Fritz — Knife Skills: Dice an Onion Safely

What you’ll master — Outcomes you can use

1. They dice an onion cleanly in under two minutes with the claw held the whole time

Your tutor

A former prep cook and cookery-school instructor who has taught the onion dice to hundreds of beginners.

Steady · Unfussy

The plan — What’s inside

1. Board Setup Grip and the Claw
2. The Onion Dice Step by Step
3. Slice Julienne and Rough Chop Across Three Vegetables
4. Honing Weekly Sharpening Twice a Year

4 parts

Questions about this course

How do I stop dicing onions so slowly without cutting my fingers?

Knife skills for home cooks who take fifteen minutes over one onion, coached 1:1 one motor cue at a time. Four weeks of grip, claw and the onion dice, ending when you dice one cleanly in under two minutes with the claw intact.