Cut ingredients to similar sizes so they cook evenly
Keep pieces roughly the same size so they finish cooking at the same time.
When prepping vegetables (or other ingredients), aim for uniform size. Larger pieces take longer, so matching sizes improves even doneness and reduces over/undercooked pieces.
The short version
- Uniform size = uniform doneness.
- Mixing big and small pieces leads to uneven cooking.
What goes wrong
Cutting a mix of large and small pieces and getting uneven doneness
Trim/cut to a consistent size before cooking.
Why it works
Heat penetrates smaller pieces faster; uniform size standardizes cook time across the batch.
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