Make Viral Carrot Salad With Ina Garten’s $5 Tool

Carrot ribbon salads are everywhere you look right now, including all over our TikTok feeds. If you want to make your own, the key is to peel thin, even strips. If they never come out quite the way you want them to, we have the solution. For years, Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, has recommended a tool that makes the task easier and more efficient. It’s the Kuhn Rikon Original Swiss Peeler, her favorite vegetable peeler.

We confess our editors love it, too, naming it our best value pick. This budget-friendly vegetable peeler is available in a 3-pack on Amazon for only $16 — that’s just over $5 each. Grab this set now and start making the carrot ribbon salad TikTok can’t get enough of.

Kuhn Rikon 3-Piece Original Swiss Peeler Pack 

The Kuhn Rikon Original Swiss vegetable peeler is a Y-peeler with a shockingly sharp carbon steel blade. During our tests, the wide, horizontal swivel blade made short work of shaving curled garnishes. It’s perfect for achieving those curly ribbons of carrots and ideal for peeling other fruits and vegetables, including potatoes and apples. Plus, there’s a handy potato eye remover on the side. The plastic handle is ergonomic and comfortable to hold for long periods of time.

The peelers come in three different colors (green, yellow, and red), so you can dedicate colors to different types of produce. Each peeler measures 6.25 x 3 inches, making them easy to store in a drawer. They can also be hung up by the hole at the end of the handle to keep them within easy reach. Garten recommends replacing this kitchen tool every year, saying, “Vegetable peelers get rusty, they get dull, and they're very cheap, so you can just throw them out and buy new ones.” Our editors agree. In our tests, we found that these vegetable peelers needed to be washed by hand and dried thoroughly to prevent rust from forming.

The Kuhn Rikon Original Swiss vegetable peeler is shopper-loved for its ease of use, sharpness, and affordability. With these peelers, you can “make the veggie ribbons of your dreams,” wrote one reviewer. “[It’s] easy to maneuver them around what you are peeling,” said a second customer. “You can peel anything in half the time of a traditional peeler.” A third shopper said, “They work just as well as the expensive German tools, but at a fraction of the cost.”

If you find yourself craving a carrot salad (I know I am), grab the Kuhn Rikon 3-piece vegetable peeler set and start making those perfect ribbon-like curls.

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At the time of publishing, the price was $16.