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Brilliant trick for cutting an onion, quickly and easily

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When preparing the meal, the division of tasks can be problematic if one of them is to cut the onions. Indeed, who wants to finish tearful all evening because of these damned onions? Probably not many of us. Here’s a trick to make cutting easier and faster! Your onions have never been so perfectly cut.

What you will need:

  • One onion
  • A good cutting knife
  • A chopping board
  • A long tooth comb

How to chop:

1) Cut both ends off and take of the exterior skin

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2) Stab your comb into the onion

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3) Take your knife and using the comb as a guide cut through the onion

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Method to make smaller diced cubes:

1) Cut the onion ends off, remove the skin and cut the onion in half.

2) Stick the comb into the onion

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3) Cut through the onion using the comb as a guide

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4)Turn the chopping board around and start chopping the opposite direction across to dice.

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Extra tip : If you use a finer comb you will be able to chop small onion pieces.

Explanation video: