Why should you cut the roots last when preparing onions!?

Cut the onion roots later.

onion

Onions are known to be a healthy ingredient for our bodies, so I am trying to eat a lot of them. Before eating onions, you need to peel off the skin. As you know, onions contain a lot of spicy components, so it’s helpful to know some simple tips for handling them!

Usually, when preparing onions, you cut off the roots and peel the skin, right? But actually, it's better to cut the roots off later.

The reason?

It is said that the onion root contains the highest amount of spicy compounds that stimulate the tear glands. Therefore, it is recommended to cut the root, which contains the most spiciness, later on, so that it can be prepared without being too spicy.

Peeling shells in water

In that case, you need to peel the skin while keeping the root intact. If you want to peel the skin without it being spicy, try peeling it underwater.

How to peel onion skins without making them spicy

If you peel the onion underwater like this, the volatile irritant called allyl propion, which is responsible for the spiciness, is absorbed into the water, making it much less spicy and easier to peel.

Later, the cut onion root

After peeling the onion skin without making it spicy, you can now cut off the onion roots.

When chopping onions

+Additional helpful tips

Here's another tip: onions are also extremely spicy when you cut them.

Dipping the frying pan in cooking oil

In such cases, try applying a little cooking oil to both sides of the knife.

Slice onions without making them spicy

When chopping onions, the greasy cooking oil catches the spicy fumes that splash, making it less spicy. It's not that there's no spiciness at all, but it definitely feels less spicy than when just chopping. From now on, when preparing onions, please refer to today's instructions.

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We use a lot of onions when cooking every day, and I used to suffer from teary eyes every time I chopped onions.

You probably have experience.

Even though I also used goggles, this method is the best.

I think it's good.