How to Core a Cucumber

Coring Cucumber Halves With a Spoon

Wash the cucumber under a stream of cool water.

Lay the cucumber on your cutting board in a vertical position. The cucumber should be perpendicular to the edge of the countertop.

Slice the cucumber in half starting at the top and ending at the bottom.

Place your spoon near the top end of one cucumber half so that the tip of the spoon rests on the light green flesh.

Scrape the seeds out with the tip of your spoon, starting at the top of the cucumber and finishing at the bottom.

Discard the seeds.

Coring Whole Cucumbers with a Handheld Vegetable Corer

Wash the cucumber under a stream of cool water.

Slice the top and bottom ends off of the cucumber.

Stand the cucumber up on your cutting board with its widest flat end on the bottom. Keeping the widest part at the base will stabilize the cucumber as you core it.

Grasp the cucumber in your non-dominant hand and use your dominant hand to position the tip of the corer against the top of the cucumber. The corer should be centered directly over the seeds and should be pointing downward.

Push the corer through the cucumber until the tip of the corer reaches the cutting board.

Rotate the corer one full turn while it is still inside the cucumber.

Pull the corer out. The center of the cucumber and its seeds should come out at the same time.

Remove the seeds from the corer and discard them.