Kitchen Shears

Kitchen shears are a great addition to any kitchen, no matter how small. It is one of those tools that more and more home cooks are discovering that really saves time and makes short work of some jobs that are hard work for knives. (More on knives here)

New Cooks

Let’s face it, one of the biggest issues for new or lightly schooled home cooks is their knife skills. The thought of trying to hack apart pieces of meat, fish, or even broccoli is enough to scare many into reaching for the local takeout menus.

Leave the knife in the drawer and grab the trusty kitchen shears. You can cut up everything from cookie dough to pizza, boneless chicken, fish, herbs, even broccoli florets, all without endangering life and limb.

More Uses

Anyone that wants to save a good bit of money and enjoying better quality by cutting up their own chicken. The backbone is a real problem for most cooks using a knife. In less than thirty seconds you can cut up both sides of the backbone with good kitchen shears and toss it aside for future use in soups and stocks or discarded. They work equally well cutting up boneless chicken into strips or nuggets.

Another great option is to use kitchen shears to make quick work of herbs, green onions, and large lettuces.

Kitchen shears make light work of pie dough, puff pastry and fresh pasta as well. A versatile with many uses that saves your fingers and expensive knives for another day.

Do Not Use

Do not just grab a pair of scissors from the office supply store. They are designed to cut thin paper. Their blades are thin, do not hold an edge and are hard to keep clean. Sanitation is incredibly important in any kitchen tool with crevices and joints. If you can, pay the extra ten dollars and get genuine kitchen shears. The extra heft and better blades will serve you for years.

Great Options

The simpler the design the better the product as a general rule for most long term tools. fancy multi-blade shears look cool but have thin blades and perform most tasks poorly. The same goes for shears with lots of gadgets attached. Simpler is better, safer, and easier to clean.