How to Slice An Onion Longitudinally
Basic Cooking Techniques
There are a ton of ways to cut an onion. Over time, you tend to favor different cuts for different dishes. I favor longitudinal slices for stews and braises because they provide a little more texture than slicing at latitude. The difference is subtle, but I think it's worth looking at.
What you will need
1 onion
1 sharp knife
How to cook
1
![se two points.](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-7985034-1522784669022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MSZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0x.jpg)
Imagine the root and stem tips as the poles of the onion. Slice through those two points.
2
![stem and skin out of the final slices.](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-7985034-1522784669022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MiZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0x.jpg)
Take a small slice off each pole on both halves. This just helps keep some stem and skin out of the final slices.
3
![or 3 layers to get rid of all of the skin.](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-7985034-1522784669022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0x.jpg)
Remove the papery outer skin from each half. Sometimes you need to remove 2 or 3 layers to get rid of all of the skin.
4
![cing along longitudinal lines, from surface to axis. So, starting with your blade nearly parallel to the board, slice towards the axis of the onion.](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-7985034-1522784669022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9NCZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0x.jpg)
A little difficult to describe. If the onion were a globe, you would be slicing along longitudinal lines, from surface to axis. So, starting with your blade nearly parallel to the board, slice towards the axis of the onion.
5
![by slice.](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-7985034-1522784669022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9NSZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0y.jpg)
Continue slicing from skin to core, reducing the angle of the blade, slice by slice.
6
![itβs opposite side for a better vantage and repeat as before until slicing is complete.](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-7985034-1522784669022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9NyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0y.jpg)
As you reach up and over the center, you can continue, or flip the onion to itβs opposite side for a better vantage and repeat as before until slicing is complete.
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