How to Chop an Onion

Learning to chop an onion can literally cut your cooking/prep time in half. However, a lot of cooks don't know how to do it. So bookmark this post until you've got it down! The faster you can cut an onion the less tears they will create. Here are step by step instructions to cutting an onion.

Step #1: find the root of the onion and slice it in half, down the center of the root.


Step #2: lay onion on flat edge and lop off the top of the onion (NOT the root) and that makes it easier to get the peel off. A good rule of thumb is to take off one more layer than you think on an onion. Onions are CHEAP, so don't worry about waste.


Step # 3: With onion peeled and laying on its flat edge with the root in tact, slice perpendicular cuts towards the root. Don't cut all the way to the end of the onion because you want the root side in tact to keep it all in place. If you want smaller diced onion, then put your perpendicular cuts closer together.


Step # 4: Cut the onion perpendicular to the 1st set of cuts.

Step #5: VIOLA! A diced onion in literally under a minute. Don't waste your money on chopping devices. Just have a good knife and a good cutting board as recommended in this post. Hope this helps!