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Mahalo's cooking expert Miranda Valentine demonstrates a trick for cutting mangos.
What You'll Need
- Ripe mango
- Sharp knife
- Cutting board
- Bowl
Cut the Mango
Select a ripe, but not overly ripe, mango and wash it thoroughly. - Place the mango on the cutting board and use the knife to cut it down the middle. You'll feel the thick pit on the inside and should curve around it with your knife. Keep cutting until you have several slices of mango.
- Without breaking through the mango skin, cut parallel incisions onto the mango slice.
Turn the slice 90° and make parallel cuts on the mango again, forming a grid pattern.- Turn the mango slice inside out by pushing up on the skin underneath the fruit.
- Use the knife to slice the pieces off the skin.
Mango Pieces Are a Delicious Addition to Smoothies or Salads!
Alternate Methods
Mango splitter
- Select a ripe mango and wash it thoroughly.
- Place the mango stem end down on a cutting board.
- Center the splitter above the mango.
- Ensure that the widest part of the fruit is aligned with the splitter's opening.
- Push the splitter down onto the mango to separate the middle seed section.
- You now have two large slices and some flesh left on the fruit.
- Place the center slice flat on the cutting board.
- Place the tip of the knife between the skin and the mango and work around the slice to cut the skin off.
- Cut the remaining flesh off the mango seed.
- Select a ripe mango and wash it thoroughly.
- Place the fruit stem end down on a cutting board.
- Starting at the outside of the mango, slice down, removing a very thin layer of skin.
- Discard this first slice.
- Move in about 1/4 inch and make another slice.
- Continue slicing until the knife hits the seed.
- Turn the mango around 180° and repeat the process on the other side.
- You now have several large slices of mango and some flesh left on the fruit.
- Place a slice flat on the cutting board.
- Place the tip of the knife between the skin and the mango and work around the slice to cut the skin off.
- Repeat for each slice.
- Cut the remaining flesh off the seed after removing the peel from the center slice.
References
Meet Our Experts
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Miranda Valentine
Miranda Valentine blogs about food and lifestyle at Everything Sounds Better in French. Miranda graduated from the University of Southern Maine and earned her master's degree from the University of Southern California. She works as a contributing writer for Bunker Hill Magazine and Joonbug.com's LA edition.
Know Your Mango
- Ripeness is key. Make sure your mango isn't overripe or under ripe. A ripe mango has a sweet smell and is slightly soft to the touch.
- Mangos have a large, flat seed, which clings tightly to the flesh. It helps to follow the contours of the seed while cutting as close to it as possible.
- Mangos are tasty in salsas, chutneys, smoothies, fruit salad, desserts or on their own.
- Mangos are a great source of iron, calcium, vitamin B6, vitamin A and vitamin C.c
