Can this dice onions?
268130
It can shred and slice almost anything, but it does not dice. To achieve the dice effect I used the slicer cup (thick) and make vertical cuts in the onion, since the slicer is horizontal the result then ends up diced. But, if you are looking for large dice, the answer will be NO.
268131
No it sure can't cannot. You can grate, or make thick and thin slices. You'll need to get a mandolin if you want to do some quick dicing.
268132
No it's not a dicer, it's a slicer. But a slap chop does dice onions very well.
268133
dice onions will be quite irregular size that you will end finishing this with a knife, however yes it can slice onions
268134
No, it only slices two different thicknesses or shreds two different sizes.
1807031
Ha - No, but how cool would that be? I always finely dice and brown my own though now you have me curious if I could steal some from a packet of Lipton's onion soup mix? Hmmmm...
219543
This thing struggles to chop onions. I haven't tried cooked meat like chicken, it could be possible but honestly if I had to do it again i'd just purchase an electric chopper.
1596035
I take a knife and cut the celery on a cutting board. Using the Nicer Dicer is ridiculous. I tried many times and it does not work the way the guy on tv showed us. Sometimes I make a mistake in purchasing an item. This was one of them.
921383
I looked at Tim's answer and maybe it's closer to five. I still cut my larger onions before I slice them, though.
210916
I have not tried it, yet, but would absolutely believe you could, add some cheese, and some sauteed onions, delicious....but it will take long.
1839404
I use it to slice onions extremely thin for deep fried onion strings. It works great!
843995
You do not have to make any knife cuts. I put a detailed "how to dice" in my review, I'll copy it over here: It seems some folks haven't figured out how to dice with it. I make Indian food and the curry sauce takes lots and lots of onions. I can dice an onion in 30 seconds with this (safely and not hurrying). Cut the top off of the onion. Peel off the outer layers that you don't want. Push the bottom of the onion into the holder. The bottom is the part with the roots - you can't slice the last little bit in the holder, so don't cut the bottom off the onion during prep. It will end up being left in the holder and you can just throw it away. That way you don't have to worry about the last bit left in the holder. Lay the julienne blade flat on your counter all by itself, not in the slicer. The blades will be facing up. Slide the onion, in the holder, across the julienne blade - this is the prep slice. Put the julienne blade in the slicer. Turn the onion 45 degrees and slice it - it will come out diced, then turn it a 1/4 turn and slice, turn and slice, turn and slice - the whole onion comes out diced beautifully. The same can be done with potatoes and tomatoes. I seriously can dice up 6 onions in 3-4 minutes (after I peel the top layer and chop the ends off). There isn't any time for tears to even start. The holder looks like it is designed to only go down to the blade one way - with the wide part running down the rails but it doesn't catch even if you have the narrow sides parallel with the rails. So just switch back and forth for dices. No need to make knife cuts in the veggies.
949294
The insert lets you chop and dice within some limits this although I have never done it with this mandoline. It is very sharp!! be careful!!
2015536
I have the Shun, and I would not try to dice on it. The long cuts are exquisite, but the food spike/carriage combo would complicate the dicing unnecessarily. Possible, I suppose, if one removed the slicing blade, but that's toying with something that might just come back to bite you. You would have to cut the food into pieces no wider than the carriage (it can cut food that is longer because of the open face of the carriage), fry-cut, gather the cuts, place them at 90 degrees under the carriage somehow, and go at it again. I do the fry cut and then hand-dice. It still saves 2/3 of the time of dicing by hand! I have the Shun, and I would not try to dice on it. The long cuts are exquisite, but the food spike/carriage combo would complicate the dicing unnecessarily. Possible, I suppose, if one removed the slicing blade, but that's toying with something that might just come back to bite you. You would have to cut the food into pieces no wider than the carriage (it can cut food that is longer because of the open face of the carriage), fry-cut, gather the cuts, place them at 90 degrees under the carriage somehow, and go at it again. I do the fry cut and then hand-dice. It still saves 2/3... » Read More I have the Shun, and I would not try to dice on it. The long cuts are exquisite, but the food spike/carriage combo would complicate the dicing unnecessarily. Possible, I suppose, if one removed the slicing blade, but that's toying with something that might just come back to bite you. You would have to cut the food into pieces no wider than the carriage (it can cut food that is longer because of the open face of the carriage), fry-cut, gather the cuts, place them at 90 degrees under the carriage somehow, and go at it again. I do the fry cut and then hand-dice. It still saves 2/3 of the time of dicing by hand! « Show Less
1731559
Yes. You can do onions, carrots and other veggies just fine. Done it many times with no isssues.
115172
Great on onions. I sliced only firm plum tomatoes. Make sure you use the hand guard on both.
1748974
One of the blades is a grid of small squares so if the item you want dices is cut to the height you want (i.e. an onion would have to be cut into 1/4"-=1/2" discs and then placed in product to cut into small squares) - it's the same blade you use for making sticks, but then you want the veggie/fruit to be as tall as you want the sticks to be. We diced celery, onions, bell peppers and apples so far and they came out great!! Hope this helps.
1342008
depending on the onion, yes. large vidalias can be rather tight. I trim to fit if need be.5" diameter
656968
Haven't tried that but I doubt it. Mostly onion, eggs, tomato, ... Salad type veggies
1107281
Yes! We love ours! Worth the extra money over other brands. Seems to be a very heavy duty unit. I sliced up a whole 10lb bag of onions with it on just a couple minutes just last weekend.
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The smallest dicer blade/insert on my "Genius Nicer Dicer"- [rectangle chopper] looks like it dices about 1/4" pieces; all the blade inserts are dual sided, 2 diff. sizes on each half of rectangular blade. So, on the other half of the 1/4" dicer is about 1/2" size. Even tomatoes will dice up fine on the 1/2" on mine. Onions, celery, etc. do great on the smallest- 1/4" size dicer, esp. for salsa, pico de gallo, potato salad, tuna or chicken salad, etc. Just have to slice tomatoes and others acrossfirst. My does not have a booklet but now I also have a larger chopper-"Genius Salad Chopper" - and use that for ideas for this smaller Nicer Dicer. QVC did sell this smaller blade separate. Good luck! The smallest dicer blade/insert on my "Genius Nicer Dicer"- [rectangle chopper] looks like it dices about 1/4" pieces; all the blade inserts are dual sided, 2 diff. sizes on each half of rectangular blade. So, on the other half of the 1/4" dicer is about 1/2" size. Even tomatoes will dice up fine on the 1/2" on mine. Onions, celery, etc. do great on the smallest- 1/4" size dicer, esp. for salsa, pico de gallo, potato salad, tuna or chicken salad, etc. Just have to slice tomatoes and others acrossfirst. My does not have a booklet but now I also have a... » Read More The smallest dicer blade/insert on my "Genius Nicer Dicer"- [rectangle chopper] looks like it dices about 1/4" pieces; all the blade inserts are dual sided, 2 diff. sizes on each half of rectangular blade. So, on the other half of the 1/4" dicer is about 1/2" size. Even tomatoes will dice up fine on the 1/2" on mine. Onions, celery, etc. do great on the smallest- 1/4" size dicer, esp. for salsa, pico de gallo, potato salad, tuna or chicken salad, etc. Just have to slice tomatoes and others acrossfirst. My does not have a booklet but now I also have a larger chopper-"Genius Salad Chopper" - and use that for ideas for this smaller Nicer Dicer. QVC did sell this smaller blade separate. Good luck! « Show Less