Avocado is a tasty and healthy product that is becoming increasingly popular. If a few years ago, few people imagined what an avocado looks like, today today it appears from time to time in the kitchen of almost every housewife. But what to make of it? How to diversify the diet? You can always bake an avocado with an egg. By the way, dishes with these ingredients are not only healthy, but also hearty.
How to cook an avocado with an egg in the oven?
Want to treat yourself and loved ones with some delicious and exotic dish? Try baking an avocado with an egg. This is a tasty, satisfying and, most importantly, diet food. For cooking you will need:
- avocado (better to take larger);
- two chicken eggs;
- a little bit of cheese;
- herbs and spices to taste.
First, you need to wash the avocado, cut in half, split into two halves and remove the stone. Next, with the help of a spoon, pulp is pulled out so that an egg fits in the formed recess.
Put some cheese (finely chopped or grated) into the made “hole”, add spices. Break the egg, separate the protein from the yolk. Gently pour the protein into the recess, salt and send into the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Next, remove the already slightly baked avocado and gently lay the yolk on top of the protein. The dish is sent to the oven for another 5-10 minutes. According to this recipe, egg avocados can be prepared as a wonderful breakfast or an original hot appetizer.
Poached egg with avocado
This dish is also popular, and it looks original. The list of ingredients is as follows (in two servings):
- two eggs;
- two slices of bread (better to take whole grains);
- avocado;
- cheese (gruyere);
- 100 g of tomatoes (cherry tomatoes are more preferable);
- spices (pepper, salt, thyme, basil).
Cooking an appetizer is actually simple.
- First, prepare poached eggs. Put a pot of water on the fire. As soon as the first bubbles appear at the bottom of the container, the egg must be poured into the water through a swirling funnel. It takes about 2-3 minutes to cook.
- During this time, slices of bread can be browned in a toaster. Gently cut the avocado, remove the pulp with a fork and grease the toast with it.
- Put the prepared eggs on bread, sprinkle with grated cheese, herbs, spices.
Toasts with avocado and egg should be served hot. It is recommended to decorate the plate with halves of cherry tomatoes (by the way, they perfectly complement the taste of the sandwich).
Delicious avocado and tomato appetizer
Want to decorate the table with something bright, original and useful? Try this recipe. For cooking you will need:
- 8 tomatoes;
- 8 eggs;
- 2 fruits of avocado;
- mayonnaise (about 4 tablespoons);
- two cloves of garlic;
- three teaspoons of vinegar (it is better to take wine);
- spices to taste.
We cook according to the following scheme.
- Hard-boiled eggs, clean, cut and put in the mixer.
- We clear the avocado from the skin, take out the stone, cut into pieces and add to the eggs.
- Mayonnaise, garlic, spices, vinegar are also placed in the mixer. Everything needs to be mixed until a slurry of uniform consistency is obtained.
- We cut the tomatoes into halves and grease the surface with the resulting mixture of avocados and eggs.
- Top can be decorated with chopped herbs or feathers of onions.
Cucumber Salad with Avocado
This dish will delight you with a rich taste. The main components of the dish are avocado, cucumber, egg (two in total). You will also need 2-3 cloves of garlic, a little lemon juice, vegetable oil and spices. Cooking a salad is easy.
- Cut the cucumbers into small cubes (if the fruits are young and fresh, then you can leave the skin).
- Avocado fruits also need to be peeled, removed and sliced, then sprinkled with fresh lemon juice.
- Hard-boiled eggs, peel, chop.
- Garlic must be finely chopped or minced through the garlic.
- Now all the ingredients can be mixed, add salt, pepper or other favorite spices, season with vegetable oil.
Now the dish is ready to serve. From above it can be decorated with chopped greens, quail eggs cut in half.
Avocado Diet Salad
This salad is also popular, which stands out with a slightly spicy, pungent taste. The list of necessary products is as follows:
- four eggs;
- two fruits of avocado;
- some yogurt for dressing (you need to take natural ones, without sweeteners);
- mayonnaise (tablespoon);
- balsamic vinegar (incomplete tablespoon);
- 1-2 cloves of garlic;
- thin pita bread or bread crumbs;
- spice.
First you need to boil the eggs, peel them, separate the proteins from the yolks. Yolks need to grind with a fork. From the avocado, you also need to remove the skin (and the stone, of course) and cut. By the way, so that the pulp of the fetus does not darken, it should be sprinkled with lemon juice. Proteins are cut into small cubes.
Now you can start cooking the sauce. For this, mayonnaise, vinegar and yogurt are thoroughly mixed, spices and chopped (passed through the press) garlic are added to them. The sauce must be brought to a homogeneous consistency. By the way, it is better to cook it and season the salad 20-30 minutes before serving. The resulting mixture is laid out on slices of bread or crackers. You can also grease them with pita bread, and then twist into small rolls. The dish is decorated with greens, grated yolk or feathers of green onions.
Tuna salad
A dish with avocado and egg can be made more diverse. Many housewives prefer to delight their guests with an exquisite egg salad with eggs. Here is the list of products:
- tuna in oil (jar);
- avocado fruit;
- leaf lettuce (bunch);
- ten quail eggs (can be replaced with 1-2 chicken);
- small red onion;
- some cherry tomatoes;
- 100 g unsweetened yogurt;
- spice;
- juice of half a lemon;
- clove of garlic.
In order to prepare a dressing, you need to mix yogurt, spices, lemon juice and garlic in a blender. Cut avocado, onion, salad into small pieces, add the tomatoes, cut into halves, tuna, and then season with the prepared sauce - the dish is ready.
You can cook avocados with eggs, vegetables, cheese, mushrooms, seafood and meat. This fruit is a wonderful salad supplement. By the way, most often, at least a little garlic is added to salads or any other avocado dishes - these products complement each other perfectly. Try, experiment and enjoy your own culinary masterpieces.