This step-by-step photo guide will take you through a very easy method to learn how to peel and cut an avocado.

Avocados, without question, deserve their time in the spotlight.

A perfect avocado is absolutely stunning and unbelievably delicious.

Most of us love avocados, and I’m sure have cut many of them for various uses. The method I’m sharing today is easy and it will teach a few different cuts.

How to Peel and Cut an Avocado . . .

How to Peel and Cut an Avocado

This step-by-step photo guide will take you through a very easy method to learn how to peel and cut an avocado.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty easy

Materials

avocado

Tools

paring knife

Instructions

Use a paring knife to cut around the center of the avocado, lengthwise. Rotate the avocado around slowly to move your knife completely around the pit until you have two clean halves.
Hold the avocado half that contains the pit gently on your work surface, and use the knife to remove it — use a bit of force, starting with your knife slightly elevated and chop into the pit. Then gently lift the knife, twisting it a bit, and the pit should easily come with it. Use a towel to remove the pit from the knife.
Place both avocado halves round side up on your work surface. Cut about 1/4-inch off of each end.
Use your hands to gently peel the skin off the avocado. (If it doesn't come off easily, you can use a spoon to scoop it out -- all in one piece.)
Round side up, slice the avocado to the desired thickness. You can dice it from here . . .
Avocados are slippery — to keep the slices intact, use a flat-bottomed spatula to move them to your serving plate or to the dish you’re adding them to. A few little dark spots are okay — they just make it real.

Once you learn how to peel and cut an avocado, you’ll be adding them to all sorts of recipes.

Delicious avocado recipes:

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Comments

MImi Avocado says

May 26, 2012 at 4:43 pm

Beautiful guide to cutting an avocado! It’s a little easier if you cut the avocado into quarters before you start to peel…but then you don’t get a perfect avocado half either. Those perfectly peeled halves are sooo pretty! Thanks for the gorgeous post!

- valentina says
  
  May 26, 2012 at 11:04 pm
  
  And thank you, Mimi, for growing such great avocados! Love them!
  
Fuji Mama says

June 1, 2012 at 5:08 pm

Gorgeous post!! Yes, Mimi’s avocados are the best!!!

- valentina says
  
  June 1, 2012 at 5:10 pm
  
  Thank you, Rachael!! xo
  
amee says

June 3, 2012 at 5:11 pm

Cool! I will say the challenge is often removing the seed from the knife…safely! The towel method does work!!

Jeanne @JollyTomato says

July 17, 2020 at 11:36 am

Great information – Bookmarked this! Also thank you for including JollyTomato’s avocado key lime pie recipe! : )

- valentina says
  
  July 18, 2020 at 4:58 pm
  
  Thanks so much, Jeanne! 🙂 ~Valentina

How to Peel and Cut an Avocado

How to Peel and Cut an Avocado . . .