Our step-by-step photos and video show you just how easy it is to cut up this tropical fruit.

Mangosdelicious insmoothies, luscious insalsacan be a slimy, slippery challenge to cut.

The best way to go about it is to start first with a ripe, but still firm fruit.

Halved Mango With Cut Using the Cross-wise Cut Method on a Cutting Board Next to a Knife and More Cubed Fruit in the Background

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It’s available March through May.

It’s green, yellow and red, with its green parts turning yellow as it ripens.

Originally grown from a Haden seed, these mangos can be have red, dark green and yellow patches.

A person holding a knife and cutting into a mango to show how to cut a mango.

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But you’re able to’t tell by looking at them if they are ripe.

Best to do the sniff and squeeze test.

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A person cutting a ripe mango.

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Ataulfo) varieties are yellow with deep golden flesh.

Their skins turn yellow and wrinkle slightly when ripe.

These are sweet and tart with thinner skins, making them easier to eat.

A mango with the mango seed removed.

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There are hundreds of varieties of mangos, but just about a dozen are available in America.

Different varieties are ripe at different seasons.

Many are from South and Central America, Southeast Asia and India.

Making crosscuts into a mango to show how to cut a mango.

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Your objective is to cut along the sides of the pit, separating the flesh from the pit.

Holding the mango with one hand, stand it on its end, stem side down.

Then repeat with the other side.

Pulling a slice of mango to show how to peel a mango.

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You should end up with three pieces: two halves, and a middle section that includes the pit.

Invert the mango half, so the cut segments stick out like a hedgehog.

At this point you may be able to peel the segments right off the peel with your fingers.

Showing how to peel a mango.

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Take the mango piece with the pit, lay it flat on the cutting board.

Use a paring knife to cut out the pit and remove the peel.

You may be able to extract a little extra mango from around the pit.

Cutting a mango seed out of the fruit.

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