Home cooks shares incredible hack for peeling an onion in just seconds by PUNCHING it

Onions are a core ingredient in many dishes, but peeling them can be laborious and time-consuming for home cooks, and cause eyes to sting and water.       

But foodie James Rembo, from Denver, Colorado, shared a simple hack to take the skin of the allium vegetable in seconds by chopping it in half and punching the top.  

Sharing the video to TikTok and Instagram, James pinched the skin off the top in a simple motion, saving precious time. 

James Rembo, from Denver, Colorado, shared a simple hack to take the skin of the allium vegetable in seconds by chopping it in half and punching the top.  Sharing the video to TikTok and Instagram, James pinches the skin off the top in a simple motion, saving precious time.

In the clip, James began by chopping the stalk from the onion and slicing in it half.

He then lay it flat on a chopping board and punched it from above, where it split in half again and the skin peeled off.  

‘Want to know the best way to peel an onion?’ he asked.

The clip was shared on TikTok by user Sarah Rose where she wrote ‘this changed my life!’ as it racked up more than 188,000 views.

‘That was awesome’ said one. 

In the clip, James begins by chopping the stalk from the onion and slicing in it half. He then lies it flat on a chopping board and punches it from above, where it splits in half again and the skin peels off.

The clip was shared on TikTok by user Sarah Rose where she wrote ‘this changed my life!’ as it racked up more than 188,000 views.

‘Gonna try it. Thanks similar to garlic I guess’ added another. 

‘Brilliant and unexpected’ wrote a third.   

‘I like your style’ commented a fourth.  

James video comes after a home cook went viral with her easy hack to chop an onion.

Hundreds of users have commented on the video saying it’s a great idea and they were going to try it

Jaycee Baso, from Sydney, shared a step-by-step video tutorial on TikTok demonstrating the ‘fastest way’ she slices the vegetable.

‘With the onion hack, it takes me anywhere from 40 to 60 seconds to dice an onion – it’s super quick,’ Jaycee told FEMAIL.  

She starts by using a sharp knife to cut the onion in half from the stem to the root. 

‘The trick is to make sure the root stays in tact where you’ve cut it,’ she explained.

It comes after a Sydney home cook revealed her simple method for dicing an onion within seconds – starts by using a knife to cut the onion in half from the stem to the root (left), next cut off the top of the root and then peel the onion skin off (right)

Next, cut off the top of the root and then peel the onion skin off. 

Take one half of the onion and place on its flat side on the chopping board, then hold the root end and cut vertically but avoid slicing all the way through.

‘Cut slices down from the root to the stem while keeping the root intact,’ she said.

Then simply rotate the onion the other way, and slice vertically through it but still leaving the root intact. Repeat the remaining half of the onion.

‘You get perfectly diced onions,’ she said.

To prevent any waterworks while slicing onion, Jaycee suggested keeping them in the fridge before you need to chop them.