What is the best avocado tool for preparing avocado slices?

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Xime97 · Answer

Honestly, just a chef knife. I'm not a fan of unitaskers (thanks Alton brown) but a chefs knife is so versatile and gives much greater flexibility when deciding the thickness of slices.  I pit the avocado and use a large spoon to separate the flesh from the skin, then flat side down use the knife to make slices.

Peyton · Answer

Honestly, I just use a sharp knife and cut around the long side of the avocado all the way right up to the stone.
Then twist, so that you have two halves (one will still have the stone). While the skin is still on, use the tip of your knife to mark out your slices. Then lay the avocado half flat onto a plate, skin side up, and press down on the skin side with the palm of your hand. The slices will just pop out.

Amaya · Answer

Assuming the avocado is ripe (slightly gooey) I’d use a ceramic bladed knife. Won’t be perfect, but it won’t brown the flesh.
Most people eat them unripe and fairly hard I’ve found. Any knife works.

Eloise · Answer

Actually, there is a simple tool that let’s you scoop the flesh from the shell or skin and slice it at the same time. I put one in my daughter’s stocking this past Xmas. It has a curved knife, and attached to it are little parallel blades that slice the flash as you scoop it out. Looks sort of like a tongue scraper with blades attached. You can probably find one online.

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Iris · Answer

A good quality sharp chef's knife, say, by Henkels Zwilling or Wüsthof. You don't need a different tool for every individual fruit/veg/food. Expensive, yes, but you'll have them all your life, and you're less likely to hurt yourself with a knife that works prperly. Alos, get a sharpener. Same reason.

Madeline · Answer

The short answer: A small knife.
The long answer: Some people get all silly about this, and seem to want their salads to have uniform slices or something. Honestly, if we are eating a salad, it is the texture and flavour of avocado that we will notice, not the shape. In fact slices are a bit too big sometimes. Chips and chunks are better. And in a sandwich, mashed avocado is easiest anyway.
I find it easiest to just get a small knife to run through the flesh in the shell in whatever pattern I want at the time, slices or criss-cross and then use a large soup spoon to scoop it out.
The short answer

Eliza · Answer

What is the best avocado tool for preparing avocado slices?
I’m making this up because I’m never very concerned with having perfect avocado slices. I’d have to say: a cheese knife.
Avocados and cheese share the behavior of sticking to the knife because of the high moisture content, so the holes in the knife create a surface more difficult to cling to. It makes sense to me. Whether it makes sense to you is anybody’s guess.

Naruto · Answer

The best avocado tool for preparing slices are available online or in supermarket stores . Go try for it.

What is the best avocado tool for preparing avocado slices?

Would like to add if you don’t want to spend on the tool for 1 avocado to slice daily try buying good quality avocados from super markets and slice it with your hand the way you like.

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Alexandra · Answer

Yes, yes, you can do it with just a knife and you don’t need a special tool. That much is true. But if you’re going for slices you’ll also want a spoon to get the slices out of the avocado skin.
Once the fruit has been split and the seed removed, draw straight parallel lines in the flesh down to, but not piercing, the skin. I use a steak knife or even a butter knife for this bit, since a sharp chef’s knife is liable to go through the skin and into my hand. Once you have a bunch of slices inside your avocado “half shell,” use a spoon to carefully scoop it all out of the skin.

Kennedy · Answer

All you need is a heavy knife and a big spoon, but the OXO avocado tool is actually easier. It cuts, removes the pit, scoops cleanly, and slices.
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Mia · Answer

Your avocado has to be really ripe and a dark color. Then I just do as others mentioned and cut it in half. However, if beautiful slices aren’t a great priority, just run your knife once more from one end to the other and quarter the avocado.
Then, starting from the stem end simply peel the skin off. It will come off effortlessly if your avocado is the proper ripeness.
Then tell your guests you’re serving mini slices instead.

Aubrey · Answer

Specific tools for small tasks is the easiest way to clutter your kitchen.
All you need is a chef’s knife.
You cut the avocado along the vertical axis and twist the two halves to separate them. Now you’ve got one half without the pit, ready to use, and another half with the pit sticking out.
While holding the half with the pit in it in your non-dominant hand, whack the pit with your chef’s knife. Give it a little twist, just enough to free the pit from the avocado. Set your knife (and the attached pit) sideways over the edge of your trash can and pull the blade toward you, allowing the edge of the trashcan to pull the pit free from the blade.
Now you’ve got two avocado halves and no pit!
Holding one half in your hand, use your chef’s knife to slice the avocado as thinly or thickly as you desire. Just run the point of the blade down to the skin of the avocado and slide the blade down the length of the avocado. Just squeeze out the slices. Repeat for the other half. Now you’ve got perfect avocado slices with just a knife!
If you want diced avocado, slice the avocado both lengthwise and width-wise.
If you aren’t that comfortable with your chef’s knife, use a spoon to scoop out the avocado halves before slicing.
If you want to mash your avocado, squeeze the halves out of their skins and into a bowl. Use a fork to mash them up.
No tool is going to work as well as a knife, spoon and fork.
Now, as a bonus, here’s how to tell if an avocado is ripe :
Feel it. A ripe avocado should give a little bit when you press the skin. It should not be mushy though.
Remove the little stem button on the top of the avocado. If the fruit underneath the stem is green, you’re good to go. If it’s brown, the fruit is past ripe and you’ll find it has brown spots or it is completely rotten.
When I buy my avocados for the week, I usually pick out one ripe avocado, one that is close-ish to ripe, and one that is firm.
Set them on your counter if you want them to ripen quickly. Set them in your fridge if you want them to ripen slowly.

Naruto · Answer

a knife  I learned that you slice the avocado while it’s still in the skin then you scoop out the perfect slices. Or you scoop it out and slice it either or lol

Madelyn · Answer

A good spoon. with the handle you can cut, and the scoop you scoop out of the skin. You wont run the risk of cutting yourself and you get every last bit out. Get a cheep one if you can, really thin metal. That way you can cut it up easier.

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Faith97 · Answer

Cut the fruit in half, use a teaspoon to remove the pit, scoop out in one piece the fruit from each half and slice with a sharp airing knife.

Isabella · Answer

First get the meat out in two length-wise halves, then use a  hard boiled egg slicer  to make perfect slices in no time at all. How easy is that?  Thanks for asking, Jeffrey.

Ariana · Answer

The  Hutzler Banana Slicer. . try it on avocados and see. With over 5,000 reviews and counting, you can’t possibly go wrong.

Delilah · Answer

There are “ gadgets” for wedging advocadoes..
Or, ..unhinge a egg slicer top, and use to cover a small deep bowl/food container, leave room for advocado to be pushed thru without bowl hindrance ).
Halve just ripe advocado.. remove stone.. and push thru egg slicer..( not for very ripe/ soft fruit)
I have adapted a slicer by having only the ends/ sides resting on a oblong plastic food container .. works a treat.. the slices are slightly thicker.( great for sliced Avos.)

Arya · Answer

A large serving spoon for removing the avocado halves from their skin, and a good, sharp, not overly thick knife! Forget those utterly laughable, scooper/cutter gadgets! You’ve probably already got the BEST tools for the job! The link below is for a nice little YouTube tutorial on prepping avocados. It’s my first attempt at putting a link into one one of my answers… Hope it works!

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Alisa1993 · Answer

First get a chef’s knife and cut the thing lengthwise, using the chef’s knife bring the sharp edge down on the pit hard enough to embed the knife into the pit about half-way, give it a slight twist keeping the knife level, until the pit is lose and you can life it out. I hit the pit on the edge of a table or workbench to release the pit from the knife. You can use your hand to do this if you like the sight of blood. Set the knife and pit aside and use a spoon to scoop the flesh out of the skin and then do with it as you please using the appropriate tools. A knife to cut it up, a masher, or whatever.

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Melody · Answer

Those who says a knife is correct. Preparing an avocado and slicing them is so easy that you shouldn’t clutter your kitchen with specialized tools ( I can understand if you have some disability) The first task is to ensure that your avocado is ripe, by lightly pressing on the skin. If it is unyielding, do not press harder! If it feels like it can give to further pressure, slice it lengthwise with a knife around the seed, twist and the avocado comes apart!
You can remove the seed by thwacking it with a knife and removing the knife when it is affixed to your blade. This is usually the most dangerous part because many people have actually thwacked their hand instead of the seed! The rest is easy.
To preserve the avocado slices and prevent oxidation, use lemon juice or the juice of a citrus.

Anna · Answer

A cheese slicer will work or go to a potato peeler for small slices. Use your imagination and you can find different ways to slice. But remember, you dont have to have perfect slices either.

Camila · Answer

Lots of good answers, mine is similar to Fiona Maclean’s.
Do everything she says: cut, remove stone, make slices without piercing the skin, then, palm the avocado, hold over the container/plate, and squeeze, if the avocado is ripe, the slices will come out with the pressure.

Eden97 · Answer

Good question, there is no better tool than a sharp knife.
Cut the avocado longitudinal has or long ways
Then use the knife tip to pry out the seed
If the avocado is ripe, the skin should peel right off the rest of the flesh.
Then you should be able to cut the avocado into whatever size slice you wish
Hope this was helpful!
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Ashe94 · Answer

I use a knife to open the avocado and as large soon to scoop the meat out. Then I use the knife again to make slices.  Original question: What is the best avocado tool for preparing avocado slices?

Katherine · Answer

A sharp knife, avocado is delicate and often you’ll find dark spots, and the peel is best tackled with a nice sharp paring knife

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