- Rinse the parsley well in several changes of cold water. Then separate the leaves from the stems.

- Hold the leaves in a pile.

- Then begin slicing using a rocking motion with the knife.

- Continue slicing.

- Then change the direction of the knife and cut at the horizontal.

- Using a rocking motion, cut evenly over the parsley, changing angles as you go.

- Continue rocking back and forth and changing direction to the desired fineness.

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