Mangoes are hands-down my favorite fruit. But I have to admit — for many years, I had absolutely NO idea how to (safely and beautifully!) peel and cut them.
The story was always the same. I would bring a mango home, super-excited to enjoy that unique, wonderfully sweet flavor. But after just a few seconds of cutting, I would have my hands completely covered and dripping with mango juice, trying desperately to hold onto a slippery-slidy mango pulp, and not slip and cut my fingers instead of the pulp!
Needless to say…I needed an intervention. :)
Thankfully, a few years ago, a friend graciously gave me this lesson. So for anyone else who’s in that boat, I thought I’d make a quick tutorial to humbly pass along to you. I’ve also included some info on how to select a ripe mango, or ripen one at home.
Bottom line…cutting a mango correctly was much easier than I knew. And 100% worth it. So give it a try!!!
Ali’s Tip:
If you end up cutting into a mango that’s too mushy or stringy for dicing, I’d recommend pureeing it, or popping it in a smoothie….or just scooping it out of the peel with a spoon and eating it plain!
love this video!
Hey Ali! So I was just browsing through your site looking at mango recipes and I came across this one, and I know that you’ve started doing How-To Tuesdays and I would love for you to do a video on this! Keep up the good work, sending lots of love!
x Andy
I used your method to take the peel off the mango, and as I made the first slice my eye wandered over to our curved grapefruit knife which I then used to remove the peel. Worked great. Now the house smells like chutney cooking on the stove.
AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing. All this time I’ve been doing the hard messy way.
Hey I’m a huge fan of your blog. Thanks for making it. :D
Hello, I just came across your blog. Beautiful photography, by the way. Anyway, I’ve been cutting and eating mangoes since I was a little girl (actually, when I was young other people would cut it for me), and we follow a very similar method to yours. We score the halves, but instead of inverting them, we take a spoon and run it along the inner side of the peel. Because you’ve already scored the halves, the mango just falls out in a beautiful dice. It’s less time consuming than cutting each cube off individually with a pairing knife. This may sound a little primitive, but we usually just remove the peel around the core and bite off the surrounding mango flesh as we would the red portion of a watermelon slice. I hope this helps you enjoy your mangoes even more!
OMG. Just like two days ago I was lamenting after trying to cut up a mango and ending up with a huge bowl of mush. Thanks!
Also, I can’t believe I haven’t been following your blog before now! I’m all in…
I plan to buy the OXO mango tool. I saw a demo of it at Williams Sonoma and it sure looks easier than licking your elbows.
I looked pretty silly trying to cut my mango in the staff room the other day. I probably only ate 2/3 of the actual mango because I mangled it so much. I’ll try this the next time. Thank you!
WOW _ this is great. I just always just the smushee drippy method. Can’t wait to try this with the mangoes ripening in my kitchen.