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Different Ways To Cut Onions

How To Properly Cut An Onion – Three Ways To Cut An Onion

When it comes to cooking, onions are found in a lot of recipes.   With that said, it is important to know how to cut them.

There are different ways to cut onions, depending on the recipe you are using.  

Different Types Of Cut Onions:

• Diced onions: This is the most common way to cut an onion. You can cut into large chunks or small pieces. The chopped onions become part of different soups, stews, dressings, and salsas.  Diced onions can be used in so many recipes.
• Sliced onions: Thinly sliced onions or even thinly sliced half-moon onion rings, can be added to sandwiches, made into onion rings, or used in a stir fry.
• Wedge Onions: This is probably the easiest, fastest, and popular way of cutting an onion, which is essentially the beginning steps of slicing an onion. 

Step By Step Onion Cutting Tutorial

• Use a sharp knife. A dull knife will not cut it. Instead of slicing cleaning through the onion, you will be tearing and gnawing through the vegetable.  This has happened to me and the process takes so much longer.
• Cut the onion in half. Alongside, not through, the root.
• Leaving the root (the grassy/furry end) in place helps contain the enzymes that cause tears.  Other tear-prevention strategies include freezing the onion for 20 minutes before cutting or wearing swimming goggles.  This how-to cut an onion without crying.
• Peel off the onion’s skin: leave the root intact.

In order to cut, dice, slice, or cut wedges with half of the onion, you have to lay one-half onion flat on your cutting board.  If you are using half an onion, you can store the half with the root intact in the fridge.

How To Cut Onions: Slicing

• Point the knife towards the root of the onion. Allow your fingers to guide the slicing while your fingers are gripping the onion-like small ball. This is the safest way to chop an onion.
• Slice vertically evenly as close to the root as you can. Space as your recipe instructs you to, either large wedges or thinner slices.
• Cut off the root and discard it.

How To Cut Onions: Dicing

• Lay one-half onion flat on your cutting board. Point the knife towards the root of the onion, and allow your fingers to guide the slicing. Slice vertically evenly as close to the root as you can.  Make sure to grip the onion-like a small ball, keeping the fingers pointed down.
• Start dicing the onion by making horizontal cuts perpendicular to the ones you just made.
• Cut off the root and discard it.
• Now you have properly cut an onion!

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