CHOPPING GUIDE
FOOD
AMOUNT
COMMENTS
BABY FOOD
Up to 4 cups
Add up to 4 cups cooked vegetables and meat to
bowl, along with 1/2 cup cooking liquid/broth.
Process to reach desired fineness.
BREAD CRUMBS
Up to 10 slices
Break either fresh or dry bread slices into quarters.
Add to bowl and process until finely crumbed.
COOKIE/CRACKER
CRUMBS
Up to 4 cups
Use for crumbing graham crackers, chocolate or
vanilla wafers. Break larger crackers into quarters.
Add to bowl and process until fine.
CRANBERRIES
MINCED
3 cups
Pulse to chop to desired fineness. Can also add
sugar to make cranberry relish.
EGGS, CHOPPED
Up to 3 cups
Peel, dry and halve hard-cooked eggs. Add to
bowl. Pulse to chop, checking fineness after 4-5
pulses.
GARLIC, MINCED
Up to 5
Drop clove(s) down food chute while unit is
running.
MEAT, CHOPPED
(RAW OR COOKED)
Up to 3 cups
Cut meat into 2.5cm cubes. Add to bowl and pulse
to chop.
MUSHROOMS
CHOPPED
Up to 20 medium
Halve large ones and add to bowl. Chop to desired
fineness.
NUTS, CHOPPED
4 cups
Add to Bowl and process to chop.
ONIONS, CHOPPED
Up to 3 large
Quarter, and to bowl. Pulse or 2 times to coarsely
chop. For green onions, cut into 2.5cm pieces and
add up to 3 cups.
PARMESAN OR
ROMANO CHEESE,
GRATED
Up to 1-1/2 cups
Allow cheese to reach room temperature. Cut into
2.5cm cubes. Add to bowl and process to desired
fineness.
PARSLEY, CHOPPED
Up to 2 cups
Add to bowl and pulse to chop to desired fineness,
abort 10-15 seconds Process other herbs in same
manner (basil, mint).
PEPPER, GREEN
CHOPPED
Up to 1 pepper
Cut into 2.5cm pieces. Add to bowl and pulse to
chop.
PIE DOUGH
Up to 2 pie crusts
Follow food processor recipe for 1 of 2 standard
size pie crusts. See One crust standard pie crust
recipe.
SOUPS, PUREED
OR CREAMED
2 cups
Add up to 2 cups hot (not boiling) vegetable soup
for pureeing and creaming. Process to desired
smoothness
SQUASH
(BUTTERNUT)
MASHED
Up to 5 cups,
2.5cm cubes
Add up to 8 cup cooked, drained squash to bowl.
Process to puree. Works for pumpkin and sweet
potatoes, also.
STRAWBERRIES,
PUREED
2 cups
Hull and halve large berries. Add to bowl and
process to chop.
TOMATOES,
CHOPPED
4 medium
Quarter tomatoes. Add up to 4 and pulse to desired
fineness.
