How to Chop an Onion Quickly and Without Tears: The Secret Is in a Special Cutting Technique

12.09.2023 14:56

It turns out that onions can be chopped in a matter of seconds, and you will no longer have to cry while bending over a cutting board.

To do this, you won’t have to put the spicy vegetable in the freezer or soak it in cold water: this is exactly the advice you often come across on the pages of culinary forums.

It is enough to simply master a special cutting method. And believe me, there is nothing complicated about it.

So, to keep your chopping time to a minimum, all you have to do is not cut the onion half all the way through when making horizontal and vertical cuts.

Thanks to this trick, it will not fall apart into several pieces and will almost instantly turn into cubes.

Onion
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In addition, the knife you will use to perform this “procedure” is of great importance.

Professional chefs recommend using a tool with a blade length of about 11 cm for this purpose.

It can also be used for cutting other small products, such as garlic, tomatoes and peppers.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor