So you're wondering how to eat an avocado. Like, of course you know about the toast and you know about the guacamole. But when it comes to what to eat with avocado, there are actually a lot more things to do with the creamy, dreamy fruit than just pair it with bread or chips. In fact, dare we say it, guacamole may not even be the best way to eat an avocado. (We know, we know, but hear us out.) Here are 24 ways to prepare avocado that go beyond the usual tricks:
Here's a great secret. You don't even need a fryer to make the creamiest fries of your life: Just slice up an avocado, dip the slices in a beaten egg, roll in breadcrumbs, and bake at 400 degrees until crispy.
Here's the recipe for you:
One of avocado's great powers is to add plant-based creaminess to anything and everything. For a creamy salad dressing, put the ingredients of a basic vinaigrette (oil and vinegar) in a blender. Add chopped avocado. Blend until creamy. It never hurts to add a bunch of fresh herbs as well.
If you're wondering what the simplest and (arguably) best way to eat an avocado is, it's to simply eat it alone, topped with some dressing. Because what are avocados if not creamy little edible bowls? Here's how to enjoy a simple avocado bowl: Halve and pit an avocado, drizzle some vinaigrette into the center of each and BAM—you just made a salad.
Avocados are mild in flavor, and—as we said—add ample plant-based creaminess. For a wholesome dessert that's also a great way to use avocados that are on their way out the door in terms of overripeness, make a chocolate mousse. Here's how to prepare avocado mousse: Combine 1 very ripe avocado, 6 semisweet ounces melted chocolate, 3 tablespoons honey, and a pinch of salt in a food processor until smooth. If you want that extra creamy, light fluffiness, whip some cream in a bowl and fold it into the avocado and chocolate mixture. Spoon the mixture into bowls and give it to unsuspecting friends and see if they can guess the secret ingredient (spoiler alert: they can't). Need a recipe? Follow this one.
Wondering what to eat with avocado to make it extra special? For an impressive appetizer (or a nice solo lunch) fill the avocado with crab meat or crab salad. This also works with tuna or tuna salad. Top the whole thing off with olive oil, a little fresh lemon juice, and some flaky salt.
We'll give you one guess what makes this gelato so creamy. Sounds blasphemous, tastes delicious. To learn how to prepare avocado ice cream, follow this recipe:
As this article shows, hummus ain't nothing but a blank canvas—and it's time to paint with avocados, you know?
Simply blend your chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, and olive oil in the food processor until you've reached the level of smoothness you want. Then, add some diced avocado. You can simple stir and mash your avocado in with a fork for a chunkier texture, or you can purée it until it's totally smooth and incorporated into your hummus.
Have you ever had a Sonoran Dog? If not, let us teach you the beauty of this extra decadent, avocado-laden hot dog. First, grill a bacon-wrapped hot dog. Toast some buns. Nestle the hot dogs in the buns, then top them with pinto beans, avocado slices, jalapeños, and pico de gallo. You thought that sounded extremely decadent? We're just getting started. Squirt some mayo on top and then add a garnish of fresh cilantro and crumbled potato chips. You will never eat hot dogs another way again.
Make a basic guacamole and use it to fill eggs as you would deviled eggs (you can also add the egg yolks to your guacamole mixture). When people say "OMG what is this?" say "Green Devils."
It turns out, adding lime to guacamole is an American thing. So, the next time you make guacamole, read this and then try it without the lime. We know, we know, you think this is crazy. But come on. The stakes are so low! So just do it once, for us, and we promise you won't regret it.
This recipe for guacamole taquero—a thinner guacamole that you can drizzle over tacos—is a good place to start.
Wondering what to eat with avocado that's not bread or chips? Eggs of course! Crank the oven to 450ºF. Slice and pit an avocado, put the halves in a baking dish, sprinkle with hot sauce, and crack an egg into each half. Bake for 12 minutes (if you can stand to wait that long).
In Indonesia, this coffee-avocado milkshake is called es alpukat. You'll call it oddly delicious.
Split and pit a few avocados, brush them with a little oil, slap them on a hot grill. It'll take just a minute or two until they're warm, creamy, and grill-marked—perfect for eating with that steak you just pulled off the grill, too.
These dark chocolate babies are vegan, gluten-free, and utterly decadent.
That's right, guacamole isn't the only dip you can make with avocados. This one's got vinegar. And sour cream. And fennel fronds. This isn't guac—this is creamy avocado dip.
Avocados once again lend their creamy power to soup, making dairy totally unnecessary. They're particularly good blended into a chilled soup like this one.
Find an avocado that's super-ripe. Mash it with a spoon in a big bowl. Add some shredded chicken. Add salt and whatever seasonings you like. Mix and pile on toasted wheat with some crunchy romaine.
We kid you not: Rum (two types of rum, actually) gets blended with avocado and lime juice in this avocado daiquiri.
Learn how to make it here:
Thereby making it an infinitely superior BLAT.
Some recipes call for replacing the butter in a cake recipe with avocado. But why choose? That's why we like this pound cake recipe, which uses both butter and avocado.
Here's how to make this weird and wonderful thing:
Yes, of course you have. But, taking an avocado and smashing it on toast with lemon juice, chile flakes, flaky salt, and maybe some fresh herbs is never a bad idea.
Because when you drink a smoothie fortified with all those creamy avocado fats (they're the good kind), you won't be hungry again until lunch. (Avocado salad, obvs.)
That pit you always throw away? That's a seed. And you can turn it into an avocado tree. And have unlimited avocados. For life.
