that was a few months ago. What I recall, it was like a runny salsa. Sorry I can't be more help.
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This is a great chopper for uncooked veggies. Do bear in mind that it chops these foods into small chunks and the more times you pull the string the finer the chunks become. If you are wanting a shred or thin slices like for scalloped potatoes, etc., this is not the right machine. But if you're looking for "chopped", this is the one.
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I actually went and measured for you. The chopper holds one quart of fluid. I chop 1 to 2 onions at a time, depending on the size of the onion. Works great for chopping, I never used it for anything else. Hope this helps!
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There are actually 4 parts. First you have the "bowl" where the food is chopped. The chopper blade can come out so you can wash it. Then there is a lid that you see that fits on top of the bowl. Last, is the burgundy colored motor that fits on top of the plastic lid covering. You will remove that when you are finished, remove the lid and empty your chopped food. It is super easy to clean. You will love it. I have actually started cooking more because of this little treasure. Good luck.
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To be honest, mine broke after the 4th use. I purchased a new one just recently and will be a little more ginger stuffing carrots to be chopped :-)
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It will do a coarse chop unless you add liquid or oil. But you should know that the blade has a magnetic pin in the base that sometimes falls into the dish where you pour the chopped or puréed food. I made tomato sauce and one of my guests found it in her plate.i hadn't washed the unit immediately after use so I didn't know that the pin had become dislodged. Other mini choppers aren't made like this.
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Hi April, it's a good machine for basic chopping and some blending, some vegetables do need to be chopped into smaller pieces in advance of going in, overall, a pretty good unit for the money, hope that helps!
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I have used spinach and kale. I found that if I chop them up first using my hand chopper from Pampered Chef, it works better. Otherwise, the leaves aren't blended real well. Even then, there is still some texture. I am a newbie, though, and have only been doing it for a few weeks and have no experience with any other similar gadgets.
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You can only cut one clove at a time, I do wish it was larger. I would not give it up, it is a great product.
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I am not entirely sure, all that I know for certain is my wife loves it, her & I both use it all the time, it works very well, seems pretty heavy duty(as far as hand mixers go you know) & we've experienced no problems w/ it. She's had it for close to a year. & I had also bought one for my mother 4-6 months before I got ours & my mom hasn't experienced any problems either. A little advice, if you do get one, when I got the one for my mom I had found two different packages on Amazon. The one only came w/ the chopper head & the other one came with a whisker, a chopper head & an emulsifier head that holds about a pint capacity. I told my mom of the options before I purchased it for her(the prices were the same or the one w/ 3 heads was only a few dollars more), anyway mom wanted the one that only had the chopper, but when my wife decided she wanted one after she saw my mom's, she requested the package w/ 3 heads & I definitely recommend that one also: so smooth mashed potatoes & a little easy to handle emulsifier like that is just great. Hope I was helpful.
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it's great. my wife says it's the best chopper she has ever owned. she says it will chop onions or any other vegetable as fine as you want them.
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Yes it sure can. However, sometimes I find that it does "too good of a job". On things like onion used in a potatoe salad, it comes out more minced than my husband and I like. Sorta ends up mushy and I have to drain the onion juice away from the end product. It might be me though... I prefer to chop onion with a manual chopper. "Carrots, etc?" I love it!!! You will too!! I can't recall the differentiations of this model vs another as I did a comparison with a good share of other models and brands a long while back. it has done a superb job!.... Hope this helps.
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Yes, it chops really fine. I'm not.a ran of a blender except for milkshakes. I use the food chopper for everything else. Be careful not to hold down power button too long though because it will make micro pieces. Powerful little thing.
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It does normal food prep well. I have chopped garlic, onions, shallots, and lots of fruits . I have not tried nuts but I think it does as well as any other processor I have used. I think the key to chopping is timing.