Things You'll Need:
- Sharp knife
- Onions
- Cutting board
- Scrap bowl
- Paper towels
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Step 1
Use a sharp knife. When an onion tears, it releases the tear gas that leaves your eyes burning and welling. A sharp knife will quickly and cleanly cut through an onion, getting the job done and leaving your eyes pain free.
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Step 2
Slice off the ends of the onion. Put them in your scrap bowl to keep your work area clear.
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Step 3
Find the outermost full layer of the onion. Don't try to just peel the paper-thin skin, but instead find a full layer. Slide your thumb under it all the way across the onion so that you sever its full length. Quickly pull off that layer to avoid tears, and you now have a completely peeled, clean onion. Discard the peel in your scrap bowl.
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Step 4
Turn the onion on end and slice through the center of the onion, from one cut end to the other.
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Step 5
Rest one of the onion halves on its long, flat side (from the cut you just made) and begin slicing it across it's fat middle, starting at one cut end and progressing to the other.
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Step 6
Break up the slices with your fingers.











