You're Doing It Wrong? How to Cut an Onion the Rachael Ray Way

Rachel, The hairy end of the onion is the root end and the other end is the stem--the part grows above the soil line. So glad to know that my way that I have used for a 50+ years is ok with you. That first layer under the skin is most often soft/mushy and is tough and is bitter, so I trash that. If the stem end shoulder is softening, the onion has not been kept cool and the onion is beginning to sprout. If you see a greenish section connected to the stem when you cut the onion in half, dig that out with some of the surrounding soft tissue--again to get rid of the bitter and mushy and tough part of the onion. Once grocers remove onions from a cooler, the natural thing for an onion to do is to begin its growth cycle inside of the onion bulb. Do not buy onions with soft shoulders. Soft shoulders are not sexy for onions.

Watched Rhett and Link do it, then Ramsey and now this. This is the best technique! 🤓

That “hair part” is the root the end she was saying was the root is where the stem comes out 🤦🏻‍♂️

Lady: chops onions Crowd: “WOOOOO!!!!!”

She might have said it wrong but done it right. Brilliant!

Thank you Rachel Ray! I never understood why all the cheffy-types make the horizontal cuts. There is absolutely no need for it.

It's one layer of onion, don't cry over it! 🤣 I love this--so easy to understand with great explanations. Thank you!

My mom used to watch her show a lot back then and Rachel Ray chopping onions was always my favorite part of the show.

Came from Rhett & Link cuz I don't think about cutting onions very often. Your way is better than the official way. Way to go.

That’s how I’ve always cut onions. Best way to do it in my opinion.

Thanks Rhett and Link for motivating me to learn this technique just before I had to cook

Do a collab with Rhett and Link, Rachael... pretty please?

Here from Rhett and links new vlog!

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I can totally dice a onion w/o crying... cutting board on stove top with exhaust fan!

This helped me so much!!🎉 Thank you, Rachael Ray!👏🏾

Two things reduce onion tears: 1. A really sharp knife. A dull knife crushes the onion making the juice spurt into the air and into your eyes. 2. Turn on the fan especially if you wear glasses. Have the fan pointing at your back or the ceiling fan pointing to your feet so the air is moving away from your eyes, you don't want to push more onion juice into your eyes. So if you start crying, get out the sharpener and flip on that fan and stop suffering! xoxo from sunny Arizona. 76/56f today.

I watched your show when my oldest was one year old and he learned to recognize your voice and would cheer, “Rachel Ray!” He’s now 18 and a big help in the kitchen.

You want to remove that layer that she leaves. This is the way we learned in my culinary school. French chefs have been doing this for hundreds of years. Not really a "hack". Also, she is wrong about which is the root end.

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