How to Dice an Onion
I usually don't take the time to learn how to do things the "right" way unless I really find that it the "right" way is easier, safer and/or more helpful. Take dicing an onion for instance. Before I took my nutrition cooking lab, I used to dice an onion in such a messy way...pieces would be flying everywhere and they would be all different sizes. Then I learned the real way of dicing an onion and I found it helped me SO much.
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| An onion. Notice the hairy, dull end and the pointier end. |
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| You want to chop off the pointy end and peel off the skin |
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| Slice the onion right down the middle of the hairy end |
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| Place one half of the onion flat side down, and begin making vertical strips, making sure to keep the hairy end intact |
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| More vertical slicing fun |
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| After that, make horizontal cuts across the vertical cuts, creating equal sized diced pieces |
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| Afterwards, use the back of the knife to collect the pieces into the bowl |
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