The difference between a home cook and a professional chef is technique and practice. Nothing makes this more noticeable than when watching a pro chef chopping ingredients with a precision and ease that most home cooks just don’t have.
That’s why this little hack from DavHax is going to come in so useful for many home cooks. It’s basically a simple way for a person to chop an onion, or most vegetables, with perfect precision.
All you need is said onion, a hair pick and a sharp knife and you’ll be chopping perfectly uniformed vegetables in no time.
Take a look at the video below to see just how simple it is.
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