Have you wondered how to cut an avocado? I learned this method while working at a Mexican restaurant in our town. Before that I just cut different ways attempting to do the best I could. Now, cutting an avocado is something I could do in my sleep and I actually enjoy doing it and want to make guacamole all the time.
You take your ripe avocado and slice it all the way around the pit and twist it apart so it looks like this:
Next, take your knife and carefully hit the pit with part of the blade closer to the handle. Twist the knife while holding the avocado half in the palm of your other hand and the pit will pop out.
Now, take the knife and make diagonal cuts down and across.
Finally, take a spoon and slide it in around the skin and let the avocado pieces fall into a bowl.
If you want to take the avocado out in a complete half, simply don’t make the diagonal slices and simply use the spoon to carefully remove and then slice on a cutting board in your desired shape.
This method is super easy and makes your homemade guacamole come together in minutes!
What’s your favorite way to cut an avocado?
(Here’s my favorite guacamole recipe!)
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Can you believe that I’ve never eaten an avocado before? I want to try some recipes with them but then I never get around to it. I’ve pinned this for when I’m ready to cut an avocado. Stopping by from Happiness is Homemade.
I love avocado! Especially in the form of guacamole – it’s so good that I just eat it with a spoon. Thanks for stopping by!
Stopping by from GTTuesday Link up! Great tip! Sometimes I feel like I must always be doing things the wrong way! Thanks for getting me one step closer to getting it right! 😉
Thanks for stopping by! Lol, I’m sure there are other great (or better) ways to cut an avocado but this one works wonderful for me (and is so much better than the way I attempted before working at the Mexican restaurant).
My mom taught me to slice avocados this way when I was little 🙂 Isn’t it the best? You know, this is the 2nd time today I have heard about making guac – I’m taking it as a sign 😉
I’ll say it’s a sign! Guacamole must be made often. 🙂 I agree, it’s such an easy and efficient way to cut them. I was in awe at how simple it was when I first learned.
I love avocados! I always feel like I’m cutting them wrong so thank you for sharing! Visiting from The Weekend Re-Treat!
I’m sure there are lots of ways to cut them, but this way has been so easy and efficient I’ve never felt the need to look any further. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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