How to Open a Young Thai Coconut

    Steps

  • Place the young thai coconut on a flat and secure surface.
  • Use a meat cleaver to cut open the top.
  • Hit the top of the coconut with the lower corner of the cleaver.
  • Continue around the coconut in a diamond shape.
  • Use the meat cleaver or your hands to pry open the top.
  • Put in straw to drink the water or pour into a cup.
  • Scoop out the meat using an ice cream scooper.

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