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This article was co-authored by Ed Kuoha. Ed Kuoha is a Chef and the Owner of Kuoha Culinary based in Aiea, Hawaii. He has more than 20 years of experience in various culinary kitchens and settings such as Morimoto Waikiki, where he received hands-on training from Iron Chef Morimoto. Chef Ed specializes in small catering events and private chef requests. He holds an Associate’s degree from The Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapiolani Community College. This article has been viewed 50,832 times.

With its large size and rough-looking exterior, the jackfruit is an intimidating fruit. If you don’t have any experience cutting one open, it can be difficult to know where to begin. While cutting a jackfruit is more difficult and time-consuming than opening just about any other kind of fruit, it’s not impossible. With the right preparation, knife, and technique, you’ll be snacking on delicious bits of jackfruit before you know it!

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Taking Precautions Against Sap

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  1. Step 1 Cover your counter with plastic wrap. 1 Cover your counter with plastic wrap. Cutting open jackfruit is a messy process and a layer of plastic wrap will make your clean up a lot easier. Start by clearing your counter of everything to give yourself a large workspace. Then stretch plastic wrap over the space where you’ll be cutting the jackfruit. Cover an area around 3 feet (0.91 m) in width.[1]
  2. Step 2 Shield your hands from the jackfruit’s sap with latex gloves. 2 Shield your hands from the jackfruit’s sap with latex gloves. If your jackfruit is not quite ripe, it will be full of sap that is incredibly sticky. If you don’t wear gloves, it will be difficult to get the sap off your hands. If you don’t have gloves, you can also coat your hands with about a 1⁄2 tablespoon (7.4 mL) of grapeseed oil or another type of cooking oil.[2]
    • You can use grapeseed oil, olive oil, sesame oil, or coconut oil.
    • If you get sap on your hands or any other surface, just rub some oil onto the area as you would if you were cleaning with soap.
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  3. Watermark wikiHow to Cut Jackfruit 3 Coat the surface of a large, sharp knife in grapeseed oil. This step will help prevent any sap from sticking to your knife. Because of the jackfruit’s size, the best type of knife to use is a Chinese chef’s knife or a knife of similar size. Pour a small dollop of grapeseed oil, or any other type of cooking oil you have on hand, onto your knife, and use your fingers to spread the oil evenly over the knife’s entire surface.[3]
    • Spread the oil on the knife’s surface slowly and carefully, so that you don’t accidentally cut yourself.
    • The oil may make the knife slippery, so be careful.
    • Jackfruit sap can ruin a knife, so don’t use a high-quality knife to cut the fruit open.[4]
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Opening the Jackfruit

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  1. Watermark wikiHow to Cut Jackfruit 1 Cut a 1 1⁄2–2 in (3.8–5.1 cm) wide segment off the end of the jackfruit. To start, place the jackfruit on a large cutting board, and keep it stable with one hand. Then, grab the oiled-up knife with your other hand. Stick the tip of the knife into the top of the jackfruit, and cut around its surface.[5]
    • Alternatively, you can cut the jackfruit in half vertically, and then separate the 2 halves with your hands. This method can be quite a bit messier, though.[6]
  2. Watermark wikiHow to Cut Jackfruit 2 Continue cutting your jackfruit into 1 1⁄2–2 in (3.8–5.1 cm) wide rounds. Once you’ve cut off the first round, do the same across the entire length of the jackfruit. By the time you finish, you should have around a half dozen jackfruit rounds.[7]
    • A ripe jackfruit should have little to no sap inside.
    • To determine if a jackfruit is ripe, look for a yellow color with brown spots and feel for a soft exterior. A jackfruit that’s hard will need some more time to ripen.
  3. Watermark wikiHow to Cut Jackfruit 3 Cut the white core out of each jackfruit round. When you look at the inside of each of the rounds you cut, you’ll see a bunch of yellow bits surrounding a white core. These yellow pods are the edible part of the jackfruit. Use your knife to cut into the round where the white core borders the yellowish interior of the fruit. Then, carefully cut around the inedible white core to remove it.[8]
  4. Watermark wikiHow to Cut Jackfruit 4 Separate the yellow pods from the white pulp. To do this, stretch the rounds flat on your cutting board with the fruit side up. Use your fingers, and your knife if you need it, to pull each pod away from the white pulp.[9]
    • To get the yellow pods out of the end pieces, flip the pieces inside out.
    • You can throw the white pulp and the fruit’s skin into the trash once you separate the yellow pods from them.
  5. Watermark wikiHow to Cut Jackfruit 5 Open the yellow pods with your fingers to remove the seeds. Each pod you separated from the white pulp will have a seed inside. When you open a yellow pod with your fingers, take out the seed’s covering as well as the seed itself.[10]
    • The seed coverings aren’t edible so you can throw them away.
    • Put the cleaned-out yellow pods in a large bowl.
    • Jackfruit seeds are edible if you roast or boil them, so put them in another bowl if you want to keep them.
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  • To clean your knife, first, wipe it down with a towel. Then, coat it with some more oil and wipe it again. This will help remove any sap that may have gotten on it. Once you’ve done this, wash it with soap and water as you normally would. Thanks Helpful 2 Not Helpful 0
  • If jackfruit sap gets on your hands or any other surface, rub oil onto the affected area and then wipe it with a towel before washing it with soap and water. Thanks Helpful 1 Not Helpful 1
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Things You’ll Need

  • Plastic wrap
  • Cutting board
  • Large sharp knife (like a Chinese chef’s knife)
  • Latex gloves
  • Grapeseed, coconut, or olive oil
  • 2 large bowls
  • Garbage or compost bin

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References

  1. ↑ https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2015/06/how-to-cut-jackfruit/
  2. ↑ https://youtu.be/UsBB--rrPtY?t=38
  3. ↑ https://youtu.be/UsBB--rrPtY?t=49
  4. ↑ https://youtu.be/UsBB--rrPtY?t=83
  5. ↑ https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2015/06/how-to-cut-jackfruit/#
  6. ↑ https://youtu.be/UsBB--rrPtY?t=115
  7. ↑ https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2015/06/how-to-cut-jackfruit/#
  8. ↑ https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2015/06/how-to-cut-jackfruit/#
  9. ↑ https://sweetsimplevegan.com/2015/06/how-to-cut-jackfruit/#
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Ed Kuoha Co-authored by: Ed Kuoha Chef This article was co-authored by Ed Kuoha. Ed Kuoha is a Chef and the Owner of Kuoha Culinary based in Aiea, Hawaii. He has more than 20 years of experience in various culinary kitchens and settings such as Morimoto Waikiki, where he received hands-on training from Iron Chef Morimoto. Chef Ed specializes in small catering events and private chef requests. He holds an Associate’s degree from The Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapiolani Community College. This article has been viewed 50,832 times. 6 votes - 67% Co-authors: 5 Updated: February 19, 2026 Views: 50,832 Categories: Food Cutting Techniques Article SummaryX

Jackfruit can look a little intimidating, but it’s not that hard to cut up and enjoy. Since jackfruit contains a lot of messy sap, put on gloves and cover your counter with plastic wrap before you start. Coat your knife with cooking oil, such as grapeseed oil, to keep it from getting gummed up. Cut the fruit widthwise into a series of slices about 2 inches wide, then cut the white core out of the middle of each slice. Use your fingers or the knife to pull out the individual yellow pods, then carefully squeeze out the large seeds in each pod. Read on for tips on how to cook and eat the jackfruit seeds! Did this summary help you?YesNo

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