How to Cut an Onion?

There are correct ways of how to cut an onion. Culinary schools teach how to cut an onion as follows. In learning how to cut an onion property, you must learn how to peel the onion whole. You can trim off the steam end and peel off the skin and the underlying layer if that layer has brown spots.

How to cut an onion?

How to chop green onions?

How to Chop an Onion?

Chopping an onion is an art as well as a skill. You can use the same way to cut green onions. To cut an onion properly:

• cut the onion in half lengthwise, through the root end
• peel the skin from each half of the onion
• lay the onion half cut side down and make a series of evenly spaced, parallel lengthwise cuts with the tip of the knife, leaving the root end intact.
• turn your knife parallel to your cutting surface
• make 2-3 parallel cuts from the stem end to the root end, leaving the root intact
• cut the onion crosswise through the existing cuts from the stem to the root end.

Note that if you want to cut round chips of onion, then peel the entire onion first then slice across the onion into rounds.