Cooking Coarse 10 - Dicing Onions

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Cooking Coarse 10 - Dicing Onions

28th August 2009

Cooking Coarse 10 - Dicing Onions

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Chef Todd Mohr demonstrates the best method for using the chef’s knife to dice an onion into consistent pieces using as few knife strokes as possible. Cooking meals and getting easy dinner ideas doesnt have to include a home cooking recipe or a gourmet recipe, it can be a cooking recipe that youve created yourself with basic cooking methods. Cooking Coarse focuses on basic cooking methods to empower the home cook to create simple cooking recipes to make everyday cooking more creative and enjoyable.

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1 On August 28th, 2009, microflex22 said:
To keep your eyes …
To keep your eyes from watering while cutting onions, breath through your mouth, and NOT your nose. A trick my grandma taught me.
2 On August 28th, 2009, CandieBox said:
I use onions a lot …
I use onions a lot in recipes. The strange thing is, they never made me cry like they do other people. Never had a problem with that.
3 On August 28th, 2009, richaj03 said:
Toss is Great
Toss is Great
4 On August 28th, 2009, anurek123 said:
this is a life …
this is a life changing video !!!!!!
5 On August 28th, 2009, Daederik said:
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Ok, maybe I …
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Ok, maybe I could have just used some basic culinary training or something. But man, i’ve picked up two things from your series so far that just has made life eaiser for me!

One of them was how to properly hold the knife - I was just grabbing it by the handle and going to town. Never really felt comfortable, till I tried it your way. It was an immediate “…oh. Yeah, this is better” reaction.

With the onions I never kept the root on, and always had problems cutting it right. Thx!
6 On August 28th, 2009, kapowaz said:
Great video! On the …
Great video! On the subject of stinging eyes, there are a couple of solutions I’ve been using fairly reliably for a while. The cause of the irritation is actually a gas that combines with the moisture in your eyes to form suphenic acid, which (as you might guess) stings! This is why cutting underwater works — the gas hydrolyses with the water and so never reaches your eyes. So, if you try cutting onion whilst breathing through your mouth, the gas will hydrolyse on your tongue harmlessly!
7 On August 28th, 2009, Palmer4Pres said:
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the informative and fun video!
8 On August 28th, 2009, blwchef said:
If your knife is …
If your knife is sharp and I mean really hair popping sharp. You won’t have any tears. Well, unless you cut yourself.
9 On August 28th, 2009, kennedbj said:
If you want to …
If you want to avoid crying while cutting onions- keep them cold! I’d throw the whole bag into the sink full of water and ice. And work quickly!
10 On August 28th, 2009, thinkerblack said:
thanks man you …
thanks man you helped me alot im trying to get a chef apprenticeship and its good to go over some of the things i did in my pre apprenticeship coarse
thanks alot keep it up
11 On August 28th, 2009, teacherfood said:
I have viewed most …
I have viewed most of the knife skills video here.
I will challenge any of these experts in speed and instruction. I will be blindfolded and my competitor does not have to be.
Teacherfood aka The Blindfolded Chef
12 On August 28th, 2009, AnteRcd said:
A lot of chief have …
A lot of chief have tricks about cutting Onions but this one is the so far the best of all ! Keep it up, I really like your show -5 starts
13 On August 28th, 2009, aitannaa said:
Thanks a lot for …
Thanks a lot for the videos! I’m starting chef’s school soon and I kinda wanted to prepare myself…..^^
14 On August 28th, 2009, gamblecampbell said:
I learnt how to cut …
I learnt how to cut an onion properly! PRAISEEE THE LORD! Why didn’t they teach me this in food tech? 5 stars.
15 On August 28th, 2009, yazicib1 said:
Onion chemicals go …
Onion chemicals go up…

So if you try to cut onions around your eye level, your eyes won’t tear.

This may not be a comfortable position, but at least you won’t cry
16 On August 28th, 2009, abugintheground said:
Nice technique! One …
Nice technique! One of the few videos on youtube that actually gets it right.
If you want to stop crying - try wearing contact lenses. Although, in my experience, if you do wear contact lenses you’ll look like an onion superhero and end up cutting a of a lot of onions.
17 On August 28th, 2009, smell510 said:
I stand up as far …
I stand up as far away from the onion breathing through my mouth and with a vary vary sharp knife. that helps me.
18 On August 28th, 2009, MarqDubois said:
Thanks for the help …
Thanks for the help. I have incorporated this cutting method while cutting onions for pizza at my work.
19 On August 28th, 2009, btnheazy03 said:
Damn, so you fed …
, so you fed spies and government-sanctioned hackers!! By the way, that is classified information. [15,000 employees]
20 On August 28th, 2009, btnheazy03 said:
Even if you breathe …
Even if you breathe through the mouth, I doubt that would prevent the fumes from reaching your eyes
21 On August 28th, 2009, ChefToddMohr said:
I was a Chef at the …
I was a Chef at the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland.
22 On August 28th, 2009, btnheazy03 said:
Just out of …
Just out of curiosity, what was this government institution where you had 15,000 people to feed? Oh, and good videos by the way.
23 On August 28th, 2009, undriusb said:
If you don’t want …
If you don’t want to cry, try breathing through the mouth only + good ventilation.
24 On August 28th, 2009, ChefToddMohr said:
CrimFerret-
No …
CrimFerret-
No offense taken. I hope you don’t misunderstand. I’m not saying this is the only way. As a matter of fact, the entire mission of Cooking Coarse is to inspire people to return to their kitchens with their own likes, desires, and creativity. If you like another way of cutting an onion, you should stick with that. There’s more than one chef in the world, more than one recipe, more than one way to skin an onion. Thanks for watching.
25 On August 28th, 2009, CrimFerret said:
No offense here, …
No offense here, but I’ve had a lot better luck with radial cutting the onion halves and forgoing the horizontal slices altogether. Might as well take advantage of the onion’s layered structure. The closer the radial cuts, the finer the dice one can achieve, and there’s no need for those dangerous (no matter how you do them) horizontal cuts. I’m sure I’d be dinged in 99% of culinary schools for doing it that way, but tradition isn’t always an indicator of the best way to do things.