How to Cut an Avocado

Prep: 5

Cook: 0

Total Time: 5

Yield: 4 servings

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: American

Calories: 80kcal

How to cut avocado step-by-step guide. The creamy flesh can be sliced, diced, or mashed to add nutritional benefits to recipes and even desserts.

Place a ripe avocado on a cutting board, or if you are comfortable in the palm of your hand.
Cut it lengthwise around the seed. Cut into the avocado until the knife hits the seed, then rotate the fruit with one hand while keeping the knife steady in the other hand.
Rotate the halves in your hands, twisting gently if necessary and separate the two sections.
Place the avocado in a kitchen towel. Hold securely in your hand, and then carefully tap the back edge of a chef's knife into the pit. Twist and lift straight up to remove. Use a wooden spoon to dislodge the pit from the knife.
The flesh can be left inside of the skin and then scored into lines or dices then removed with the spoon.
Use a large spoon to scoop the flesh out of the skin.
Alternatively, cut the avocado halves into quarters with the skin on. Peel the fruit by sliding your thumb under the skin and peeling it back. Place the flesh cut-side down and then slice or dice.

Diced avocados that will be used the same day but not immediately can be placed in a bowl filled with tap water. Drain before adding to the recipe.

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