Knife work
How to dice an onion and other vegetables
Cut food into even little cubes so it cooks evenly and looks neat.
Step by step
- Square off the food by trimming a thin slice from each rounded side.
- Cut it into slabs as thick as the cubes you want.
- Stack two slabs and cut them into sticks of the same width.
- Line up the sticks and cut across them into cubes.
How you know it's done
The cubes are about the same size: ¼ inch is a small dice, ½ inch medium, ¾ inch large.
Common mistakes
- Stacking too high, so the pile slides apart under the knife.
- Throwing away the trimmings: they are fine for broth or a soup.
Simmerbee recipes that use it (2)
In those recipes the word is underlined in the steps; tap it for the short version. In hands-free cook mode, ask “How do I dice?”