Onion Chopper and Vegetable Dicer, 7 Blades

Onion Chopper That Dices Straight into the Container

Dicing an onion by hand means stinging eyes, uneven pieces and bits rolling across the counter. An onion chopper turns it into one press: set the onion half on the grid, close the lid, and the pieces drop into the container underneath.

The set has a clear container with a white press lid and 7 interchangeable green blades: a medium and a fine chopping grid, a straight slicer, a julienne blade, a coarse grater, a spiral blade and a ribbon blade. The photos also show a hand guard, a small cleaning tool and a storage caddy for the blades. Dice, slice and grate with one tool and one container to wash.

Which blade does what?

• Medium chopping grid: carrots, potatoes, zucchini and peppers
• Fine chopping grid: onions, shallots, garlic and mushrooms
• Straight slicer: potato and cucumber slices
• Julienne: carrot and cabbage strips
• Coarse grater: carrots and hard cheese
• Spiral and ribbon: zucchini, cucumber and carrot curls

Is a vegetable dicer faster than a knife?

For one small onion, a good knife is about as quick. The vegetable dicer wins when a recipe calls for two onions, a pepper and a couple of carrots, because every piece comes out the same size and you spend far less time leaning over a cut onion.

Tips for the onion dicer

• Cut onions in half and lay them flat side down on the grid.
• Cut wide vegetables into pieces that fit the grid.
• Press firmly in one motion rather than several small pushes.
• Use the cleaning tool to push leftover pieces out of the grid.

Care and safety

The blades are sharp. Use the hand guard with the slicer blades and keep your fingers off the grid. Rinse the parts soon after use, before food dries in the grid.

Weeknight dinners start with chopping, so make that part easy. Add it to your cart, or compare our vegetable chopper with container and our pull chopper.