Avocado Fries
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My Standard Operating Procedure when I make a recipe for this blog is to take a test bite as soon as the food is done cooking, plate it, photograph it, and then finish eating (assuming it’s a meal and not a pan full of brownies – although even then…).
There’s two reasons for this. One, I’m impatient and want a quick taste of the food before I photograph it. Two, having a Standard Operating Procedure makes me feel important and being important is very important to an important person like me. Um, moving on…
I’m not exaggerating when I tell you that there was almost nothing left of my deliciously fried little avocado to plate and photograph. I ate each slice as soon as it came out of the pan, burning my fingers on the hot grease and my tongue on the delicious crunch of the panko and the hot, almost melted quality of the avocado.
Not only were there hardly any avocado fries left for me to photograph, the photographs you see are kinda bad. I was in such a rush to get the photos done with so that I could just devour these.
Finally finished with the photographs, I stood up and grabbed my plate of crunchy on the outside, soft and warm on the inside fried avocado and bumped the plate into my light reflector. Each one of those luscious little bites of heaven fell on my living room carpet.
Can you guess what I did?
I scooped them up as fast as possible, picked a cat hair off of one, and then popped them all in my mouth.
I’m not even ashamed to admit that to you. They were that good and you would have done the same thing.
I knew these were right up my alley when I saw the recipe over at Dine & Dish (Hi Kristen. I love you. Will you [and your blog] be my girlfriend?), but I had no idea that they would be like this. The textures, the flavor, it’s all just so delightful.
I’m a huge dipper, sometimes ordering chicken strips at a restaurant just so that I can dip them in a bunch of yummy sauces (yes, I’m one of those people that asks for every single dipping sauce and then I happily endure the eye-rolling of the waitress/server/whatever PC term it is I’m supposed to use), and the minute I saw this recipe I started imagining dipping sauces.
I decided to go easy and just dip these in ranch for this first test run, but it took just one bite – no dipping sauce – for me to realize that these were absolutely perfect as they were. I did try them in ranch, just be to sure, but it honestly took away from the wonderful flavor. These don’t need anything but a bit of salt.
Please. Please. Go make these. But don’t blame me when you find that you can’t stop eating them.
Ingredients
- 2 firm-ripe avocados, sliced into 1/2 inch thick wedges
- canola oil for frying
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 1/4 cups panko
Instructions
- Pour oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches in a medium skillet. Heat oil to 375 degrees.
- Pour the flour and salt into a shallow dish. Add the eggs to another shallow dish, and the panko crumbs to a third dish.
- Dredge the avocado wedges in the flour, then the eggs, and finally the panko. Fry in batches for 30 to 60 seconds, turning over halfway through. Drain on a paper towel lined plate. Place on a baking sheet in a 200 degree oven to keep warm while frying the rest of the avocados. Season with more salt to taste.
recipe from Dine & Dish
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Um, WHAT?! Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m sure this was good, but I would not waste 1 1/2 inches of oil on it.
I love that they are so good, you ate them off the sitting room floor- if it helps, my family ate an entire Christmas dinner off the floor one year… we were so not ashamed and tucked in with gusto!
It cracks me up that as a society we keep turning everything into fries and chips and other snacky type foods even if it’s a healthier alternative. Glad to hear I’m not the only adult who still loves ordering chicken fingers.
Now that you have your official honorary Southerner card, you may find yourself wanting to fry all kinds of foods–food that no one has ever fried before. It’s natural, just go with it. You’ll be rewarded by the dixie gods
I really try not to fry – for health reasons and because of the sheer cost of all that oil – but MAN those look good! I’d like to try to make a baked version!
ooooh, those look delicious. and yes, i definitely would have done the same thing. ;D (have done the same thing, in fact, on several occasions…)
Pretty sure these would only last second at my house!
My eyes popped out of my head when I saw this picture and associated what it was with the title. Amazing!
I definitely ogled these long and hard when Kristin posted them. Then I considered whether I would be able to have any self control around them. Then I decided…not so much.
They do look super though!
SUCH a good idea Karly!!! I’m dying to try this! They really only take 30-60 seconds?
Avocado and Fries are two of my favorite words in the world. I’m so glad you left some for the photos. They look fantastic. Bookmarking for sure.
Love you too – and if I was a good friend I would have warned you of the addictiveness of these little babies, right? Mmmmmmm!
So glad you liked them!! I think your pics are marvelous
Well I definitely have to try these–I had a tempura avocado at a restaurant the other day and it was to die for! A little bit of heaven.
Please try a baked version then update this. Please oh please oh please!!!
I just know I would love these! I could eat avocado at every meal, really. I’m thinking that this is kind of a “good fat – bad fat” scenario which is very intriguing! I’ll be making these before the week is out.
Genius.
OMG is all I can say. I want them and I want them NOW. Will have to try these very soon. Thanks for sharing.
mmm. mmm. mmmmmm!! these are interesting and they look awesome.
i totally do the ‘drop on the floor, pick up, pick the cat hair off, eat’ thing, too.
no shame!
you went there…
incredible. The fact that you had enough resolve to get a picture of these is high five worthy in my book!
and btw, Kristen is already my girlfriend…just sayin’
Wow. This is amazing! Never would have occurred to me to serve an avocado this way. Love it!
OMG you have literally just made my day! i neeeeeed these nom nom, wonder if you could bake them?
I am definitely going to give it a try! need to find a norwegian alternative to panko… I’ll let you know how it turns out
If these pics are bad, I’d like to know why my mouth is watering over here. You are some sort of evil genius. This is brilliant and they look soooo good!
never thought to fry avocado before. Certainly looks awesome.
breaking out the SOPs, are we?
karly, this is truly the most appealing fried food i’ve ever seen–i think i love avocados in any form, but this is clearly tops!
This is the most amazingly delicious thing I’ve ever seen. And because its homemade, that means its healthy, right. Yay!
I can’t wait to make these!
No way did you just fry avocado! I love it! Definitely trying these soon.
Mexican food restaurants around South East Texas make fried avocados, cut in half and filled with a cheesy fajita mixture. Delish!! I can’t wait to try these as well! Also, just a thought, salsa to dip in?
Why not?!
I had these at a bar in Raleigh NC (cannot remember which one for the life of me!) – they served them with a chipotle cream, SO amazing!!! The spicy sauce helped to balance out the ridiculous richness of the dish. I’m so excited by this recipe, I know what I’m making this weekend
ooooh… now that’s a new one. never thought about it. excellent job and gorgeous pics.
brilliant. have you dried them with black pepper? chili flakes? garlic salt? nutritional yeast? (basically powdered butter) curry powder? these are the common things that i sprinkle on raw avocado, plus salt, that are so so good.
I have had stuffed deep fried avocado and L O V E it ~!~!~!~!~! Never occured to me to try frying sliced avocado. Sheer genius ! Thanks !