I have a particularly tragic memory of looking at rental houses with my friend when he first moved to LA and finding one that actually had an avocado tree in the backyard. I mean, a tree that was taller than the house and was heavy with ripe avocados This memory is tragic because my friend didn’t rent the house. If he had, I would have had a never ending supply to feed my avocado addiction.
BTW – what are avocados, a vegetable? Some weird fruit? Either way, I really, really, REALLY love these…veggie-fruits from heaven. Let’s count the ways, shall we?
1. Guacamole is possibly my favorite food.
2. I like avocado sandwiches. A lot.
3. I have been known to sprinkle some salt on a halved avocado and just eat it with a spoon. I’ve been known to do this without the salt.
4. Avocado on a burger? Yes, please.
5. Avocado fries on the side of my burger? Now you’re really talking.
Basically, you can’t have too many ways to eat avocado. I know some of you out there are trying to scream at the screen that avocados are fattening, but I’m immune to your silly ideas. Bikinis be damned – avocados are wonderful. Especially when deep fried.
Avocado Fries
1 avocado, sliced into ¼ inch slices
½ cup milk
½ cup flour
1 egg, beaten
Canola oil, for frying
Lime Sriracha Mayo
½ cup mayonnaise
Juice from ½ lime
Sriracha, or other spicy chili sauce
Fill a skillet with oil until it’s about ¼ – ½ inch full. Heat on high until oil sputters when a drop of water is dropped in.
Place the milk, flour and egg into three separate shallow dishes. Beat about a tablespoon of water into the egg mixture. Take a slice of avocado and dunk in milk, then the flour, then the eggs, then back in the flour. Place each slice on a plate until you’ve dunked the whole batch in batter.
Slowly add the slices to the oil. You don’t want to overcrowd the pan, so stop before they all start touching each other. After about a minute you’ll see the edges turning brown, this means it’s time to flip them over. Allow to cook for another minute and then remove them from the skillet and place on a plate lined with paper towels.
To make the mayonnaise, mix together the mayo, lime juice and sriracha. Add the Sriracha to taste depending on how spicy you want it. Serve along side your avocado fries and enjoy!
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that looks yummy! I love avocado too, but I usually just mashed them with sweetened condensed milk and a bit of mocha essence. yum!
and then do what with it?? sounds delicious but do you just eat it like that? or put it on something?
OMG! that sounds really good actually! i usually mash it with agave, almond milk and melted chocolate. this sounds really good though. i dont know abt the sweetened condensed milk though the mocha essence sounds fab! perhaps some instant coffee wld do the trick…
anyway… avacado fries, well thats something lol bless tastespotting
oh man, I’m getting so many good ideas for my avocados now
This looks amazing!! I LOVE avocado!
GENIUS!
THIS is the ultimate in good ideas! Can you believe I used to not like avocados? Criminal!
what a brilliant idea!
I agree-you can’t have too many ways to eat an avocado!
I like mine cut in half, sprinkled with salt and lime squeezed into the hole. Also, have you had a Brazilian-style smoothie with avocado and sweetened, condensed milk?? Divine!
ooo that smoothie sounds amazing! Definitely adding this to my weekend “to-do” list!
Most Vietnamese restaurants have avocado smoothies with(out) boba, so next time you’re getting pho…
BTW, I like mine halved, sprinkled a little sugar and eaten with a spoon
genius!
good god this looks amazing. i am totally with you on the love of avocados. oh and i’m pretty sure they are a fruit.
Oh. my. god.
What she said. I think I just passed out. Twice. Why have I never made this????? For what it’s worth, I grew up eating avocados with a little fresh lemon juice and olive oil in the center. Plenty of salt and pepper, too. Or perhaps balsamic and olive oil. But I eat them plain too. YUUUUMMMMMMMMM
My first thought was WTF??? My second thought was GENIUS! Im sending this to my sister and posting it on my blog – they look amazing!
Oh, and they have a pit, so avocados are a fruit.
thanks Mollie!
I have to try these!
Avocadoes are most certainly a fruit and they actually help lower your cholesterol! So eat away!
Avocado fries…ohhhh I love.
OMG!!! I want to run home and make these right now. They truly look to die for! If you don’t mind I would love to put this on my blog. Thanks!
Go for it Parke! Glad you like the recipe!
Feel free to check it out its at the bottom of my newest post. I seriously salivate every time I think about it!
Also delicious in a tempura batter, and you don’t have to clean as many bowls. Just equal parts flour and pale ale mixed in one bowl.
I did almost the same thing last week with artichoke hearts. SO GOOD. I have avocado out right now to make guacamole for dinner and am now tempted to fry it
oh man I’ll bet artichoke hearts would be amazing! I’m gonna try that next!
will you marry me?
OMG… drooling. You are a genius!
Oh man, these look awesome!
W.O.W.
Are you friggin’ kidding me?
Brilliant.
i think they are a fruit. really good idea, i would have never thought to fry them… will try – thanks!
This. Is. AMAZING!
I wonder if you could bake/broil these instead of frying? Probably not.. I’ve never tried baking avocado hahaha.
Its a fruit because there is a seed in it. Any plant with a seed=fruit.
Also yum! I love avocadoes too but i never thought of deepfrying them! Cant wait to try this and post it to my own foodblog!
omg! this sounds amazing!!! i am totally going to try this recipe very, very soon. i love avocado and fried food – why didn’t i ever think of putting them together before?!
awesome blog. will definitely visit again soon : )
cheers!
cailen
http://www.cailenascher.blogspot.com
This recipe looks AMAZING!!! I want them right now! I think this is the perfect recipe for our Friday Link Drop on our site which is going to feature all recipes and DIY links.
The perfect party snack for college students–easy to make and delicious with a healthy twist!
Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see your link and others!
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YUM-O!! I am going to make these soon! The dipping sauce sounds amazing, too!!
Oh no you didn’t!! Yum. YUUUUUMMMM!!!
love love love!
oh my goodness, what a wonderful idea! This picture just totally sucked me into your blog and forced me to comment
Seriously, I can’t wait to make these!
OMG that sounds wonderful! I love avocados.. but I won’t eat Guacamole.. one bad experience ruined me for life. I have to make these tomorrow.. after I go grocery shopping. =) Thanks!
this is gorgeous, looked so wanting! I want, I want!
I think I might not make it another day unless I get avocados and try this! Brilliant!
these look fantastic!!!! spring break is now suddenly overrated for me!!
btw I love having avocados cubed dressed with salt, pepper, olive oil and basil. I lived on this last summer!!
And just today, I read a recipe for Hearts of Palm Fries with Chipotle Mayo. I’m a fearless fryer and will definitely try both. Thanks for the recipe!
As a side note, I love putting slices of avocado in a warm tortilla. Put a little salt in it, and it’s amazing.
These fries idea is genius.I cant stop looking at crisp pictures.
OK, for those too lazy to do this, halve your avocado and fill the center with balsamic vinegar and eat with a spoon. Beats the crap out of salt or sugar or whatever.
What a great suggestion!
ooo that does sound tasty!
OMG! Genius idea! <3 Love your blog. Lovely design and excellent writing
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I’ve got two minds on this one: half of me thinks this is genius, and half of me questions if I would like it. Nothing you can do but try.
Oh my gosh, I am totally intrigued by this idea! I’d order them in a heartbeat if I saw them in a restaurant!
I’m glad someone shares my love affair with Avocados!!! I just bought one the other day and ate it plain with a spoon. YUMM!
I’d love to know your sandwich recipe! I have one that i’m in LOOOVE with. I’ll post it here so that it doesn’t take up too much space! Thanks!!
I just recently started this blog-
http://cookingfor365.blogspot.com/2011/02/avocado-sandwich.html
These look amazing! I imagine I could eat a truck full of them…and to think, I used to not like avocados. Sinful!
I’m to old for a bikini, please pass the fries!They look awesome.
Whoa. Is this possible? I think fried avocado might just be heaven on earth. Kudos to your bravery in trying it out. You’ve done the world a great service!
My husband and I both love avocados. I make guacamole all of the time. I never thought about battering and frying them. They look so delicious, and I bet they are fantastic dipped into that sauce. Will have to try this!
Avocados are mostly monostaurated fat. Which is a mixed bag concerning health. It may raise bad cholesterol(or it might not lolwedunno) on the other hand it might not raise insulin sensitivity ( or it might… Conflicting studies). In other words, probably not best to always eat it day in and day out. The batter doesnt help either. But hey, sometimes you gotta live a little right?
I tried this sprinkling the pieces with lemon pepper before flour egg and milk, delicious!
that sounds amazing! I’ll bet the lemon would add a great flavor, I’ll try that next time!
Wow, never dreamed of fried avocados!!! Very interesting!
would this recipe work in a deep fryer??
sure! I would actually prefer a deep fryer but can’t fit one in my kitchen
Looks so sinful but tasty!!!!
I eat an avocado with a spoon almost every day. And really they aren’t sinful because they have the good fat and aren’t any more calories than almost any other snack.
AWESOME is about the only word I can think to describe this. WOW looks so tasty.
A contestant on Top Chef fried avocados for Paula Deen, and they looked sooooo yummy! Thanks for the recipe and how to!
Salt is delicious on an avocado… but garlic salt is even better! I make myself avocado and butter lettuce salads for dinner all the time, a sprinkling of papaya seed dressing (a Hawaiian specialty that I make my sister send me for Christmas every year) completes it to be the most perfect dinner ever. I’m thinking of trying this fried avocado on the lettuce, yum yum!
the garlic salt sounds great! you know, it never even occurred to me to use these fries to make a salad, but a fried avocado salad sounds great!
These look amazing! I will certainly be trying this recipe out!
These look yummy and I must say your not a bad food photographer either.
i heart avacado too!
my favourite is avacado with a little olive oil and balsalmic vinegar :]
I love avocados!!! A Mexican restaurant I frequent (because of the great margaritas) serves a stuffed/deep fried avocado that is out of this world. It is stuffed with cheese and chicken or beef, then rolled in bread crumbs and deep fried. Soooo good.
That sounds like the fried avocado from Trudy’s in Austin! It’s ridiculously good!!!!
Avocados are the best! I’m addicted. I can eat them for every meal! Any ideas for breakfast?!
I eat avocado with my eggs! You can make an omelet and it tastes great on top, or I even eat it with my scrambled eggs. Actually, it’s scrambled Egg Beaters with cut up fajita meat in it, and cheese. Then just throw some avocado on top!
There is a place here that makes a breakfast croissant with egg, cheese and guacamole. I know that it kinda sounds gross but this thing is seriously amazing!!
I make a breakfast bagel almost every morning that has some variety of avocado, egg or meat, cheese, and spinach – the details vary depending on what’s in my fridge, but they’re awesome. Avocado and spinach are my staples! (and hot sauce)
I put sliced avocados in my BLT. No better combo than bacon and avocado!!!
Anything with a seed is a fruit, just FYI
I love avocados, too. Avocado on toast, on bagels, on whatever bread type thing around! A cool and different dip idea is mashed avocado combined with cream cheese and maybe a little milk or cream. Yum!
I love avocados and make a salad of grilled avocados and mango with avocado, cilantro, lime and grapeseed oil dressing.
this looks fantastic!!
we live in the middle east and one of my favorite things here is the avocado ‘juice’. basically, you blend it up w/ice, milk and sugar. it’s stunning!! and to pair it was strawberry juice is to die for!!
apparently a lot of the world eats the avocado sweetened as opposed to savory! who knew? :0)
What a novel idea – never would’ve thought of it! But now I want it.
I saw these earlier today, and HAD to make them. I made these with dinner, and they were fantastic!
Avocados are a nut. Do your research.
They’re fruit. Calm down, and learn to use agreement.
lol – thanks Amna!
@Jesse – why even comment if you’re going to be rude? FYI – it’s a blog post not a research thesis
Because my own believes are facts to me, and because it extols me to declare them recklessly?
*beliefs. No reason to be rude.
didn’t your mother ever teach you, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it?!
RUDE!
These look AMAZING by the way! yummmmm!
lol. Oh, trollfags. Douchebaggery, I tell you!
@Jesse Avocados are not nuts. They are berries. And…nuts are a kind of fruit anyway. All of these commonly used terms have great significance in the botanical world. The author never claimed to know if they were fruits or nuts and admittedly did not care. Fruit…? Vegetable…? Irrelevant. This is an article about frying and eating them. Try being less disagreeable next time. Also, if you are going to sit on your high horse regardless and tell people to, “Do your research,” you might as well try taking your own advice.
It is almost 11:30 at night, and I’m trying to talk myself out of frying all the avocados in my possession right now. This looks INCREDIBLE.
I can’t wait to make these! Thanks for inspiring my post today
http://leviedeb.blogspot.com/
I’ve also used it instead of mayo for tuna sandwiches – looks disgusting, but tastes amazing.
I love you! The way of you talk about avocado is fascinating! By the way I love guacamole as well, try it with steak!;)
I think I love you. But not more than this recipe. Genius!
Actually…use something like coconut (or whole grain flour, but I am gluten intolerant) and fry them in coconut oil or butter (organic, grass fed) instead of canola oil and they become a very, very, very healthy snack. Loaded absolutely full of the fat and cholesterol (the good kind) that our bodies need to form healthy cells, create and distribute hormones and provide the very basic bodily functions. Our bodies, right down to the membranes of our cells, are composed of lipids (fats). Depression and mental illnesses run rampant in our society in part because we have been fed the idea that a low fat diet is healthy. The reality is, our body needs good healthy fats like avocado. /steps down off of soap box.
feel better about your avocado now?
Thanks! I was hoping someone would know how to make these suitable for celiacs. I can not wait to try them
Yes, but have you had an avocado shake?
I just added this to my Favorites. Under recipes. Under the existing Avocado tab. Thank you so very, very much.
Made these and they are absolutely scrumptious!!!
I love avocados and I love either on sandwiches, burgers, etc.
Try a BLT with avocado and swiss cheese or gorgonzola and you will be addicted for life (smoked ham or pepperoni works too!)
Avocadoes are HEALTHY fat! I love putting them in salads. And guacamole, yummmy!
These avocado fries look really good.
“3. I have been known to sprinkle some salt on a halved avocado and just eat it with a spoon.”
This is my favorite way to eat avocados.
I retro way of using avocado is to have them with shrimp and paprika. I have not done so for years, but this has reignited my avocado passion lol. Can not wait to try them fried! Thank you!
I tried to make these and it was an epic fail. They weren’t crispy at all and the mayo sauce was not very good, although it helped drown out the taste of the fries. I love avocado but I obviously don’t know how to fry them. Would like to try this recipe again; maybe it will turn out better next time.
OMG tried these and they are awesome! Eat them alone , with ranch, or even on a sandwich!
These look so amazing. You are not the only one who loves avocado that much, I do too.
You just combined two of my favorites….fried goodness and avocados! Can’t wait to try them! Thanks for sharing!
Putting a skillet of oil on high heat will likely result in your house being burnt down…. other then that, looks great!!
We had something very similar in a restaurant here in Texas as an appetizer and then we replicated it at home. Ours used Panko in lieu of flour and it provided a fabulous crunch and our dipping sauce was a habanero ketchup. I will give yours a try sometime too though as they look delicious. We make these as an appetizer for small dinner parties and it is always a good conversation starter because most people would never think to fry avocado.
I think I just died and went to heaven. Best. Avocado. Recipe. Ever. (P.S. I’m obsessed with avocado too, I could eat it on ANYTHING.)
made these tonight and they were delicious! i didn’t think i could love avocado more than I already did. i also loved all the other ideas I got for my favorite fruit? vegetable? by reading this post/comments.
Amen. I think we might be avocado soul sisters.
SO glad i stumbled upon this site! now i have things to do with avocados. which i love. thank you!
This looks awesome and I can’t wait to try it!
I have bought avocados from the store that are not quite ready to be eaten and since I did not want to toss them, I decided to sauté them in olive oil and pepper until they softened. Delicious!
I also remember my mom making avocado milkshakes… It is really good… I promise!
For the BEST fry batter ever mix equal amounts of flour & BEER. Let stand 2 hours, dip anything (onion rings, avocados, etc.) in batter & fry! Too easy & you can’t find a better fry batter!
I made these the other day and they were superb! Thanks for the great recipe. The lime Sriracha mayo was mind blowing.
Have you ever been to Chile? They add “palta” (which is made of avocados) to all dishes. Even McDonalds there adds palta to the sandwich.
Love it! Thanks for the recipe. I adapted it and added panko, cayenne, and jolokia pepper. We’re going to make Fried Guac Balls next!
i love avocados’ too
in our country we just scrape the avocado, put sweetened condense milk, or condense milk with sugar (it’s in your taste preference if how sweet you would like it to be..) then just add ice. and done! a very refreshing way to treat your taste buds for the summer!!! 
especially in our country.. almost all year round is summer 
I never thought to make avocado into fries. Why I don’t know, but I can’t wait to try these out.
So, did anyone try these baked instead of fired? Think avocado’s are good on / with anything! Grew up in New Orleans with tree and did not like them. The big green kind and still do not like but the small black ones…great with anything. Often eat just as is cut or with balsamic on the half. Wonderful with shrimp salad (N.O. style). Thanks for the other ideas and will tried baked and let you know.
These look delicious! Great recipe, great photos.
I did an avocado inspiration section in my post, “Thank You, Blog World,” and linked to this: http://pasdedeuxblog.com/2012/07/01/thank-you-blog-world-2-and-ttfn/
I would dip them in a chipotle ranch dressing. OMG!
For cocktail time, I cut avocado in half, sprinkle with lime juice and salt and fill cavity with tequila. Eat all with a spoon – really awesome.
avos fattening? pff ya right they are good for you they are good for eye sight and cholesterol yes they have fat in them but its good fat that your body actually needs.
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