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How To Chop An Onion

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How To Chop An Onion

This short tutorial gives expert advice on the fine art of chopping an onion into fine, even pieces. VideoJug can't stop your eyes watering but can help you become a professional in onion chopping. This short tutorial gives expert advice on the fine art of chopping an onion into fine, even pieces. VideoJug can't stop your eyes watering but can help you become a professional in onion chopping.

Step 1: Introduction

I’m going to show you an easy way of chopping an onion into fine even pieces.

Step 2: Top & Tails

Place your onion on a chopping board, take a sharp knife and cut the shoot off the top and the root from the bottom.

TOP TIP: To stop yourself from crying when chopping an onion, try wearing swimming goggles. This stops the scent inducing gases from the onion from coming into contact with your eye.

Step 3: Peel The Onion

Remove the dry outer skin, and then peel the paper under skin away with your fingers.

Step 4: Cut

Put the onion, root side down on the chopping board, hold it steady with one hand and with your other slice finely cut across the onion. Do not cut all the way down, Leave about a centimeter at the bottom. The slices need to be held together at this stage.

Step 5: Turn and Cut

Turn the onion on to its side. Grip it carefully holding all the slices together then slice across the onion again. Finely diced pieces will fall away as you do this. Keep going until you reach the unsliced end. You can chop up the remaining centimeter of the onion; use it in stock, sandwiches, also right away.

Step 6: Chopped Onion

TOP TIP: To get rid of any onion smells on your hand rub your fingers over some stainless steel. This really works.

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Tips & Comments
  1. Toniizhiithoo

    just watch this topic: "How to make a How to film"

  2. DonNelson

    Throw away almost 1/3 of the onion? Is eco friendly not an option?

  3. choopie

    Though wearing goggles is laughable and makes the video more interesting all you have to do is run the onion under cold water to keep it from making you tear up. Also the pizza hut commercial and continuous advertising is quite annoying.

  4. shafeeq2009

    awesome, but you can cut the onion into two peices, halfs, and do the same but with the flat face down, on the cutting board, I think you will take advantage of the whole onion. Regarding the onion gasses and you eyes, here is a good way, just after cleaning the onion and before cutting it, put it in a cold water for a minute and then cut, no eyes problem. thank you for the video.

  5. mdias

    i would say maybe: grow up and just chop it without leaving nearly half of it to "throw away".. by the way... if you don't want to wear the goggles, you can try keeping water in your mouth while chopping. I don't know why, but it works. :)

  6. BeautifulQueen82

    Goggles? LOL!!! I recommend everyone to get Slicer Dicer and it works great. I do have one myself and I love it. I use it all the time rather than chop the onions. It saves lot of time and troubles.

  7. djla

    top tip by your self a slicer dicer lol...nice voice

  8. kutiebits

    they must of had the goggles to make you lol

  9. steve fitzsimons

    Chopping onion wearing goggles ok, But try this it works, whilst chopping your onion chew chewing gum presto no tears only for your loved ones, LOL

  10. sunil237

    ok i had to sign up so i could say how bad this is. 1. goggles?? the onion irritates the nose, nothing to do with eyes. this is why biting bread or a silver spoon in the mouth works (both absorb the onion in the air). 2. do not cut the root unless you want to cry. 3. no ammature cook would care how they cut the onion and a pro chef would know how to.