Knife skills

Knife skills are an important technique to learn if you want to be safe in the kitchen. Chef Jason Hill shows you how to cut an onion with a chef's knife. Today you'll learn how to dice, how to slice and how to mince onions.

For dicing, first remove the stem end of the onion. Set up and cut in half down through the root. Peel first layer of skin off. Leaving the root end on keeps the onion together while you are dicing.

With your free hand, tucking your fingers, hold down the onion and begin to make cuts in the onion, using your free hand as a guide for your blade. For a finer dice, you can make a cut or two down the center of the onion.

Again, tucking your fingers, hold down the onion and begin to dice the onion. Keep your fingers tucked at all times.

To slice an onion, I remove the root end and remove the first layer of skin. Set the onion flat. You can turn the onion and begin slicing. This thickness works great for salads or fajitas.

While we're at it, you probably want to know how to mince garlic or shallots. I lay the garlic or shallot on its flat side and begin to make tiny 1/8th inch slices through the shallot. Carefully make several cross section cuts into the shallot, moving your fingertips backward as you cut.

Finally, make 1/8th inch slices down the shallot. Now you are mincing! This method works great for garlic as well. Remember the speed will come with time. Thanks for watching.

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[isabelleme926]

your knife skills are amazing!!!!

[ChefTips]

@isabelleme926

Thanks!

[1fanger]

Never mind, caught your tube thing on the knife. Thanks

[ChefTips]

@1fanger

No problem.  I just saw your post. Thanks for commenting!

[andywinton123]

"OK, while we're at it lets do some mincing!"

"Hey hey, now your mincing!"

"Remember, tuck those fingers!"

Think we have a fiddler on the roof here

[ChefTips]

@andywinton123 That's funny. :)

[BiggestNightmareJim]

thumbs up if you have NO IDEA how you got here....

[ChefTips]

@heartlessvietboy

So while in the body the ions make your body water? Does this mean urination?

[isabelleme926]

@ChefTips Your welcome! I'm making your roasted potatoes and vegetarian chili for christmas! :D Thanks for all the recipes and helpful tips!

[1fanger]

Hey Jason, great instruction on knifery! Your blade is interesting, looks very sharp. A little different than my schoolin. Who makes that blade?

[Zonatewalter7]

@BiggestNightmareJim one year have past and you still the top comment........ btw I give you a thumb up

[The5starSTUNNNA]

@aaliyakhan91 im japani i use katana

[XxTAT3RNAT3RxX]

@BiggestNightmareJim lol ya i have no fricken clue hahahahah thats great..... XD

[cjbartnik]

@gerry3x A cheap knifes lose their edge rather quickly. A good knife like Cutco (check them on line) is well worth the expense.