But, like anything else in the kitchen, learning to cut a mango simply takes practice. And mangoes are totally worth the effort—a perfectly ripe mango is the closest nature comes to candy. With a ...

Step 1 - On a cutting board, position the mango so the stem is on top Step 2 - Cut vertically 1/4 inch away from the midline of the mango (remember, there’s a big seed in the middle so give ...

Repeat this step with the other large section. For the two smaller sections of mango, lay them on your cutting board skin-side-down.

To avoid a cooking catastrophe, celebrity chef Alton Brown created a step-by-step tutorial for how to cut a mango. He demonstrates both the wrong ways to slice into the fruit and the right (safe) one.