How to Peel an Orange

Peeling oranges is really not difficult, you just need a little guidance and practice. In fact, after reading this article, you will know many of the most popular methods of peeling oranges!

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Use your hands

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Choose a delicious orange. The ripeness of an orange plays a big role in how easy an orange is to peel. To choose a perfect orange to practice peeling, you should look for one that is bright orange, relatively firm and heavy for its size. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Try to avoid buying old oranges that have wrinkles and dark skin, as they are difficult to peel and also tasteless.
Oranges that are still slightly green or have a light orange color may not be ripe yet, and will be difficult to peel because the peel sticks to the flesh.

Roll the orange. This step is completely optional, but some people think that rolling the orange before peeling makes it easier to peel, and makes the flesh more succulent! To roll an orange, you would place it on a flat surface and place your palm on the orange. Gently press your hand over the orange and roll it back and forth for about 10-15 seconds. Don’t press too hard to avoid crushing the orange!

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Hold the orange in one hand, and poke the orange peel with your fingernail. Try to poke near the top or bottom of the orange, not the body. That’s because the orange peel around the stem is thinner and clings to the flesh more tightly. The peel at the top of an orange is usually thicker and looser, so it peels off easily, and doesn’t break easily.

Some advocate using a fingernail to puncture the initial stroke, but this method causes the orange peel to stick under the nail.
Keeping the thumb nail a little longer than the rest of the fingers will help with orange peels.

Poke the nail under the shell. Poke your fingernail under the orange peel until you can hold the peel. Try not to poke the meat, or the orange juice will come out and make your hands sticky!

Hold the orange on a plate in case your fingernail pierces the orange flesh. So the cleaning will be easier after you finish peeling the oranges. You can also line a sheet of paper instead of a plate.

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Gently tear off part of the shell. The larger the original peeled part, the faster the orange will be peeled. You can peel from top to bottom or peel around the body, it’s your choice.

Tear off another part of the peel, starting at the edge of the orange peel. It is much easier to peel now because part of the peel has already been torn off.

Once you’ve mastered it, you can peel the whole orange with a single tear. To do this, you will tear the orange peel in a circle around the circumference of the orange until only the flesh is left and a twisted string looks like a snake!

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Continue until the entire orange peel is peeled off.

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Discard the orange peels or use as compost .

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Enjoy an orange after peeling it off!

Using a knife

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Find a sharp knife. You don’t need a knife that’s too big, just a sharp point.

Poke the tip of the knife into the top of the orange. You will first cut a slice across the top of the orange, then continue to rotate the orange in your hand while using a knife to cut the peel in a continuous line.

Continue slicing the orange peel in a circular motion. The blade will always point towards you while the orange peel is cut evenly and steadily with a gentle sawing motion. The orange peel will be cut into a continuous spiral, about 2 cm wide. Don’t worry if you cut the orange flesh as you will get better at it over time.

Or you can use a knife to cut a vertical line into the orange peel. After cutting this line, you can easily peel it off with your fingers. Just make sure you don’t cut too deep into the orange flesh, or the orange juice will splatter!

Use a spoon

Roll the orange. Use the palm of your hand to roll the orange on a flat surface for about ten seconds to make the peel easier to peel.

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Cut a line. Using a sharp knife cut a vertical line about 2-4 cm long along one side of the orange. Try to cut through the entire thickness of the skin, but don’t break the flesh.

Insert the spoon into the orange peel. Use a dessert spoon to insert under the orange peel, at the newly cut position. Continue to use a spoon to scrape around the orange to separate the peel.

Advice

Once you get better at peeling oranges, you can try peeling the entire orange peel into a single piece shaped like a flower. To do this, you would start with a cut at the top of the orange and continue cutting down to the bottom but leaving 1.5cm, then cut the same line on the opposite side and two lines at right angles. , finally peel the whole peel upside down and you will have a four-petaled flower with orange flesh in the center.
While you don’t want to eat unpeeled oranges, you don’t necessarily have to throw away the peels after you peel them. You can use orange peels as garnishes or make orange peel candies.

Warning

Orange juice will make your hands sticky so try to avoid poking the orange flesh while peeling!

Steps

Use your hands

Using a knife

Use a spoon

Advice

Warning

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