Do you peel the skin off an onion before you cut it?

Remove and discard the skin. 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.

What are the steps in chopping an onion?

Point the knife towards the root of the onion, and allow your fingers to guide the slicing. Slice vertically evenly as close to the root as you can. Next, start dicing the onion by making horizontal cuts perpendicular to the one you just made. Cut off the root and discard.

What are the three different ways to chop an onion?

Slice the onion lengthwise.

• “Minced”: cut it into ⅛-inch (0.32-centimeter) thick slices.
• “Finely-chopped or diced”: cut it into ¼-inch (0.64-centimeter) thick slices.
• “Medium-cut”: cut it into ½-inch (1.27-centimeter) thick slices.
• “Coarsely-chopped”: cut it into ¾-inch (1.91-centimeter) thick slices.

What part of an onion do you not cut?

root end
Before you cut an onion, know the difference between the stem end and the root end of the onion. The root end has a tight root center, which if you don’t remove, can help hold the onion together as you cut it. If the root end is clean, there’s no need to cut off the roots.

What’s the easiest way to peel an onion?

Instead of fighting with the inedible skin, pulling and clawing until the onion is finally peeled, slice the onion right down the middle vertically at the root. After that, the skin should peel off easily. For under-ripe onions whose skin still stubbornly clings to the vegetable, warm slightly against a hot pan.

Why do you leave the hairy end on an onion?

Cut a very small piece off of each end of the onion. Be careful not to cut off the root; that’s the hairy part on one end that rooted the onion in the ground and will hold the onion together when we cut it. You don’t want to cut through a dirty peel and get that dirt on the knife you’ll then use to dice the onion.

What side of the onion should you cut first?

Always cut the Stem-End First The one end is the root side and the other is the stem side. The root-end serves a useful purpose during the slicing process and is the part that has stringy roots showing. Slice the onion in half lengthwise, in other words, from the root side to the stem side.