How To Dice Onions
Our preferred method for how to dice an onion quickly and safely, as demonstrated by one of our test cooks.
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You once did a piece on your show on how to tell onion sizes, but I cannot find where I wrote it down. Can you please post a video on this subject? I think it would be very popular!
Finally, although I agree with the radial philosophy. Most cooks find it somewhat quirky. At least you folks make the horizontal cuts first!
Don't cut off the root. It holds the layers together until you get to it.
Wrong. Cut into circular half circles, then lay flat and cut perpendicular to rings.
We don't need the cuts horizontally if we cut radially. I realize this is how classical chefs are being trained, but it's how I diced them as a child. I'm not alone on this either: Alton Brown who's made one of the best educational cooking shows ever cuts them radially. -Who would think that mechanical reasoning would play a part in cooking?