Sliced Mango Food

SLICED MANGO

Steps:

• How to Choose a Ripe Mango:.
• Press your thumb into the skin of the mango. If it "indents easily," as you can sorta see below my thumb, then it is ready to be eaten. The softer the mango, the more ripe!
• How to Cut a Mango:.
• Slice the bottom off as close to the skin as you can -- Allowing the mango to stand on its own on the cutting board!
• Slice around the edges from top to bottom in 1 inch slices.
• Slice all the way around -- leaving just the green top!
• Lay the mango on it side and cut off the green top.
• Look closely and you'll see a small white spot in the middle of the mango. Its below the green skin, sorta in the middle. That is the seed and will give you and indication of where to place your knife so that you can slice off a large piece of "mango meat" in one slice.
• There is a smaller section of mango left on each side of the seed. Cut along the last side of the seed.
• You should be left with 2 large mango sections and 2 smaller mango pieces.
• Dice up mango into bite size (or smaller) pieces. It's ready to be munched on or thrown into your favorite rice!
• Not sure what to do with the seed. Give it to your kiddos and let them eat off the rest of the mango form the seed. Beware: Juicy mango seeds make a big MESS!

HOW TO CUT A MANGO

Steps:

• Position the mango so one of the pointed ends is facing you, with the cheeks at either side.
• Slice downwards using a serrated knife to remove one of the cheeks, guiding the knife around the stone in the middle. Turn the mango around and repeat on the other side.
• Score the mango flesh in a diagonal pattern along the length of the cheek using the tip of the knife. Turn 90 degrees and score again to make a criss-cross pattern.
• Turn the scored mango cheek over and push on the skin with your fingers so the fleshy side pops out - it will look a bit like a hedgehog, with the scored mango chunks poking out. Cut the chunks of flesh away from the skin with a knife.
• Cut away the flesh on both sides, following the curve of the stone. Score along the pieces with a knife as before, then run the knife along the skin to release the pieces. Add these to the rest of the mango pieces.