A chopping technique of cutting foods into small cubes. To dice, cut a vegetable or fruit into long slices, gather the slices into piles of three or four, then chop down the length of these slices at even intervals into order to get diced cubes.

In the case of vegetables, such as onions or shallots an easy way of dicing is shown here. First, cut of the ends of the onion and peel it (from left to right, photos 1,2 and 3). Make crosswise cuts, almost to the bottom of the onion, but without cutting through to the bottom (photo 4). Make similar cuts going the other direction (photo 5). Turn the onion on its side and slice. This will result in evenly diced onion (photo 6).