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How to Crack Open a Coconut
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Release this tropical treat from its hard-as-a-rock shell without needing a machete.
Step 1: Preheat oven
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Step 2: Pierce the dots
Pierce the three indentations on the top of the coconut using either an ice pick or a long, clean nail. Do this over a bowl in the sink so you can catch the coconut water.
Tip
Drink the coconut water or save it and use it for cooking.
Step 3: Crack it
Hit the middle of the coconut with a hammer or with the blunt side of the knife blade. Hit it firmly, but don’t whack it. Rotate the coconut, continuing to hit it at the equator with the hammer or the knife. Eventually, it’ll split in two at the center.
Step 4: Put it in the oven
Put the two halves on a cookie sheet in the oven for about 10 minutes. This will help the meat separate more easily from the shell. Use a spoon to scoop out the meat.
Step 5: Enjoy!
Shred it, grate it, or just pop it in your mouth and enjoy!
Did You Know?
Coconut water was used as a substitute for saline drip on injured soldiers in World War II.
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420BootyWizard
05/23/2013 à 20:40
Use an axe
420BootyWizard
05/23/2013 à 20:42
I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts…
paw say
05/25/2013 à 13:59
Great that was amazing
JustASnack
05/29/2013 à 20:15
We knew no method of how to seperate the meat of a coconut from it's shell so whenever we were out of apples but had a coconut, my parents would send me to school with chopped peices of coconut, with the shell and hair and everything.
SNOTWAGON
06/02/2013 à 04:46
Use your face
RANT
06/02/2013 à 13:37
Guys, watch my last video. There I show you how to open a coconut. 🙂
Original Name
06/02/2013 à 23:31
why would i be racist i am even he says oh white people i say oh black people whats racist about that ?
Zalan15
06/09/2013 à 16:21
lol
Marthann Howes
06/15/2013 à 01:42
Love this SHORT video…TO THE POINT. Thank you.
F I J I W A T E R
06/16/2013 à 18:00
the coconut wasn't on the list either
Usher Katana
06/18/2013 à 01:17
MEAT? Coconut is made of meat! IT'S ALL A LIE!
Riley O'Donnell
07/04/2013 à 07:09
Ok makes sense so i can crack a coconut without a coconut?
Beasts
07/11/2013 à 00:05
Just get the fucking machete…
ann I.C. joachim
07/11/2013 à 00:30
Guess what? You can freeze it for the same amount of time, about 15 minutes. This will loosen the shell from the flesh inside 🙂
IndigoCrimFilms
07/12/2013 à 07:10
Mmmmm, diarrhea.
Dolan
07/15/2013 à 09:20
HowToBasic make it Professional .
xbeanx3000
07/15/2013 à 16:55
That coconut opened too easy with such lite taps! I've been slamming a coconut against a solid wall and only managed to remove wall paint (and leave craters), and it hasn't cracked a bit. I'll need to repaint.
Zalan15
07/20/2013 à 16:44
>:3
gabe pan
07/22/2013 à 13:13
step one find a coco nut
Kathy McFadden
08/04/2013 à 16:21
Very simple instructions concise
Steven Wright
08/11/2013 à 10:08
step one: get coconut
step 2: bash coconut with blunt object or hard surface.
step 3: SKIP THE FUN FACT, SHUT THE FUCK UP AND ENJOY.
armorkingg1
08/11/2013 à 15:06
;3
Zalan15
08/13/2013 à 21:09
X3
Will Tran
08/19/2013 à 22:08
step 4: kick a baby off a coconut
step 5: hide an egg near a head
step 6: put coconut on top of egg
step 7: karate chop a watermelon until the coconut cracks
Worm Drake
08/30/2013 à 21:10
What a waste.
Qwinten K
09/06/2013 à 02:24
DONT DO IT ON YOUR WALL THEN IDIOT
MadToLive
09/22/2013 à 03:06
Why is everyone in the comment section here an idiot?
Qwinten K
10/13/2013 à 15:35
what ever!
pipsiguy
10/18/2013 à 11:42
Just hit the coconut with the back of a butcher knife
williamswhistlepipes
11/21/2013 à 08:50
Just stot the coconut off the floor in the back yard.
D R
01/28/2014 à 22:09
I think I'll just go get the machete
Mike Guaranteed
04/13/2014 à 10:29
I just crack it open and there was another shell inside that one… What the hell.
GREATNESS WITHIN GLOBAL, INC
06/19/2014 à 20:57
Awesome. Took about 5 minutes. Used the back of a Butcher knife. Thanks!
Ricky Rambo
10/22/2014 à 22:58
Yall are coco for my nuts. My nuts make you go coconuts
Brianna Thomas
12/07/2014 à 01:42
it looks so yummy im only 12 and im going to try my first cocanut this summer in florida !!
Flowerrose121
12/12/2014 à 11:23
DO NOT put it in the oven or expose it to any heat or form of cooking. You are depleting the nutrients by doing that. Don't.
christina starr
02/05/2016 à 19:42
Going to give it a shot thanks for the tip 🙂
christina starr
02/05/2016 à 20:00
well that didn't work 🙁
aiolosgr
07/04/2016 à 19:27
Thank you so very much! At last, a safe way to crack a coconut, no need to whack that increases the risk of an accident.
pythonvx
09/17/2017 à 17:10
crack opening a coconut with the boys
87Jimbob
10/13/2017 à 08:32
Or just slam it on the ground
Unknown ???
07/15/2019 à 04:55
I just threw it in the ground
Magma
11/12/2019 à 00:24
It worked. Thank you.
Plant Central
03/09/2022 à 04:35
God I'm nostalgic for this