How to Slice Mango

Summer season means mangoes! Did you end up buying a box of mangoes like me, because you couldn’t resist? Yeah, I feel ya. Mangoes smell so good and good ones are so sweet. I like Kent variety mangoes since they have minimal to none fibers. I don’t like having to chew on fibers. It just ruins my mango eating experience.

So you’re ready to eat a ripe mango. You start by peeling off the skin. The mango becomes super slippery. You try to slice the mango. But you just end up making a mess with juices flowing all over. Oh! Pardon me, I guess I was talking about myself.

Anyway, don’t do what I did per the above steps. Instead, try slicing the mango using the awesome slicing tip below. No mess, maybe a bit of juices flowing, but you’ll enjoy the mango much much more! Happy summer!

How to Slice Mango Tip

Ingredients

• 1 ripe mango – I like Kent variety

Directions

1. Eyeball where the pit should be – middle of the mango.
2. Try to avoid cutting the pit, but you want to slice as close to the pit as possible.
3. Slice the sides off first, left and right.
4. Now you’re left with the pit in a semi-rectangular shape center.
5. Slice off the sides cutting as close to the pit as you can.
6. Slice the mango pieces off the pit into a grid, making horizontal and vertical lines, without cutting it through the skin.
7. Repeat for the smaller side pieces. Probably can’t make a grid this time, but more of a row of boxes.
8. Push the mango skin side in, so that the meat is projected outwards.
9. As for the meat remaining near the pit, you can either try your best to cut the rest off, or just chew on it!
10. Enjoy!