How to Cut an Onion

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One of our most popular Step by Step Cooking Videos from the Every Day with Rachael Ray test kitchen shows the best way how to cut an onion-it really is as easy as it looks! Watch along and you'll pick up the technique in a snap.

1. Trim the stem end, leaving the root end intact.
1. Trim the stem end, leaving the root end intact.
2. Stand the onion upright and cut in half, through the center of the root.
2. Stand the onion upright and cut in half, through the center of the root.
3. Peel the papery skin and top layer off each half of the onion.
3. Peel the papery skin and top layer off each half of the onion.
4. Place the onion flat and, slicing from the cut end toward the root, make several cuts parallel to the counter, stopping just before the root end.
4. Place the onion flat and, slicing from the cut end toward the root, make several cuts parallel to the counter, stopping just before the root end.
5. Make thin vertical slices from the root end down. The wider the slice, the larger the chop will be.
5. Make thin vertical slices from the root end down. The wider the slice, the larger the chop will be.
6. Make thin slices parallel to the cut stem end, working toward the root; the chopped onion will fall away with each cut.
6. Make thin slices parallel to the cut stem end, working toward the root; the chopped onion will fall away with each cut.
VIDEO: Watch and learn How to Cut an Onion.
VIDEO: Watch and learn How to Cut an Onion.














By Teri Tsang | Photography by Stephen Scott Gross

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