That is my favorite avocado salad. Cooling cucumber with creamy avocado, tangy lime juice, contemporary herbs and my secret ingredient – a pinch of purple pepper flakes which retains issues fascinating!
Avocado Salad – most requested recipe 2023
That is only a nice easy recipe for a salad that stars avocados. Truly, it’s the only most requested inside my circle of mates in latest occasions as a result of Australia’s been having fun with a terrific avocado season this yr. Low cost, ripe, considerable, massive!
So right here’s my present favorite avocado salad. A mix of substances that simply works collectively so properly. I really like how the avocado turns into form of smeary if you toss it, primarily turning into a creamy dressing.
Elements in avocado salad
I name this an avocado salad although there’s really extra cucumber in it than avocado. It’s designed to hero avocados however we will’t actually simply make a salad utilizing solely avocados. Lacks texture, and too wealthy! It could be like having guacamole and calling it a salad. 🙂 (Not that I’m suggesting I’ve a difficulty with that!).
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Avocados – massive and ripe!
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Cucumbers – I’m utilizing common cucumbers right here (we name them Lebanese cucumbers), which are round 17cm/7″ lengthy. If utilizing the lengthy telegraph / English cucumbers ~30cm/12″ lengthy, use 1 1/2.
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Crimson pepper flakes (chilli flakes) – Provides the tiniest hum of heat which works so properly with the cooling cucumber. It’s my “secret ingredient”! However be at liberty to depart it out.
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Crimson onion – Only a quarter, finely sliced, for freshness.
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Recent herbs – Dill and coriander/cilantro works so properly right here. One in all my favorite herb mixtures. Makes this salad even higher, however I fortunately make it with out. Put it this manner – I wouldn’t make a particular journey to the retailers to get them until I used to be making this for firm!
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Lime juice and further virgin olive oil – For the dressing. No have to shake it up in the present day, simply pour it over and toss! Lemon can be utilized as an alternative of lime.
Tips on how to make avocado salad
The directions for this recipe as written in our working recordsdata says “chuck all the pieces in and toss”. That’s utterly correct!!!
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Chuck all the pieces right into a bowl – avocado, cucumber and purple onion first, high with herbs, then drizzle/sprinkle all of the dressing substances over. No have to make the dressing individually for this recipe!
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Toss properly utilizing your palms, gently separating the avocado and cucumber slices. Tumble right into a bowl and serve!
That is at first meant to be a facet salad. However don’t prohibit your self! Pile and smush onto toast, or stuff into flatbread to make wraps (you’ll see me add tuna and a squirt of sriracha within the recipe video).
Truly, should you cube the cucumber and avocado up a bit smaller, it makes a unique salsa for stuffing into tacos or scooping with corn chips. The probabilities! How else can we eat this? Share your recommendations under! – Nagi x
Watch how one can make it
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Avocado salad
Prep: 10 minutes
Complete: 10 minutes
Aspect Salad
Western
Servings4 – 6
Faucet or hover to scale
Recipe video above. That is my favorite avocado salad. Cooling cucumber with creamy avocado, tangy lime juice, non-obligatory contemporary herbs and my secret ingredient – a pinch of purple pepper flakes which retains issues fascinating! Would not make it spicy, extra of a slight cooling hum of earthy heat.
Directions
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Put all of the salad substances in massive bowl. Drizzle over lime juice and oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper and purple chilli flakes.
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Toss gently utilizing your palms, gently separating the avocado slices as you go. Style and add extra lime if you would like.
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Tumble right into a bowl and serve!
Recipe Notes:
2. Recent herbs – Recent dill and coriander provides beautiful contemporary herbiness however I wouldn’t make a particular journey to the retailers simply to get them! Do it for firm 🙂
When you’re a type of coriander haters, use an additional 1 tbsp of dill or substitute with parsley.
3. Leftovers will hold till the subsequent day (and the avocado stays inexperienced!) however as with most salads, it’s greatest made contemporary.
Diet per serving assuming 5 servings.
Diet Data:
Energy: 229cal (11%)Carbohydrates: 12g (4%)Protein: 3g (6%)Fats: 21g (32%)Saturated Fats: 3g (19%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 2gMonounsaturated Fats: 14gSodium: 359mg (16%)Potassium: 657mg (19%)Fiber: 7g (29%)Sugar: 3g (3%)Vitamin A: 275IU (6%)Vitamin C: 17mg (21%)Calcium: 39mg (4%)Iron: 1mg (6%)
Lifetime of Dozer
Immediately’s recipe is so easy there’s extra Dozer than avocado salad within the recipe video. The fitting ratio, so far as I’m involved!
