How to quickly say an onion without tears: Melbourne foodie Melanie Lionello shares her simple hack

A foodie has shared her simple, fuss-free hack for saying an onion in under 30 seconds.

Cookbook author and nutritionist Melanie Lionello demonstrated the ‘literally life-changing’ trick she said will ‘save so many tears’ in a now-viral clip.

The Melbourne cook, who heads From My Little Kitchen, chopped the stem off a whole onion and placed in on a chopping board with the root facing upwards.

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Melbourne foodie and nutritionist Melanie Lionello has gone mega viral with her simple way to chop and onion in under 30 seconds that won’t make your eyes water

After taking the onion skin off, she makes multiple slices the whole way around the onion from the root to the stem with each cut meeting in the centre.

Melanie then turns the onion on its side and makes a series of thin vertical cuts starting at the stem and making her way up to the root.

She was left with finely diced pieces of onion perfect for cooking and dry eyes.

‘I was today years-old when I learned that I could say an onion like this. Please tell me that I’m not the only one,’ she said in an Instagram video.

The cookbook author chopped the stem off a whole onion, placed in on a chopping board with the root facing upwards and made multiple slices the whole way around the vegetable

Melanie then turns the onion on its side and makes a series of thin vertical cuts starting at the stem and making her way up to the root

The video has racked up more than 11.4 million views on the platform as well as hundreds of thankful comments.

‘THIS IS A GAME CHANGER,’ one viewer exclaimed.

‘Wow I’m trying this, never cut an onion like this but it looks so easy!’ wrote another.

‘I like chopping onions like this. It saves my eyes from tearing up,’ said a third.

‘Cut it in half first so you have it firmly on a flat surface will make it safer to do, you may cut yourself doing it whole,’ a fourth recommended.