How to Cut a Mango

Learning how to cut a mango is easy, and essential if you want to get the most out of this incredibly delicious, tropical fruit!

Prep Time1

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: exotic fruits

Servings:

Calories: 119kcal

Hold the mango in place on a cutting board, and cut just off the center line, lengthwise. (Remember, the pit is flat. It’s a similar in shape to the mango.) Imagine the side surface of your knife almost brushing the side of the pit.
Repeat this process on the mango’s other side. You’ll have two halves, and a flat center portion of the mango that includes the pit.
Now you can slice the two halves you cut off of the pit.
To cut the mango into slices, you can cut the halves into quarters and then to remove the skin, carefully slide the knife between the skin and the flesh. Then place the flesh quarters, flat side down on the cutting board and slice them further if desired.
Next, you can cut in the other direction for a dice.

You can also slice by using a paring knife to make lengthwise cuts into the mango flesh while it's still in its skin. Use the knife to cut down into the flesh, just barely touching the inside of the skin, but not cutting through it.
And for a dice just cut into the slices in the opposite direction.
Use a spoon to scoop out the slices or diced mango.
Or if you do dice it in the skin, rather than scooping the cut flesh out, you can almost turn the skin inside out for this pretty presentation. The dice can be large or tiny, your call.

Peel the mango. Then holding it very carefully, perhaps with a paper towel, make the first cut on one side of the pit. Once you've done that, place the peeled mango, flat side down, to horizontally cut the second half off. Now you can slice and dice.

To get the mango flesh from around the pit, lay the center piece flat, and use a paring knife to cut the fruit off the pit, towards the edges.

Nutritional information is based on a 7-ounce mango, and is only an estimate.