Cut Downward Along the Straight Edge
Unlike most three-dimensional foods, onions come with natural perforations in the form of those bulls-eye circles that radiate out from the center. This technique uses the onion's natural structure to our advantage. If this were a corporation, we'd say we were "leveraging the onion's core competencies," but the truth is, we're just being smart.All we have to do is slice across the flat inside edge of the onion, as if we were trimming little matchstick-shaped pieces. But because of the onion's natural perforations, those matchsticks will end up separating out into little cubes. Next page>>
