Best way to cut onion without crying?!
Best way to cut onion without crying?
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the best way to cut onion is peel the onion and wash it with water.this is the right way to cut onion without crying with a smile.
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use a chopper! i have always heard crazy stuff like eat a cracker or lay some beside u or crazy stuff like that but its never worked for me!......u can get a cheap chopper for like $10....life saver for people who love to cook with onion!
get kane to plunk out ur eyes,then cut
after cutting it, immediately run it under cold water.
You can actually buy special onion-proof goggles for chefs, that's the best way. Also try breathing through your nose, wearing swimming goggles, and getting someone else to cut the onion :)
turn the water on as you cut, thats what we do in this household
As you cut it up, have the sink just pouring water down the drain
chew a chewing gum when cutting onion..its really works.
Squeeze lemon juice all over the onion, the knife, and the cutting board. I swear it works for me. If not for you, you could also light a bunch of candles ( my mom says that the candle one works for her but it doesnt for me) Try the lemon first and then try the candles.
How to Cut an Onion Like a Pro
As Julia Child said, “It’s hard to imagine a civilization without onions.” Almost every savory dish calls for onions, and with sweet onions you can use more because they’re milder and tear-free; they’re also delicious raw. But, no matter how you use onions, they almost always need to be cut up first. Here you’ll learn the best way to cut an onion, whether you need them diced, cut in wedges, rings or strips. Follow these step-by-step directions and soon you too will be an onion-cutting pro.
Lesson 1: Dicing an Onion
Lesson 2: Cutting Onion Wedges for Grilling or Roasting
Lesson 3: Cutting Onion Slices for Grilling
Lesson 4: Cutting Onion Strips for Sautéing
Here are everyday tips on cutting onions:
The bigger and firmer the onion, the easier it will be to cut.
Always start with a sharp knife―a dull knife can slip and will mash rather than slice through the onion.
Use a chef’s knife, if you have one, rather than a serrated knife, for cleaner cuts.
Be sure your cutting board is positioned securely on the counter. If necessary, place a damp kitchen towel underneath to keep the board from sliding around.
If cutting onions ahead of time, pack them in a plastic zipper-lock freezer bag, squeezing all the air out, then enclose in a second plastic zipper-lock freezer bag, and refrigerate, to keep everything in your fridge from tasting like onions.
Use pre-cut onions within 2 days.
Save onion trimmings, including the papery brown skin―for golden color, store in a well-sealed plastic zipper-lock freezer bag in your freezer and add to soup stock.
Stop the cryin already!
Using a knife, cut a cone out of the bottom of the onion (where the roots come out). The diameter of this cone should be about a third of the diameter of the onion, and about 1/3 deep. Take this piece and throw it away (don't put it down the disposal!). This piece contains the part/gland that makes you cry.Once you've gotten that piece out, chop off the top, peel, and slice the onion.
You know your cone is too small if it doesn't work.
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Keep onions in the refrigerator until you use them, this will help and don't cut the bottom off, peel the onion skin off, rinse off the onion under cool water. I don't have much of a problem with crying over onions, so that works for me. Some of my friends say if you hold a piece of bread in your mouth you wont cry, I guess it's worth a try. Also an easy way to chop onions, make slits across and down the onion go deep but please watch your fingers, how may cuts you make depends on the size you want the chopped pieces to be, once you do that start slicing, and you have chopped onions without chopping.
freez the onion for 5 min. then cut it , & also onion in frig. seems to be easier not as bad, but I have found the freezer thing is the only one that doesnt give that effect.
Even better - just light a candle nearby. It burns the fumes that the onion gives off.
If you have a gas stove you can cut the onion near a lit burner. I promise this works...I do it everytime I cut onions...and the nice part is it doesn't alter the taste of the onion like pouring lemon juice on it or even running water on it.
Very Easy! Cut it in the water. After cutting use the water in your food preparation.
Infact onion has the ammonia (NH2) gas who caused eye water, ammonia is truely soluble in water so thats stops hurting your eyes.
Get the slicer dicer it should work. I also put mine in water and then get my pampered chef onion chopper out and cut it works wonders.
I just put mine in the food processor. You also hold a matchstick between your teeth. It really works, but I never keep them around the house.
put in freezer from about 30 mins...then cut after
If you eat a carrot while cutting an onion your eyes don't tear.
You can either cut them under running water which washes away the chemicals that cause the pain or keep them in the fridge and cut them while they're still cold.
Cutting them when cold keeps the vapor pressure in the cells down and means that the chemicals released won't spread far enough to react with your eyes.
put on a mask
Try chewing gum. It actually works for me.