How to Cut an Onion 6 Different Ways
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Cutting an onion is one of the most fundamental culinary basic techniques, so learn these foolproof procedures for perfect cut onions every time.
Learning how to cut an onion takes a lot of practice to perfect it. The best news is, onions are one of the most common ingredients used in recipes, so there should be plenty of opportunities for practice.
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for home cooks, if you keep the onion attached to the root on either side it will not bleed as badly, reducing tears
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Also, keeping the root on will help keep the onion together for slicing. But if you want to avoid tears all together, get some swimming goggles.
Not true, if you cry while cutting an onion your knife is dull. Sharp knife = no tears
exactly, i always avoid cutting the root
Put it into freezer for 15 minutes before cutting
Love that you showed us some basic fundamentals of cutting! Thanks!
This may sound crazy and it certainly looks weird, but I've mastered the "onions tears '" !!!! Yep i just wear my pool goggles when I cut my onions and I never shed a tear.It works perfect ! ......your welome ! 😄
How did the algorithm know how much I need this? Just yesterday I spent 30 minutes on one red onion. I messed it up so bad!
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It happens
Practice makes u perfect keep trying
The worse. You just want cut onions, but they choose violence! 😂
For those who are home cooks
Or if you're just cooking
If possible While you're prepping your food, put your onions in the refrigerator At least 20 to 25 minutes Beforehand You may be able to go a little bit less
After working in kitchens And cutting up those Eye burners
It really helps 🎉❤
Im loving all of your videos!
I cannot decide on a good chef's knife. I'm using a vintage set of knives that work but I really want to step up.
Any recommendations?
Handy video but I'd challenge your instruction to cut off the root end when dicing. Based on my own experience as well (as watching several other UA-cam Chefs) it really helps keeping it on to stop the onion bleeding (helping with crying) as well as keeping it much more stable while you do you horizontal slices before dicing
While I agree it can help a little bit, it also helps to hold the onion in place when slicing it.
I agree. When i retired, I gifted myself a week at the Culinary Institute of America to attend the Basics Boot Camp. They taught to leave the root end intact. It actually provides kind of a handle to hold the onion while you cut.
Great video!! I have also tried leaving the root and slicing lengthwise instead of thru the middle and it helped me immensely!! No tears for me. How about an updated video to let others know Chef?
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Hi chef I just discovered your channel. We are going to get along just fine😂 thanks for the upload it's like having my own private chef in the kitchen
I'm going to try the method you showed for small chopped onion pieces. Fingers crossed I don't lose any....I'm cooking today to give my husband a break since he is the cook here and I don't want to bother him with any questions so I looked you up. Thanks for your video.
Thank you for this video! (You aced knife skills in culinary school, huh?)
I tried!
To prevent tears, put the onions in cold ice water for a few minutes before chopping, and/or make sure your knife is very sharp to prevent the juices from extracting. Orrrr you can also put on goggles😂😁it sounds silly but it works👌🏽
I can't tell you how nice it is to have a couple of double sided whetstones.
absolutely!
Thanks, Billy, your instructions are easy to understand and follow. I just subscribed to watch more, and oh, my takeaway here is that I need to learn about knives and probably buy a good set.
Damn thank you!! Been thinking of doing some onion rings and wanted to know how to cut them in circles 😁👍🏼
Thank u very much for the tutorial! I didn’t know how to cut a purple onion and now I know thank you!💜💪
Thank you! The;I sharpened knives I have had for 40 years, caramelized the onion and made the potato soup recipe! A trifecta!
If you cut the onions right under the stove vent while it’s turned on, the fumes go right up and not into your eyes! It works for me!! Less tears or no tears
Chilies too 🌶️
I pretty much julienne all my onions always. Love that juli!
I see hopefully this will help me when it comes to cutting onions again.
Thanks for these great onion cuts!!! Been looking for a video like this for so long
I’ve noticed that when I store onions in my fridge, I don’t tear up when cutting an onion!
Thank you for your wonderful videos and sharing so much honesty Cutting Edge culinary information bringing heaven to our taste...Tearless onion chopping... I got something for you... If you cut your onion near running water such as a tap it will eliminate tears. Method 2. Cut the end of an onion, the root end and put it on your head while chopping onions this will eliminate tears seriously just try it
Eat a slice of bread while dicing an onion.. read it somewhere, gave it a try, wiped the final tears out of my eyes and got through the rest 🤗
I always light a candle before I cut an onion. It burns while I cut and I have no tears. I have never had it fail. ❤
I think you should indicate at some point that the longitudinal (cut with the grain) julienne will be less "onion-y" than the latitudinal (crosscut) julienne. The crosscut releases more syn-Propanethial-S-oxide; that is, the stuff that makes you cry. It also releases more of the other chemicals that onion up a dish.
Excellent tips!
Thank you for sharing!⚘⚘⚘
It would be helpful if you showed your hand holding the knife with the hands motion for each of this cut
Cutting onions is my nemesis. Thank you! But also if your knife sucks all of these basic cuts are difficult. Lol
In professional kitchens, the most junior cook gets to cut onions all day long, unless someone screwed up big time. It never really gets pleasant.
all about that sharp knife!
For avoiding the eye burn, set a literal powered fan next to your cutting board. Weird? Yes. Does it absolutely work? Also yes.
I like this video.Thank you so much💖💖💖💖
Thanks for watching!
I must be unique because an onion has never made me tear up. EVER! I’d bet my house on it.
Omg Chef you're bringing back bad memories lol. Worked in a restaurant when I was young and cut finger ugh. Not using my learned skills lol.
Love this! Thanks for sharing
you are amazing happy to find you love to cook
Super helpful. Thank you
If I'm wearing my contacts while cutting onions it helps. I don't shed a single tear.
I find wearing contacts helps to not have tears. Great side effect
Age-old hack for no tears while chopping onions. Light an unscented candle right next to your cutting board. Works every time (for me at least) ;)
I know this might sound crazy, but have you tried using a bowl of water to help prevent tearing up while cutting onions? It's been two years since this video, so you may have learned some new techniques since then. Personally, I find that having a bowl of water next to me always helps, and I never tear up when using it. I'm not sure why, but it seems to work for me.
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Good introduction for how to cut onions, only thing is what I see almost every youtube cooking videos is what they first teach in cooking school , take off jewellery , watch , bracelets and wedding ring.
Great video!!! Thank you!!!
Excellent information brilliantly presented. 😂 ty😊
You are AMAZING! And a Wonderful Teacher!! Thanks sooo very much!
Saw a vid that said to put a wet napkin on your cutting board as you're cutting the onion. It will prevent you from crying. I was doubtful, but tried it, and it worked.
Okay, watching this raises one question for me: what knives do you use and why? I know it’s always a controversial question with cooks, but you know... the more you know...
Check out my video on knives!
thank you
2:28 I am literally crying right now as I am cutting onions ..what timing
I worked at a steakhouse for five years and always cut vegetables near the walk in box. When I had an onion cry, I went into the walk in and stood with my face in the reefer blower air stream. As far as knife sharpening, it generally isn`t always necessary to sharpen them. I have a couple of washer hones and a kitchen steel that I use, as a kind of "iron" to touch up the edge. The knife blades last much longer that way.
definitely.
Washing the onion tends to reduce the tears when cutting. It removes the sulphar that makes you tear up.
Thank you chef. 🥘♥️
Nice one thanks for sharing ❤
Please make the same video for mushroom cutting🙏 thank you sharing
Check out my mushroom soup
you could just try squints in-between the cuts once you get going since you generally know and can feel where the knife goes and can avoid onion squirts flying into your eyes or that spicy water getting picked up by the air/nose. Seems to work as well but might not be as effective.
Don't cut through the dirty, papery skin of the onion with the same knife that will produce the finished cuts. Peel the papery skin and first few layers with a paring knife. Great cuts. Nicely done video.
Why did you not leave the root end on to keep it all together?
Put your onions in the fridge let them cool before cutting them to stop the onion tears. I used to slice bags of onions too this trick almost stopped the tears completely
I wish I knew the make and model of your mandolin
I don't knownhow true this is but I read that if you use a sharp knife and speed, the tearing is less. Bruising instead of slicing clean causes the gas. I only cut one onion when cooking bc it's just me and the wife and I never have a problem. Give it a shot.
great guide thanks
Put lemon juice on your cutting board to prevent crying.
I cut the root annd tip off, throw them in a sealed container and then chop the onion.... i also wear contacts. I never cry.
Thank You❣️
Thanks Chef
Also leaving the root and cutting also prevents your eyes watering
You have great arms for basketball!
Onion is essential bc it's used to flavor so much and it can be used all ways from small to big, I prefer big chunks
I wear swim goggles when chopping onions lol no tears!
Chef cuts onion across from the grain, to have more onion oil to flavour the dish. CooK cuts onion in many ways, mostly along the grain!
Man that was so great. Never knew 🙂🙂🙂
Thanks for watching!
Where can I buy those nifes at??
You hold it with your thumb and pointer and go at it with a hatchet
What is the carbon steel knife you use?
aura
The vapors of the onion are shooting out when you cut it. There's a video on youtube somewhere. You can't just breath out. You have to blow out hard like you're whistling but a little wider and on every slice. Granted I'm not cutting 50 onions at a time but with four or five I don't feel a thing.
Small Dice are 1/4 inch, medium dice are 1/2 inch, Large Dice are 3/4, and Julienne are 1/8 x 1/8 x 2 inches
The trick to cutting an onion without crying, is just don't form an emotional bond. ;)
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Graham Kerr, in the 60e, said to freeze it for 10 minutes. Also heard to hold a piece of bread in your mouth.
I'll have to try that out.
Perhaps freezing it makes those chemicals from the onion less volatile.
For some reason, putting a container of rock salt with no lid beside me sometimes prevent me from crying when cutting an onion.
I've never cried while cutting onions, then again CS gas didn't really bother me either when I was in the Corps. I'm naturally immune I guess. Lol
Placing a cup/bowl of water next to me prevents my eyes from irritation when I cut an onion. I learned this from somewhere else on the internet.
Why do some chefs say not to chop the root of?
to hold the onion segments in place while dicing.
I find that if I wear contact lenses I don't tear up at all. :)
Bingo!!!! Someone told me that wearing contacts helped, but I wore glasses. Eventually I got contacts and it rocked my world. Not only could I see but I didn't cry when cutting onions.
0:40 How cute is that?🥰
Gorgeous! Love your technique! I wonder if wearing goggles 🥽 will help eliminate tears 🤔
Lol
Yes it does, ,, that's exactly what I use !!lol
3:11 Only one real method is swimming glasses/diving mask.
You need to isolate surface of eyes from aroma molecules of onion.
Maybe fan that will blow away aroma also will help as much as heavy breathing.
Don't cut the root off and the onion won't bleed and if that doesn't work use ski googles:) great video:)
I run my onion under cold water. And the smell I use lemon 🍋 juice or put in the fridge
Too prevent from crying when cutting an onion, run the onion under cold water!
Sharp knife helps reduce the tears
2:27 solution to onion tears: swimming goggles.
If you just so happen to wear contacts, your eyes won’t tear when you cut the onions.
For anyone looking for that foolproof way to cut onions without crying, get yourself an old pair of ski/snowboarding goggles and keep them in your kitchen. They are now your onion cutting goggles.
To cut onions without tears is to run cold water while cutting!
What about tomatoes?
Is there a school for cooking
there are a quite a few.
I am in jamaica and I like cooking but I don't really know much about it that
Do you think that the one in my area?
Yes i have made a vert greasy grubby tasty burger with this at the age of 13 with no help at all and didnt hurt myself
Why?
Idfk id ask the same to me myself how i can do this.
Snippering, on palm on hand a slide from the knife
When cutting onions what works for me is I turn the faucet on and keep the water running while cutting the onion(s). My eyes do not water when I do this. I also have heard that having a glass of water nearby does the same but I haven’t tried that yet 🙂.
interesting...
Wearing contact lenses prevents eye pain/watering while cutting onions 100% of the time