How to Cut Michelin Star Onions

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ส.ค. 2021
  • #onions #howtocutanonion #knifecuts #michelinstar
    how to cut an onion, 3 different ways
    Michelin star way
    and two ways for the average home cooks (:
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  • @SenpaiKai9000
    @SenpaiKai9000  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4369

    What tutorial next?
    p.s.
    i'm awful at meat/fish butchery lmao

    • @yannkam2127
      @yannkam2127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +424

      let's just aim at the weaknesses and show us how to butcher a chicken

    • @streamlolzies
      @streamlolzies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      how to take care of/store knives

    • @travise2869
      @travise2869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Tomatoes please i always mash them

    • @TheCoffinMan
      @TheCoffinMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@travise2869 you just need a sharp knife there isn’t really trick for cutting them…that I’ve seen
      This is your que senpai

    • @campionedi1764
      @campionedi1764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Next is so throw all those onions at people to make them cry.

  • @attentionlabel
    @attentionlabel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54355

    I usually chainsaw my onions, the petrol smell and horrendous mess really brings the authentic Michelin tire quality to my dishes.

    • @RR-xz6bv
      @RR-xz6bv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1198

      I don’t wanna know what you do with the meats

    • @SK-ix8jb
      @SK-ix8jb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2252

      @@RR-xz6bv he beats it

    • @RR-xz6bv
      @RR-xz6bv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +663

      @@SK-ix8jb of course

    • @devinarmstrong7857
      @devinarmstrong7857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      You gotta go with an electric chainsaw to get where senpai is at bro

    • @sandyavalos3305
      @sandyavalos3305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Oh my gosh 😂😂💀

  • @brianjacobe4067
    @brianjacobe4067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8851

    Head chef: Where're the onions?
    Senpai Kai: Gone, reduced to atoms
    Head chef: Perfection

    • @Nocturnes1984
      @Nocturnes1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      This made me smile. Thank you!

    • @kewltony
      @kewltony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      I used the onions to destroy the onions.

    • @S4H47
      @S4H47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Yeah we can make them pay at least $50 for these invisible onions 🤑

    • @legionnairehs7059
      @legionnairehs7059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@kewltony underrated comment

    • @honouredpigeon1441
      @honouredpigeon1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Strange would have smiled at this 😉

  • @birch5757
    @birch5757 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +237

    Chef here. I dice them with the root on method, because it's quicker and more practical. I still get it pretty damn fine, but I don't work at a Michelin star restaurant. We do a great job I feel, but we aren't at that level and I'm always looking for ways to minimize waste.
    Great video.

    • @blackexploder3412
      @blackexploder3412 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ur not a chef😂

    • @joshuawilliams4314
      @joshuawilliams4314 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blackexploder3412dude it’s a very common profession my most my family are u melt 😂😂 and u make football videos stfu

    • @dozerroman4325
      @dozerroman4325 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@blackexploder3412 You’re, not Ur. What language, exactly, is “Ur” rooted in, I wonder.
      Also, YOU’RE not a human.

    • @ricecake3544
      @ricecake3544 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah but if you need to dice it fine, you have to cut each individual layer, Michelin restaurants have high standards, and they mostly don't the guests to see chunks of onions, second its better control and 3rd the onions kind of just melts in the dish giving it a more enhanced flavour

    • @Alex-mm2vw
      @Alex-mm2vw 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@ricecake3544If you really need it so fine that it almost dissolves, just use one if these manual hand-blenders instead of this bullshit.

  • @danieoberholzer5373
    @danieoberholzer5373 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    I love these channels that respect my time as a viewer. Quick, concise, well presented. loving it.

    • @therealBocaStudios
      @therealBocaStudios 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You’re time as a viewer really cause aim thinking if you have time to watch this you don’t respect your own time

    • @JamahlRawls
      @JamahlRawls หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s partially why I subscribed just now

  • @syedmoiz2292
    @syedmoiz2292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16536

    I like to place my onions in a particle accelerator to reduce them down to their subatomic components. It really helps bring out the flavour.

    • @timtrainage
      @timtrainage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      😆

    • @GItoKeG
      @GItoKeG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      That sounds like something You Suck At Cooking would say.

    • @BrizzitHQ
      @BrizzitHQ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@GItoKeG had the exact same thought. Even read it in his voice lmao

    • @danielfuller35
      @danielfuller35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Shit lemme try that. Jus gotta let my chef know we need a particular excellarstor

    • @photonganglol2413
      @photonganglol2413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That’s not what a particle accelerator does.

  • @thebootlegboy2
    @thebootlegboy2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9095

    brought a tear to my eye

    • @6884
      @6884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      HE HE HE.

    • @edu.33
      @edu.33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@6884 lol that was my reaction

    • @titaniumfalcon8670
      @titaniumfalcon8670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Gonna cry?

    • @PlgDctr
      @PlgDctr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I see what you did there.

    • @randomslomo1875
      @randomslomo1875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @Felfan440
    @Felfan440 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Directly to the point and informative asf, even the chefs I worked with didn't possess this knowledge and just jammed us up with whatever they memorized lol, Thanks!

  • @kainschild
    @kainschild 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Thank you for posting this. I like watching cooking instruction videos especially when they cover the "basics".

  • @thisguy916
    @thisguy916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2038

    "be sure to squeeze that citrus over your hands to help you find any small cuts you might have forgotten about"

    • @nezhokojo1641
      @nezhokojo1641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Only way to get stronger.

    • @astewart177
      @astewart177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Pain is weakness leaving the body.

    • @tuckrex2038
      @tuckrex2038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What doesn’t kill you,

    • @edstimator1
      @edstimator1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tuckrex2038 dude!! you got to it before I did. lol Great minds?

    • @ugh5271
      @ugh5271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@tuckrex2038 -makes you one step closer to death

  • @californiaslastgasp6847
    @californiaslastgasp6847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3097

    Paulie did the prep work. He was doing a year for contempt and he had this wonderful system for doing the garlic. He used the razor and he used to slice it so thin it used to liquify in the pan with just a little oil. It’s a very good system.

    • @io-ct8ky
      @io-ct8ky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I was looking for this comment

    • @NewbieGeek123
      @NewbieGeek123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Damn goodfellas reference hahahaha

    • @galactimo3900
      @galactimo3900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      💪

    • @klee8976
      @klee8976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Now Go Home And Get Your F**king Shinebox

    • @DoWorkSon-gr8rt
      @DoWorkSon-gr8rt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Legendary

  • @twentytwo138
    @twentytwo138 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I finished culinary high school from age 15 to 18, and i worked in different restaurants for about 4-5 years. I worked with a lot of good chefs and i had many school professors and mentors. However, the best mentor i ever had was a guy named Neno, he was just some random guy i worked with, he was a lower-class hardworking man, very underrated chef. He worked in kitchens all his life, he worked on a cruise ship, in the military and in prison. He was the best chef i ever met. He knew everything, and he knew it better than anyone else. He always emphasized speed, efficiency, simplicity and practicality. He came up with his own ways of doing stuff, different than the taught standard. You'd expect the end result would be wack, but his end results were better than those chefs who worked in luxury hotels. He had no diploma for a chef, everything he learned was from working in these hard places. Apart from being fast and practical, his food always tasted the best and visually looked great. Ok, maybe he didn't decorate the food as much as luxury chefs, but there was no need. Anyone can decorate the food, even a child. Modern chefs focus more on the appearance of the food, rather than the taste, texture and eating practicality.
    People have to understand that all these Michelin star chefs are not true chefs, they are more like ''artists'' with food. It's like the difference between a competition shooter and a soldier. Yes the competition shooter will be more accurate, more calm and elegant, he will get trophies, rewards and prizes bla bla.. But the soldier veteran will get the job done better, especially under stress. The Michelin way of chopping onions is completely absurd, really wasteful in both resources and time. The end result is the same like putting the onion in a blender for a minute or two, and it takes too much time and effort. Those Japanese fancy luxury chefs who prepare the food in front of you slowly and elegantly and charge 300€ for a small spoon-sized dish without any spices, they are not real chefs! If you order 3 dishes from them in the same time, they would get lost in the kitchen and start to panic. And all these modern chefs use way too many utensils and bowls, they make everything too dirty so the helpers need to clean twice as much. Really wasteful, and most of these modern chefs are too sensitive and fragile, they can only work under special circumstances, with special ingredients and equipment, they are afraid of stepping out the comfort zone. They all follow some nonsense rules that only make the job harder than it needs to be. They started mixing weird ingredients that don't fit together and they call it a specialty.. Gordon Ramsey makes a normal hamburger but it's 20cm high, and you need to have a mouth like a crocodile to have a bite, but that's Gordon Ramsey and everyone will praise that hamburger even if it's impossible to eat it. They will think his hamburger is better lol..
    I left the kitchen a while ago and i'm glad, because this culinary business became a joke.
    R.I.P Nedeljko Batarelo a.k.a Neno, the unsung hero of the culinary world.

    • @anonymoussource1
      @anonymoussource1 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      This dude wrote a 1,200 word diatribe in response to a video about onions.

    • @prestong.6391
      @prestong.6391 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@anonymoussource1what is dude waffling about

  • @TarunMall
    @TarunMall 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Finally the first chef on the planet who understands that onion is layered and there is not much benefit in horizontal slicing. You deserve a sub just for this :D :D

  • @memelord3348
    @memelord3348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1472

    Damn, the ultra fine chop was literally grated

    • @SenpaiKai9000
      @SenpaiKai9000  2 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      sheee--- you right fam, but i ain't trynna get sent home, you feel me? lol

    • @ghost_of_jah5210
      @ghost_of_jah5210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@SenpaiKai9000 he’s mastered the Ebonics

    • @theidiotic-professional7491
      @theidiotic-professional7491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SenpaiKai9000 yee me feel you

    • @beanlets
      @beanlets 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Better, it is called brunoise

    • @jaynikk758
      @jaynikk758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ghost_of_jah5210 that's racist /s

  • @MetalDeathMusic
    @MetalDeathMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1594

    I've been a chef for 20 years, your Home method is how I have always chopped my onions. I am not anywhere near a Michelin level, but it's very good. I really hate waste.

    • @danlorett2184
      @danlorett2184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @dj Kplus The michelin style is wasteful of TIME, not onions - at least for most people. It makes perfect sense in a michelin-starred restaurant but if I'm making beans at home... not so much.

    • @100GTAGUY
      @100GTAGUY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @dj Kplus it's wasteful because Michelin created their rating system to encourage frivolous trips to their starred restaurants to wear out tires and sell more of theirs.

    • @randomnobody9229
      @randomnobody9229 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's okay, I'm sure you will be able to cook up some Michelin level tires soon enough.

    • @MetalDeathMusic
      @MetalDeathMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randomnobody9229 that's actually really funny! Lol

    • @mdt105
      @mdt105 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @100GTAGUY that's kind of true but also kind of not. Yes, it was ultimately created to sell tyres, but the original context was as a continuation of the century plus old tradition of the 'Grand Tour' around Europe that was previously done by train. Michelin was really a newcomer to the market, and the original Michelin guide wasn't frivolous because it wasn't just a list of places to eat; it was a general purpose tour guide book that included things to do and places to see in the traditional stopping places in the Tour, plus a phrase book and a 'what to do if you're in trouble' book, as well as listing places to eat.
      It's a list of high quality restaurants because the only people who went on the Grand Tour - and the only people who could afford cars - were wealthy scions of high society. The Michelin Guide is the only one of these that survived the early 20th century because it was the only one that essentially served as marketing material for a separate business; all the others needed to be profitable in their own right, and WW1 basically liked them all.

  • @JulianGonzalez1974
    @JulianGonzalez1974 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is something every home cook can apply. So easy. Thanks.

  • @papl20
    @papl20 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    your at home version is exactly how I cut my onions, no waste, easy to do.

  • @FRISHR
    @FRISHR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1540

    The true method is to actually flatten the onions with a car using Michelin tires.

    • @haydencook682
      @haydencook682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      All terrain goodyears give them a more earthy flavor

    • @TheOtherNeutrino
      @TheOtherNeutrino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It has to be flat. Michelins have issues when banked.

    • @sweeetly
      @sweeetly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You have to reverse over them 5 times to get all the stars

    • @malbig2344
      @malbig2344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      what a hilarious and original post. It really is.

    • @drygordspellweaver8761
      @drygordspellweaver8761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Goodyear onions need to sit for a year though. And it needs to be a good year

  • @grob1717
    @grob1717 ปีที่แล้ว +1598

    This is my favorite type of video. Approachable with no fluff, quick and to the point, and informative :)

    • @sanderschat
      @sanderschat ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is my favorite type of comment. Approachable with no fluff, quick and to the point, and positive.

    • @TMob56
      @TMob56 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CalebBerman 🤣

    • @ebidy
      @ebidy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CalebBerman have you ever seen Cars (2006)?

    • @MyGodisGreater
      @MyGodisGreater ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CalebBerman The hero of your own story... what does this have to do with onions?

    • @carlj7466
      @carlj7466 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2 mins of talking about onions isnt straight to the point but okay bud

  • @chrischoi8616
    @chrischoi8616 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This has been in my feed for over 3 months. Glad i finally watched it.

  • @ChazzmistaFosh0
    @ChazzmistaFosh0 ปีที่แล้ว +1382

    I’m a sous chef at a Michelin star restaurant and I went into this video with suspicions but you nailed it! The chef that taught me this learned it at atelier crenn and described it as the perfect Brunoise.

    • @oldirtyronin
      @oldirtyronin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      be honest, some of these words are made up

    • @themanwhobeateinstein
      @themanwhobeateinstein ปีที่แล้ว +4

      vraiment ?

    • @user-tz9jh6pv2j
      @user-tz9jh6pv2j ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@themanwhobeateinstein MDR

    • @jessonknights9536
      @jessonknights9536 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nothing special tho that’s a normal pub standard

    • @reznovvazileski3193
      @reznovvazileski3193 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jessonknights9536 In the Alabama pub standard the onions gotta be juicier than your cousins vagina

  • @jonathanjoos2284
    @jonathanjoos2284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Ah yes, 2 minute videos without 40 ads. I miss these type of videos too much.

  • @TheTHKCxCLAN
    @TheTHKCxCLAN ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm a year late, but I'm definitely subscribing due to this video. My jaw was dropped this whole time because you make it look so easy!

  • @msr1116
    @msr1116 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That sort of discipline is at the heart of old school European techniques for all types of food and beverage creation. It sets a certain standard for producing a consistently good product that people have come to expect and are assured the level of quality and attention to detail will continue.

  • @cecil123
    @cecil123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    For anyone who doesn't live near a well stocked supermarket, this works with non-Michelin star onions as well. Cheaper too.

  • @zak5498
    @zak5498 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The only video you need to watch about cutting onions, thank you m8!

  • @xDerpiicity
    @xDerpiicity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1138

    Those pickled onions are pretty standard in Mexican cuisine, at least where I’m from we often make lime pickled onions to put in tacos and they’re often one of the best toppings

    • @Wahinies
      @Wahinies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Youre making me hungry

    • @andresv.8880
      @andresv.8880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ayo do you happen to have a home recipe for tacos, my Mexican friend sells them so he won't share his recipe 😭

    • @agm8088
      @agm8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Also with habaneros added

    • @Kelo7
      @Kelo7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andresv.8880 co-ask😅

    • @lordtanatos84kmkn59
      @lordtanatos84kmkn59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plus some habaneros. ; )

  • @stltom6568
    @stltom6568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +748

    I've cooked in some crappy little restaurants back when I was younger, and have done all the cooking at home through 2 marriages, and really enjoyed the cooking experience. I also enjoy trying to better my skills at preparing foods. This video is without a doubt the most impactful food tv show, video, or book that I've ever experienced. You give me a great idea of what is considered relative 'perfection' and then show varying levels of how to do the same thing. It gives me great confidence in what is obtainable (and preferred) and what is acceptable depending upon the situation. Wow. Cheers!

    • @KelpyG.
      @KelpyG. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      yeah I dont even cook and just learning about the different levels of cutting was interesting

    • @TheAndersops
      @TheAndersops 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Hello, Tom. Nice insightful comment, thank you for your contribution to the comment section.

    • @Threat_LvL
      @Threat_LvL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      wow calm down its just a fk onion

    • @XPrincess30
      @XPrincess30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No one cares

    • @WhiteCheddar.
      @WhiteCheddar. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You gotta know how to cut the foods you prepare. It's 101, 102

  • @simpublic89
    @simpublic89 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love the improvised fix on your glasses, wasn't expecting that in a video about michelin onions

  • @codedxxx
    @codedxxx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Michelin Star cuts look like melting snow. They’re beautiful.

  • @WayofRamen
    @WayofRamen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1609

    these are some true senpai level skills 😳

    • @theidiotic-professional7491
      @theidiotic-professional7491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Heeee

    • @SenpaiKai9000
      @SenpaiKai9000  2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      This is my peak lol

    • @ragingfosil4255
      @ragingfosil4255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@SenpaiKai9000 Can you do a workout video?

    • @A_cracker14
      @A_cracker14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Senpai stop!

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I smoked weed inside my nearest Walmart in my recent TH-cam video because i was bored 💀💀

  • @Bingeworthy
    @Bingeworthy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +942

    Thanks dude! (Updates bio to include trained Michelin star chef)

    • @SenpaiKai9000
      @SenpaiKai9000  2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Lmao

    • @StonedCrackerofHell
      @StonedCrackerofHell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SenpaiKai9000 lmao

    • @g60force
      @g60force 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I update my CV after watched each Porn for more skillz IQ lvl9000

    • @OrdinaryLatvian
      @OrdinaryLatvian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@g60force Silence, child.

  • @gcstidham
    @gcstidham ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for getting to the point in the video. No fluff.

  • @choknater
    @choknater ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome. short, to the point, educational, great demos. thank you

  • @TheRealBigT1984
    @TheRealBigT1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Great video. Direct and to the point. You didn't go into a life long monolog of the first time you ever cut an onion, the history of onions, and why you love onions. Lol

    • @Immadeus
      @Immadeus ปีที่แล้ว

      Modern TH-cam is like: Oh you want to cut an onion? Here's a 7 hour documentary on the invention and some predecessors to the onion before the instructions.

    • @anielchall9708
      @anielchall9708 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And how you should like share and subscribe and 30 seconds after how this video is sponsored by hello fresh

  • @freepizza2494
    @freepizza2494 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    First time I ever watched your channel and I've worked in restaurants for almost 15 years and I never knew that if you put lemon juice on your hands after cutting onions you can eliminate the smell thank you and God bless you for that that's such a hack why nobody ever taught me

    • @mfrenchcazenovia
      @mfrenchcazenovia ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you don’t have a lemon or lemon juice (OUCH!), just wipe your stinky-ass onion hands on the nearest bit of stainless steel. Like your sink!

    • @mfrenchcazenovia
      @mfrenchcazenovia ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s magic.

    • @c.9858
      @c.9858 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@anticlickbait WHAT

    • @anticlickbait
      @anticlickbait ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@c.9858 ?

    • @Moonkin444
      @Moonkin444 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Garlic smell can also be eliminated when you rub you hands against metal (the sink for example). Maybe it works for onions too?

  • @mad13ee
    @mad13ee ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video. I'll never be a chef, but I have been trying to feed my family healthy dinners at home throughout the week.

  • @lemonadeslices
    @lemonadeslices 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    straight to the point - love this

  • @johnnynighthawk156
    @johnnynighthawk156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I love onions and garlic. Can't live without em.

    • @bongiovi7618
      @bongiovi7618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am the same no matter what it costs can sacrifice my relationship if i have to

    • @maqrol100
      @maqrol100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      come to Spain!

  • @arvetis
    @arvetis ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Literally anyone can cut a "michelin star" onion if they take their time. The thing separating a restaurant chef (or, realistically, prep cook) from a home cook is the ability to do an entire day's prep in half an hour. That's where "knife skills" and such are needed.
    If you're not trying to cut a million onions an hour, just take it slow and take it safe.

    • @pizzlerot2730
      @pizzlerot2730 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Don't forget that a sharp, quality knife is also very necessary to perform certain skills. It doesn't necessarily need to cost an arm and a leg, but it should be quite sharp and able to retain its edge well. Edge retention does directly depend on the quality of the steel used, so a good knife will require at least a moderate investment, but if you stay away from trendy brands/names then high quality can still be found for a reasonable price.
      Not saying that a good knife will suddenly make anyone a master chef, but for people with the requisite dexterity and time investment, it can really level up one's technical skills. After all, ain't nobody producing a Michelin brunoise using a RonCo special 🤣

    • @pizzlerot2730
      @pizzlerot2730 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CalebBerman God is a lie, and religion is a plague on humanity.

    • @RodinGaming
      @RodinGaming ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CalebBerman If God loves me so much why did he curse me with 10 years of horrendous crippling pain as a child. If that's the kind of thing your God does and you pray to him, kindly tell him to fuck off for me next time you do, thanks.

    • @CRneu
      @CRneu ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@CalebBerman reported for spam. nobody cares.

    • @johnbaudhuin2987
      @johnbaudhuin2987 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Half an hour would be a pretty inhuman amount of time to do what you actually need to do to retain awards. I was showing up early every single day. If you have 40 things to do you're not going to accomplish that in 30 minutes.

  • @creativeconcepts2424
    @creativeconcepts2424 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey man...this video was amazing. I wish I had your talent. i worked in a restaurant with no experience for 3 weeks in trinidad and got sacked because of my speed- it was too slow. It was only in the last two days two of the experienced trained chefs realized I was a started but I got sacked before they could help me improve.

  • @susieq1170
    @susieq1170 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Something so simple that escaped me on method. Thank you.

  • @micah_noel
    @micah_noel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Can’t say I’ve ever chopped onions quite that fine. But the “home” method with leaving the root on for stability was something I learned at my first cooking job 20 years ago. Even though I was a cocky little shit I guess I still learned a few things!

  • @Rapturnal
    @Rapturnal ปีที่แล้ว +67

    This was an awesome tip - thank you! I was already halving and trimming the ends off, but it never occurred to me that I could separate the layers for more control.

  • @norihood2446
    @norihood2446 ปีที่แล้ว

    this video has really inspired me

  • @user-xt7zs7tn1c
    @user-xt7zs7tn1c ปีที่แล้ว

    This was surprisingly accurate good job man

  • @nicholaswest9146
    @nicholaswest9146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Dude, this was fantastic! I also use the last option at home, however you taught me a new method that looks incredible, thanks!

  • @exaltron
    @exaltron ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Awesome job, I learned Brunoise years ago when I cooked professionally. Never got sent home but they definitely succeeded in making me cry for minor mistakes. I always assumed that a fine chop was superior to the amateur version of just attacking the onion repeatedly with one or more knives because you end up with evenly-sized pieces, but seeing this and the explanation that the onions would melt into the sauce, it almost seems like a quasi-puree would do the same thing. I'm sure this is heresy but I can't convince myself.

    • @shanleyshoupe7873
      @shanleyshoupe7873 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Cause if its not difficult and unpleasant, whatre we paying you for!? (kidding, but some customers arent)

    • @timothyblazer1749
      @timothyblazer1749 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Puree won't give the same flavor, as the tiny dice protects the juices from oxidation during the early cooking process. It also speeds the result, and leaves a fine texture, which puree will not.
      Puree is much better strained and used as a "final element"...barely cooked at all..perhaps 2 minutes in oil, 3 or 4 in water.

    • @Loganvbills
      @Loganvbills ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Timothy Blazer I'd like to add that the knife used needs to be thin and sharp enough to get a decent shave with. A dull and/or thick knife will crush, bruise, tear, and split rather than cut. All of that releases juices that would have otherwise stayed inside whatever is being cut if a good knife was used. A food processor would be the equivalent of a really shitty knife chopping, bruising, and splitting the ingredient into uneven pieces with the small stuff at the bottom and the large stuff on top.

    • @jamesblonde2271
      @jamesblonde2271 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      puree seperates into mush and liquid, then you get sent home.

    • @jamesblonde2271
      @jamesblonde2271 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Loganvbills shouda read this before I replied. However I use a eight inch sabatier for everyfekkin thing and I can brunoise if I have too.

  • @bikeguyhk
    @bikeguyhk หลายเดือนก่อน

    Earned a sub. Straight to the point.🎉

  • @dabajabaza111
    @dabajabaza111 ปีที่แล้ว

    Solid video. Short, sweet, and to the point.

  • @chrissykora4604
    @chrissykora4604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow. It's a straight forward tutorial at just over 2 mins. Bravo.

  • @kevinrey9427
    @kevinrey9427 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. Thank you!

  • @4thWallRelief
    @4thWallRelief ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Useful and concise. Please do many many more.

  • @imageispower20
    @imageispower20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thank you for the lesson. I thought I had to have both ends gone when cutting. Knowing I can keep the root on makes keeping stable easy.

    • @laurabutler264
      @laurabutler264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I only recently learned this too. I would cut both ends off, and as my knife was cheap and not sharp at all, I would get halfway across the onion and it would just collapse. Now I have a proper knife and keeping the roots on makes it much easier.

  • @Edited6
    @Edited6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I was a prep cook in a shitty country club kitchen for a few years, and have since been unable to avoid clicking on any onion cutting video YT shows me.
    I've also since switched to pastry prep and find myself drawn to the basics of thickening sauces.
    Watching you turn an onion into jelly with nothing but a knife is blowing both my minds right now!

    • @julijakeit
      @julijakeit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      'shitty country club' sounds like oxymoron by a failed professional...

    • @Edited6
      @Edited6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@julijakeit Or it's simply the quickest description my BoH brain came up with, that kitchen was not equipped for what we were doing but I look back on the resulting chaos quite fondly. And the executive chef from that kitchen is the person who pulled me along when she switched to running a bakery; I'm a shitty human in many ways but I can find my way around a kitchen and like to think I make a pretty decent employee.
      So what's your deal? Some sort of bootlicking background make you sensitive to people potentially bad-mouthing their previous employers, or just trying to pick a fight on a bad day?

    • @FractalZero
      @FractalZero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Edited6 ouch

    • @akdlg9sjjslk8
      @akdlg9sjjslk8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Edited6 that’s such a good burn

    • @kvltrites4534
      @kvltrites4534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@julijakeit
      Many exist. If you think every country club is a millionaire luxury establishment you're wrong, just like how not every golf course is a lush PGA-ready green. There's a lot of variance in budget, organization, and quality of buildings. A country club kitchen being poorly organized and ill-prepared is extremely believable...

  • @donnymcgahan1158
    @donnymcgahan1158 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Just pre-chew them for your customers

  • @jmg6012
    @jmg6012 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The idea of the onions or shallots being able to dissolve right into the sauce because of how fine they’re chopped, is a nice touch.

  • @oakkblackbird
    @oakkblackbird 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you @Senpai Kai for the tip! Will cut onions this way from now on! 🙋‍♂👍

  • @YR2050
    @YR2050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Kai: You don't need a sharp knife to do this.
    Chief Chef : you can go home now.

  • @hanjiplayer
    @hanjiplayer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Ah, the marco pierre white method. Good for risotto and sauce, but i usually prefer my onions more substantial.

    • @SenpaiKai9000
      @SenpaiKai9000  2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      same. i like taco style, just load on the onions y cilantro guey

  • @perseus9428
    @perseus9428 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @Pandatwirly
    @Pandatwirly 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow so cool to see! Thank you 💗

  • @TheGosgosh
    @TheGosgosh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I usually massacre my onions with a kitchen Gadget to get it really small.
    My body doesn’t like anything but fully cooked onions, to in order to save time (and myself some hassle on the toilet later on) I use the gadget.
    Maybe I will try these methods some day, but the citrus part might be relevant way sooner. Great video, thanks for teaching us.

    • @WillaDie
      @WillaDie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HERACY!

    • @tappajaav
      @tappajaav ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WillaDie Heresy?

  • @michaelcowling9928
    @michaelcowling9928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    When I want finely minced onions like that, the kind that fade away into the dish, I use a powered box grater type processor. Fast. Easy. Consistent. Uses almost all of the onion with very little trim/waste.

    • @pnw_dev7934
      @pnw_dev7934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      SERIOUSLY. Especially with his second brunoise, what's the point? I can't imagine that's meaningful different from throwing it in a food processor when it comes to taste and texture

    • @tacoman10
      @tacoman10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@pnw_dev7934 Because if you do it the way shown in the video you can sell the food for 100 times the price of materials.

    • @chrisconnor3173
      @chrisconnor3173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@tacoman10
      You're basically paying more for a less efficient meal.

    • @matrixfan58
      @matrixfan58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@pnw_dev7934 My only guess would be that you may be prepping a bunch of other stuff that needs to all be different sizes and will require a knife and board anyway? So with how fast these guys can cut they don't want to bust out an appliance that will take up space and take longer to clean if they can get away with it.

    • @CamMackay96
      @CamMackay96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@pnw_dev7934 less workspace, precise control over sizing, cutting really doesn't take long and above all else - its a Michelin star restaurant, they're pretentious!!

  • @lavyagaur6293
    @lavyagaur6293 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Respect to the person who is able to enlighten us without shedding a tear😂

  • @sno0py954
    @sno0py954 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed this video

  • @imadequate3376
    @imadequate3376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I learned the first one about getting extremely fine cuts from my grandmother when I first got my license I showed up early for Thanksgiving, grandpa made pancakes then my grandmother had me help with Thanksgiving food, I still use the method today when I do sauces or marinades, if there is one thing you should take from this it's that. Your sauce game will level up heavily and it works with most things, the easier it is for it to saucify the better, unless you want chunks.
    Thanks for posting this, I can't tell you how much learning to cook has done for me, and people who share any trade information to teach others is a hero.

  • @baileyfeller5607
    @baileyfeller5607 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When I first worked in a one star I was shocked at the way they did the Shallots like this but when I did it myself I realised how much better it the method was. Cool tube bro love your content 🔥

  • @santioliva
    @santioliva ปีที่แล้ว

    so plain, so simple, so good. dang my man great job

  • @avramdiy
    @avramdiy ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy to see a great way to introduce onions and garlic to my next batch of fettuccine alfredo.

  • @MichaelMarko
    @MichaelMarko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nice demo! I have used that second method since i was in my teens or early 20’s and I’ve really just not minced onions for years. I like the texture in my dishes. I’ve found that cutting them lengthwise only gets them to stand up during cooking and not melt away. I had thought i wanted to be a cook and did a lot of self study from when i was about 12 but then got a couple of jobs in kitchens and decided i didn’t like it. But i love to cook for myself and others.

    • @editor4958
      @editor4958 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      can you go into "stand up" more please? I do not understand.

    • @fungdark8270
      @fungdark8270 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@editor4958 not fall apart, not melt away

  • @sepsisXIII
    @sepsisXIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    OMG, those citrus onions changed my life, many thanks. I used lemon juice, salt and agave nectar (in lieu of sugar).

  • @PillarofWind
    @PillarofWind 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice video man, ur super chill. Hope u have an awesome year.

  • @json_bourne3812
    @json_bourne3812 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so glad I already do my "home way" your "home way"!

  • @billmcdonald4335
    @billmcdonald4335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Bodacious knife skills; insane level of fineness in that chop. I do a coarser version of your home-cook, root-end-on method for a lot of my recipes. If I want it super-fine, sometimes I'll soak some dried minced onion flakes in some lemon juice or red wine vinegar. I know I'll never do anything Star-quality, but, it's inspiring to watch those that can. . .

  • @DrBrunoRecipes
    @DrBrunoRecipes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Brought tears to my eyes 😂Greetings from Scotland. Have a wonderful day everyone!

  • @Cracks094
    @Cracks094 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    if you have a particularily large onion, you can do a diagonal slice from the cut end toward the stem to basically cut the layers in half beforehand, makes for a little bit smaller cut and works especially well if your knife is cheaper and not that incredibly sharp

  • @joerausch5756
    @joerausch5756 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been a fan of the shorts for years now. Never watched a long form video. I can now see that I've been quite thoroughly been playing myself! Lol

  • @r.9602
    @r.9602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i tried cutting onions like this today and then pickled them, it was fun and i don't know why i have never thought of pickling one finely chopped onion, thank you senpai

  • @Elconbrioso
    @Elconbrioso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you for this presentation - I love the precision. I don't see myself as a natural chopper of veg - I'm never quite organised enough, hopefully, your instructions will help me to - up my game. Normally, I need to chop fine enough for a Ragu for Pasta ( not that fine ) but I can see that a smooth sauce would require a melty, ultra fine chop.

    • @channelnumber52
      @channelnumber52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or a blender. I do what he does in method 3, and then I blend the shit out of my tomato sauce.

    • @Elconbrioso
      @Elconbrioso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you - I'll take that tip

  • @K20TypeR
    @K20TypeR 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a legend. This is the video I needed and wanted

  • @Jules-bd6jg
    @Jules-bd6jg ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Helpful and succinct. Thanks dude!

  • @zadinsomething1513
    @zadinsomething1513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    It's a good day when senpai Kai posts

    • @natethetrain
      @natethetrain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      everydays a good day with faye total yogurt

    • @wind2456
      @wind2456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He posts nearly every day
      So every day is a good day

    • @zadinsomething1513
      @zadinsomething1513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wind2456 yes

    • @TheGlamorousLifeofNae
      @TheGlamorousLifeofNae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It really is! 🙌🏽

    • @SenpaiKai9000
      @SenpaiKai9000  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@wind2456 lmao awh

  • @SpudzMcKenzy
    @SpudzMcKenzy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Short, simple, solid explanation. Thank you Kai!

  • @alexshaykevich509
    @alexshaykevich509 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tutorial

  • @BlackLizrd
    @BlackLizrd ปีที่แล้ว

    Really good vid my dude, thx.

  • @shaftinc8739
    @shaftinc8739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    After a couple of weeks of trying this myself at home i can finally do this small of a dice with some relative sped. I am going to show my chef tomorrow and see what he thinks about it!

    • @derekreg9432
      @derekreg9432 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's great. I'm practicing as well just to better my knife skills

    • @JoseFlores-nb5cl
      @JoseFlores-nb5cl ปีที่แล้ว

      What did he say ?

  • @dboehm4910
    @dboehm4910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow you really did teach me a lot. Thank You! I'm a home cook but I am disabled so I get tired quickly and I often make mistakes cooking because I am too tired to follow all the way through on every single step and it just ruins the whole dish for me. lol. a few weeks ago I did not cut the carrots for my mirepoix tiny enough (like it was baby carrots cut in 3rds. lol) half the mirepoix went into a crockpot soup so they got nice and soft and basically disappeared in the soup. but the other half I put in pasta sauce and the carrots were CRUNCHY!!!! ahhhh. I was sooo embarrassed. I hate serving food when I mess something up. Now I understand chopping it fine helps it disintegrate into the dish. Thank You.

  • @TheDarkWallChris
    @TheDarkWallChris 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was happy to see I already use your last method. Although the other methods look like that could be fun to try.

  • @Deadvld
    @Deadvld ปีที่แล้ว

    First video of yours I’ve seen. I subscribed. You have good energy.

  • @caffeineTX
    @caffeineTX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is great. Also I can see it being useful in a commercial kitchen where the scraps can go into other stuff but would be otherwise wasteful at home or something.

    • @HeronCoyote1234
      @HeronCoyote1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can always hold all your scraps (peelings as well) in a freezer bag. When full, make veggie stock!

  • @canes176
    @canes176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I’ve been making burgers lately for my family and other food and I use onions a lot and the second way looks the best.

    • @afasia2341
      @afasia2341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For burgers you actually might want to cut them thicker and cook them until caramelized, for any sauce the thinner slices melt. It depends what you want.

    • @jonuldrick
      @jonuldrick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@afasia2341 Truly caramelizing onions takes quite a bit of time. But they are oh so delicious on a burger. Once you go caramelized, you don't go back. lol

  • @tonychapman1259
    @tonychapman1259 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey man, that was a really great video. Short and concise.

  • @TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd
    @TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you so much for this video 🙏 I love onions and this really helps me use the right cuts at the right times for the right end results.

  • @lo-keyloki9986
    @lo-keyloki9986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That third method is how I was taught to do it. We didn't have the time for the julienne methods. Super neat to see in action though.

  • @phatwayne
    @phatwayne 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Super useful, thanks :)

  • @Galizma
    @Galizma ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks 😀

  • @lghjsdtugfkgfjgtru
    @lghjsdtugfkgfjgtru 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this was very informative. I always cut my onions like your homemade technique but the Michelin star one will surely be helpful to me the next time I make a sauce. Thanks!

  • @Irithyllian
    @Irithyllian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This might sound weird, but I clicked this video because it looked like a knife that had purple crystals growing on it.

    • @ness1278
      @ness1278 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly what i thought but read the title before clicking

    • @castormastor3288
      @castormastor3288 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here

  • @jesusmonsivais2383
    @jesusmonsivais2383 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved it. Thanks for sharing