How to quickly and easily dice an onion

My favourite knife to use for this is a victorionox serrated edge knife, but everyone has their favourite knife. Use what you feel comfortable with!

Cut off the root, stay as close to the root as possible as we want this end to hold the onion together later!

Cut the top off

Cut in half

Peel

You need to know which is the root end. It's on the left in this pic.

Place the onion flat with the root end to the left. If your left handed you need it on the right

Slice the onion, don't cut all the way through the root end

See how far my knife goes

Should look like this

So you see you cut as far as you can without slicing completely

Make one slice horizontally

Again only so far! If it's a big onion you may need to do 2-3 of this slice

Now slice downwards!

Till you get to the end

Lay that piece flat to make it easier to cut

Slice it up

Dice this up

And there you go! Perfectly diced onion!

This may feel a bit awkward at first but it's so worth it as once you've got it you'll dice an onion in no time at all! Let me know how you get on! Any questions?