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I’ve been head over heals about fried avocados after discovering them some time last year on some of my favorite food blogs. We love avocados in my family, so frying up one of our favorite treats came natural. I knew the next logical step for my fried avocado slices would be to put them into a soft taco. I have been thinking through this recipe for several months, and finally decided to give it a whirl yesterday.
Obviously we love avocados in my family, not just because they are healthy, but because they taste so good too. I like to replace mayonnaise on sandwiches with avocados and even replace the fat in some baked goods with avocados like with these brownies. Avocados were even my son’s first solid food, and he still loves them just as much today as he did then.
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And now back to these beer battered fried avocado tacos. I hope the photos have grabbed your attention. I started by adding a simple corn salsa to the tortilla. I combined corn, red and green peppers, red onion, cilantro and fresh lime juice to make a simple complimentary salsa for my avocados.
Then after frying my avocado slices in a spicy beer batter, I drizzled a spicy mayonnaise on top consisting of fresh cilantro, lime juice, a serrano pepper and mayonnaise. The sauce gave a nice spicy kick to the creamy delicately flavored avocados.
Beer Battered Fried Avocado Tacos
Ingredients:
For the avocados:
2 hass avocados
1 cup flour
1 cup beer
1 teaspoon hot sauce (I used sriracha)For the corn salsa:
1 cup corn
1 medium green bell pepper, diced
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1/2 medium red onion, diced
a large bunch of cilantro, roughly chopped
the juice of 1 lime
salt and pepper to tasteFor the spicy mayonnaise:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
a large bunch cilantro
the juice of 2 limes
1 jalapeno or serrano pepperOther ingredients:
4 - 6 cups oil for frying
flour or corn tortillasDirections:
Preheat oil for frying to 375°. Combine flour, beer and hot sauce in a large bowl. Whisk well and set aside.
Combine all ingredients for corn salsa and set aside.
Combine all ingredients for spicy mayonnaise in a food processor and blend until cilantro is very fine. Set aside.
Dip avocado slices in batter and drop in hot oil to fry. Fry at 375° for 2 - 3 minutes, turning once. Avocados should be golden brown.
Serve corn salsa in tortillas topped with fried avocados and spicy mayonnaise.
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Fried avocados are stinking awesome! I LOVE these tacos!!
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I’m sorry, but I hate this. I think it’s an awful thing to do to an avocado, which is a natural, healthy food. It is also mild-flavored and oily, so battering it with something mild-flavored and oily is just overdoing it IMO. I love you, Angie, but I have strong food opinions and this is one of them.
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Angie, I’m in the LOVE camp. I love avocado and when I saw this, I thought– this I need to try! I’m not advocating deep frying, per se, but I am betting this is similar to tempura and who doesn’t love that? And the addition of sriracha and spicy mayo seals the deal! Two big yums up.
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DS is going to flip his lid over these!!
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What a yummy dinner, these look fabulous! I’ve never fried avocado before.
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Saw the picture and discription on foodgawker and instantly knew I am in love! I can’t wait to try this out.
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There was a restaurant I used to go to that had fried, stuffed avocados. You have made me very happy. I cannot WAIT to make these!
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I have only had fried avocados one time & they are amazing! Great recipe
This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen! I can’t wait to try it! Also, I shared it on:
http://fuckyeahvegantacos.tumblr.com/post/18614684393/beer-battered-fried-avocado-tacos-eclectic
xotaco!
Yummy! I’ve been thinking about making something similar of this recipe.
Yummy! I’ve been thinking about making something similar of this recipe.
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I’ve never tried deep fried avacado, definitely indulgent but also definitely irresistable! Gotta try this! x
Your recipe for fried avocados was easy and delicious! I didn’t have the ingredients for the salsa or sauce so I just made the fried avocados and my own sauce with what I had. I will be making these again and making sure I have the ingrdients for the corn salsa and mayo sauce. Thank you!
Angie replied: — August 15th, 2012 @ 10:09 am
so glad you liked them!
I’d like to try this tonight so the question that jumped to mind is how ripe the avocados need to be since they are being fried. Have you found they need to rippen like when making guacamole or can they be used right from the store? Also, I’ve never made corn salsa before so I’m wondering if I should use canned or frozen. Thanks for posting a great recipe.