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What You Need: Onions, cutting board, chef's knife
Follow These Four Easy Steps
1. Cut the top, then slice in half
Using a sharp chef’s knife, slice about a half an inch off the top of the onion and discard. Turn the onion to rest on this flat end and slice in half vertically.
Tip: If you’re only using half of the onion, leave the skin on and wrap what you’re not using in plastic wrap.
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Remove and discard the skin.
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Take one onion half and lay it flat on your cutting board. Holding the root end, carefully cut vertically, making sure not to slice all the way through.
Tip: Leave the root side intact to make chopping easier.
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Rotate the onion and slice vertically down through the onion, still leaving the root end intact. Discard the root end and repeat with the remaining half of the onion.
Tip: The closer together the initial horizontal and vertical cuts are, the smaller the dice.
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