Bridget demonstrates the easiest, most efficient way to chop an onion.
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You ladies are terrific – I have watched several shows and I always learn something new – I am Navycritter
Thank you so much for this incredible video. I have been chopping onions wrong for so long.
1 inch horizontal, more like 2 inches
I'm confused why you'd need to do horizontal cuts…the petals of the onion naturally is it's own cut…going horizontal makes small uneven bits. I see it all the time but the more I think about the anatomy of the onion I feel like it's not necessary unless you're doing a minced onion ALA Marco Pierre White…
How is she not crying?!
Horizontal cuts are not needed
Looks dangerous
Why stop a whole inch from the root? Doesn't make any sense. Make cuts as close as you can to the roots for a good dice. Also horizontal cuts are not necessary. I'm a bit disappointed in you guys. You use to be better than this.
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I learned cutting an Onion with this video: https://youtu.be/LOqwl2KTzd4
Can you do something on baking with whole wheat flour? Or non-dairy milks (I use Ripple pea milk because of nut allergy)? What to watch out for and adjusted ratios would be great. Maybe you could use a vanilla sponge and banana bread as examples. Please and thank you.
I would never do a suicide cut on a onion. It’s not only dangerous but unnecessary.
Don’t onions already come with built in ‘horizontal’ cuts?
Thanks great demo
Looks like a safe method. The only time I've cut myself in the kitchen was trying a cut an onion a new way. Thanks from Texas.
I've had a very potent onion made me tear up so bad it ran me out of the kitchen.
A series of basic How Tos, something that just about every cooking channel misses and is most needed by viewers. Thanks for sharing this one! 🙂
You don't cut horizontaly, onions are layers so this is useless and dangerous to do that x)
Good tutorial. I've seen too many people who don't know how to properly hold a knife. My mother used to use a paring knife when she should have been using a chef's knife and then she couldn't understand how I got things done so fast. She also liked to talk on the phone while she did it too🙀.
The only reason I put onion in anything I cook is to not hear my wife complaining about the lack thereof.
It’s unnecessary to make a horizontal cut on a onion. It’s dangerous and a great way to slice open your hand. Besides, an onion already comes pre-sliced.
This literally the only time I've seen someone demonstrate this technique and NOT make the horizontal cut first.