How to Cut and Onion

How to Cut and Onion



Cutting and onion in the correct shape for cooking can be difficult. when our sobbing like you just broke up with your sweetheart. luckily these are some good tips that you can use to cut an onion the right way to produce a beautiful product.

Slice

• Turn the onion so that the tapered end (top side) sites on your right
• Chop off the right end and left ends (this is a vertical cut)
• Set the Onion on one of the flat side and cut in half
• Take one half and set on the big side so that it arches upward. make cuts about 1/4 inch apart starting from the right then repeat on the other half
• Separate the layers into slices

Mince

• Cut the root end of the onion off
• From the top cut the onion in half
• Remove the outer skin
• With the pointed end of the knife towards you slice as finely as possible
• Turn the pointed end of your knife to your left and slice cross ways.

Dice

• Cut the onion in half lengthwise so that the knife cuts through the tip and the root not across the middle
• Cut off the tip and root ends and discard
• Peel the onion so that the outer skin if completely removed
• place the onion flat side down
• Using a large sharp knife cut the onion lengthwise. Make several parallel cuts along one axis. You will be cutting in the same direction you originally cut the onion in half. If you want the dice to be smaller make more cuts, for larger dice make fewer cuts
• In the same direction cut the onion in half, instead of cutting in and up/down motion, turn the knife on its side and cut from right to left
• now cutting from the top of the onion down cut into small squares.
• Now repeat these steps on the other half of the onion