Popular food blogger and mum-to-be, Leah Itsines, has shared a ‘food hack’ showing the ‘correct’ way of slicing up an iconic Aussie summer fruit - the mango.

Leah demonstrated the slicing ‘hack’ on an overripe mango. Photos from Instagram / @leahitsines. ​

Leah shared the video on her Instagram page, saying she has seen this ‘hack’ online before.

“But I was like, ‘No we cut mangoes this way.’” Said the 26-year-old, with mango and knife in hand, demonstrating the traditional way of slicing the fruit parallel down each side of the pit.

And then, the food blogger revealed the ‘correct’ way of cutting up the juicy fruit.

“Have a look, I’m cutting it this way.”

Leah placed the knife towards the centre of the mango and began slicing the fruit horizontally, creating two halves.

“Ready?” She then grabbed the upper and lower halves of the fruit before twisting them apart.

With one ‘pop’, the mango was easily split in two.

“It’s like a little cup!” said Leah in between fits of giggles.

She placed the upper half with the seed down on the counter, then began scooping out the flesh of the lower half with a spoon.

“This is the best thing ever!” the mum said while looking off-camera at her partner.

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The health blogger originally uploaded the clip on her Instagram story before making it a permanent video on her profile due to ‘popular demand’.

“Brought back by popular demand now this mango cutting is forever on your feed hahaha,” she wrote.

“Ps. We just don’t talk about the other pip side,” she captioned the post.

Leah’s Instagram page has over 590,000 followers.

Some of her fans have since tried out the hack for themselves.

“I tried this yesterday after seeing this video. Mind blown,” one wrote.

One fan even confessed, “Omg I’ve been cutting it wrong!”

“What the actual f!!!!! Best hack ever!” another follower chimed in.

However, the trick doesn’t work with every mango, as commented by a few fellow foodies.

“I tried it today and it didn’t work,” one user aired out their frustration. “I don’t think mine was very ripe.”

“Mine didn’t work, must have to be super ripe,” another agreed.


Have you tried out this hack yet? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you!

 

[Xe]

You have to wait for the mango to be just the right amount of ripe for this to work

 

[Vinylted]

This works brilliantly for an avocado.... never tried with a mango, although I think I'll stick with the original way.

 

[tomtom]

Looks good, but my wife has been cutting mine in a way that I eat it like an orange - I was brought up in South Africa/Rhodesia and we didn't waste time cutting - we took them off the tree, peeled them, and, fantastic.

 

[Kawi]

Bit worried about the knife! Safer to place the mango on the bench first?

 

[Caswok]

I still prefer the “porcupine” method. Works for all situations

 

[Xe]

I still prefer the “porcupine” method. Works for all situations

What is the porcupine method?

 

[Caswok]

What is the porcupine method?

Cut the “cheeks” off the mango. Scour the flesh with tip of a sharp knife in 2 directions, crossing each other ie 1 cm cubes. Put the knife down! Turn your (mango) cheek inside out. Voila! A porcupine! eat or slice from the skin. It still leaves you with the seed bit to contend with but that is the joy of a mango. Ever heard the phrase “he had hair like a sucked mango!”?

 

[mikki]

I AM REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO TRY THAT

 

[Xe]

Cut the “cheeks” off the mango. Scour the flesh with tip of a sharp knife in 2 directions, crossing each other ie 1 cm cubes. Put the knife down! Turn your (mango) cheek inside out. Voila! A porcupine! eat or slice from the skin. It still leaves you with the seed bit to contend with but that is the joy of a mango. Ever heard the phrase “he had hair like a sucked mango!”?

Oh I think I've definitely seen that before. The seed is annoying to deal with though It means I can only ever eat mango in the privacy of my home

 

[Faye D]

only works on super ripe mangos so I stick to the cheek method. Then score, not cut through the skin, with a knife into cube or slices - then holding the skin slide the half mango over the mouth of a glass, skin outside and fruit inside. The cut fruit easily separates from the skin and drops into the glass ready to use.