You need to know this trick: It’s that easy to cut onion cubes

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Vivi makes it easy
Cut fine onion cubes with a viral TikTok trick

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Vivien Windel

When it comes to cooking, one thing is for sure: onions are the boss. Columnist Vivi makes it easy and reveals an onion slicing trick that you can use to quickly and easily create perfect diced onions.

If I’m crying in the kitchen again, it’s usually not because of PMS, but because of a very specific culprit: the onion. I love their flavor in savory dishes, but I’d happily skip the slicing. Above all, it is not only a tearful affair, but also an arduous one – until now! Because whether you believe it or not, the following sentence will probably go through your head right away: “That I didn’t think of that earlier“.

I’ll show you one now Trick I found on TikTokwhich lets you chop onions into wonderfully small pieces faster, more efficiently and without a lot of howling.

Onion trick: if you had known earlier

I don’t want to keep you in suspense any longer. I will now explain to you how cutting onions will become child’s play in the future.

You need:

  • a whole onion
  • a sharp knife
  • a cutting board

For the ultimate onion trick you have to do the following:

  1. Cut off the bottom of the onion with a clean cut and peel the onion.
  2. Then stand it on the smooth bottom edge, hold it by the stalk at the top, and make several smooth cuts from top to bottom.
  3. Then turn the onion on its side and cut the onion into fine cubes, starting from the bottom end up to the stalk – done.

Here you will find even more tips and tricks on how to shed fewer tears when chopping onions.

Already knew? That’s why we cry when cutting onions sulfur-containing substance allicin. It escapes from the onion when cooking, irritating our eyes and making them water.

Vivi’s top tip

When you’re frying get even more flavor out of the onions If you want, you can sauté them briefly at high heat, then add two teaspoons of sugar and the Let the onion pieces caramelize. If you then deglaze it with vegetable broth, tomato passata or water, you can create a wonderful sauce base from it.

And now I wish you lots of fun cutting and cooking.

Bridget

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