You'll love this easy tropical recipe for Mango Juice made in a blender in 10 minutes! It is the best! Mango nectar is fresh, raw, and refreshing for sipping or in cocktails - made with fresh or frozen mangos!
Try my Plum Juice, Pineapple Orange Juice, or Carrot Juice next.
Quick Look
- 🕒 Prep Time: 10 minutes
- 🌡️ Cook Time: No cooking needed
- ⏳ Total Time: 10 minutes
- 🍽️ Serving: 4 servings
- ⚡ Calories: 125kcal
- 🌶️ Flavor Profile: Sweet tropical mango nectar with a bright squeeze of lemon
- ✋ Difficulty: Easy, just like my plum juice, no juicer required
Quick Answer
Wash and chill the mangos so the skin is easier to remove. Cut down the sides of the core, dice the slices into cubes without cutting through the flesh, and scoop out the pulp with a spoon. Add the mango pulp to a blender with chilled water or coconut water, a natural sweetener, and lemon juice. Blend for about 15 seconds until smooth and serve immediately chilled or over ice.
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Mango juice is delicious and incredibly nutritious! Try this fresh homemade mango juice recipe in a Mango Vodka Cocktail, Jackfruit Mango Smoothie, or a Skinny Mango Black Tea Cocktail.
If you've never had freshly made real homemade mango juice you are in for a real treat! Any kind of homemade nectar is the best and you can control any added sugars. Freshly made, this is legit the best mango juice!
Why This Recipe Works
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- A blender beats a juicer here. Mango is a fibrous fruit and that is where most of the flavor comes from, so it doesn't work in a juicer. It just needs a liquid to water it down, that's it!
- Lemon does double duty. The citrus acid helps cut down the fibers into a smooth consistency and acts as a natural preservative.
- Chilling the mangos first pays off. The skin is easier to remove and the juice is nice and cold for drinking right away.
- Coconut water adds tropical depth. Swap plain water for chilled coconut water and the nectar tastes even more like vacation.
- No processed sugar needed. Ripe mango is naturally sweet, and any extra sweetness comes from natural options like honey, xylitol, or monk fruit.
- Freeze the pulp for year-round juice. Choose mangos at the peak of their season, freeze the pulp, and thaw it whenever you want fresh pressed mango juice.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Fresh is best. This juice is delicious, refreshing, smooth, sweet and tangy. It doesn't even compare to a store-bought version.
- Blender ready. I make a lot of homemade juicing recipes, and this one works best in a blender rather than a juicer.
- Perfect for cocktails and smoothies. This homemade real fruit juice is the perfect addition to smoothies, cocktails, or to turn into popsicles.
- No added sugars. Just fresh mango puree blended with water. It's naturally sweet, refreshing, and an excellent source of vitamin C and potassium.
Key Ingredients
- Mango fruit - 2 large mangos or 2 cups frozen mango chunks, thawed. Any type works, such as Kent, Keitt, Tommy Adkins, and honey mangoes.
- Sweetener - sugar such as xylitol, monk fruit, or honey (so it is natural and healthy!).
- Liquid - water or coconut water to thin the mango juice, as it will be quite thick.
- Lemon juice - acts as an acid and preservative.
As always, please see recipe card below for full ingredient list.
Substitutions and Variations
- Coconut water or plain water. Either thins the thick puree; coconut water leans extra tropical.
- Add a splash of orange juice to the drink for extra flavor!
- Turn it into something special. Add it to a mango vodka drink or black tea cocktail for natural fresh flavor without loads of extra processed sugar, blend it into a tropical smoothie, or freeze it into popsicles.
How to Make Mango Juice
Full ingredients & instructions are in the recipe card below. Here are a few ways to cut a mango and separate the pulp from the skin.
1Chill and cut. Wash the mangos and chill them in the refrigerator so the skin is easier to remove. Cut down the sides of the core, then slice horizontal and across but not through the flesh.
2Scoop the pulp. Use a knife or spoon to scoop out the pulp, removing any soft pulp around the fibrous core. Add the mango pulp to a blender.
3Add the liquid. Pour in the chilled water or coconut water, sweetener, and lemon juice.
4Blend and serve. Blend for about 15 seconds until smooth and serve right away chilled or over ice. It is a little thick, and you can add more water if you prefer.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
- Buy in season. Choose mangos at the peak of their season for the sweetest and most flavorful drink!
- Make it year-round. Freeze the pulp and thaw it when you are ready to make fresh pressed mango juice in the blender.
- Control the thickness. The juice is naturally thick; add water a little at a time until it is exactly how you like it.
- Don't skip the lemon. It cuts the fibers into a smooth consistency and helps preserve the fresh juice.
- My favorite mangoes. My kids and I especially love it with the large greenish red ones found at the grocery store, also known as Kent, Keitt, or Tommy Adkins.
Serving Ideas and Suggestions
Serve it chilled over ice on a hot afternoon, pour it into popsicle molds for the kids, or dress it up for happy hour in a mango cocktail. It is also delicious blended into a jackfruit shake or green smoothie for breakfast.
If you love fresh blender juices, rotate it through the week with my plum juice, pineapple orange juice, and detox beet juice.
Mango Juice FAQs
The health benefits of mango juice include stimulating digestion, lowering blood pressure, managing diabetes, boosting circulation, improving vision health, supporting the immune system, anticancer potential, helping prevent chronic disease, improving skin health, lowering cholesterol levels, and balancing acidity levels in the body to keep it alkaline.
Fresh made mango juice (not from concentrate) is one of the healthiest juice recipes to drink! It is extremely nutritious and loaded with vitamins A, C, B, E and K. It also contains high amounts of potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, iron, selenium and sodium.
Chill the mangos then remove the pulp from the skin. Add the mango chunks to a blender with monk fruit, water, and lemon juice. Blend until smooth and serve immediately chilled over ice.
Yes! Use 2 cups of frozen mango chunks that are thawed, or precut pulp. Frozen mango makes this a year-round drink, and freezing your own in-season pulp gives the sweetest juice.
Mango is a fibrous fruit, and that fiber is where most of the flavor comes from. A juicer strips it out, so the blender method is the way to go. The pulp just needs a liquid to water it down.
You can use any type of mango such as Kent, Keitt, Tommy Adkins, and honey mangoes. Choose fruit at the peak of the season for the sweetest, most flavorful drink.
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Mango Juice Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 large mangos or 2 cups frozen chunks that are thawed or 2 cups pulp precut
- 2 tablespoons sugar such as honey, xylitol, monk fruit
- 2 cups water chilled, or chilled coconut water
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Wash the mangos and chill in the refrigerator so that the skin is easier to remove and it's nice and chilled for drinking.
- Cut the mango into cubes by cutting down the side of the core and then dicing the side slices into cubes but not through the flesh. Then use a spoon or knife to scoop out the pulp. Remove any soft pulp around the fibrous core. Add the mango pulp to a blender.
- Pour in the water or coconut water, sugar, and lemon juice. Blend for about 15 seconds or until smooth.
- Serve mango juice immediately chilled or over ice.
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