How to Cut a Mango for Fruit Salad

Cut the mango carefully for fruit salad.

Mango is a delicious tropical fruit often used in fruit salad, salsa and smoothies. The large central seed can make cutting a mango a bit of a challenge for the novice, especially since the flesh is so slippery. For some recipes, it doesn't matter if the mango gets mashed. But a fruit salad looks much better with evenly cut chunks of fruit. There's a simple trick for perfectly cut mango.

Things You'll Need

• Sharp paring knife

Instructions

1. Hold the mango on end on a firm cutting surface and slice through the fruit about 1/4 inch from the widest part of the center line.

2. Slice through the mango again on the other side of the seed. The two cut pieces of the fruit are called the cheeks, and they contain most of the flesh.

3. Use a sharp paring knife to make several parallel cuts through the flesh of each mango cheek, taking care to avoid cutting through the skin.

4. Make several cuts across each mango cheek at right angles to the original cuts to form a grid. Again, be careful not to slice through the skin.

5. Push up on the skin to turn the fruit inside out. Use a knife or spoon to peel the cubes of mango off the skin and into a bowl.

References

• Frieda's Inc.: Mango