Avocado Fries Recipe with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce
These Avocado Fries are a simple and delicious side dish! These fries are full of healthy fats and whole grains.
Everyone’s favorite vegetable gets turned into everyone’s favorite fast food side dish, and the result is mind blowing.
Creamy, dreamy, avocado gets breaded and baked to crisp perfection. The luscious and soft baked interiors are coated in a light and crisp breading for the ultimate creamy/crunchy experience.
And somehow, these decadent fries end up being healthy.
Avocados that give these fries their irresistibly creamy texture are loaded with nutrition. They have more potassium than a banana, and are full of fiber. Their fat content is satiating which can lead to eating less overall. Avocados can also improve heart health, prevent cancer, relieve arthritis, and lower LDL cholesterol levels. And all those healthy fats are beautiful food! They can nourish your hair, skin and nails.
The cilantro adds a bright flavor to our dipping sauce and can help with detox. Cilantro is one of a few foods that can remove excess heavy metals from the body along with toxins that can drain on our energy levels. Cilantro can also lower anxiety, improve sleep, and sooth a stomach ache.
There are a few tips for perfect avocado fries:
First, buy your avocados under-ripe. You want the avocados to be dark green, but firm to the touch. As the avocados bake, they will soften, and become the perfect texture. Using ripe avocados will result in mushy fries.
Second, you want to eat these fries immediately. When you do, you will be rewarded with crispy coated exteriors and creamy rich interiors. But wait to enjoy these tasty fries and you will have soggy breading and mushy fries, far from the intended result.
But follow these two tips and you will have perfect fries, every time!
Ingredients you’ll need for Avocado Fries:
For the sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayo (vegan if desired)
- Juice and zest from 1 lime
- 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
For the fries:
- 4 medium avocados, cut into wedges (avocados need to almost ripe but not mushy)
For the flour breading station:
- 1/2 cup oat flour (can sub all purpose if not gluten free)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
For the liquid breading station:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 10 dashes hot sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the breadcrumb breading station:
- 2 cups breadcrumbs (gluten free if needed)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions to prepare Avocado Fries step by step:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking tray with nonstick foil and coat with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the flour breading station.
- In another bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the liquid breading station.
- Avocado Fries with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce 4. In a third bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients in the breadcrumb breading station.
- Take an avocado wedge, and coat it in the flour breading mixture, then quickly coat it in the liquid, and then cover it with breadcrumbs. Place the avocado fry on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining avocado wedges.
- Add the fries to the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Gently flip the fries and bake for another 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with dip.
These fries are a great way to consume more veggies and healthy fats! Serve these in lieu of traditional fries at your next barbecue for a nutritional uptick, or have a serving alongside your salad for a delicious lunch.
Avocado Fries Recipe with Cilantro Lime Dipping Sauce
Everyone’s favorite vegetable gets turned into everyone’s favorite fast food side dish, and the result is mind blowing.
Ingredients
For the sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayo (vegan if desired)
- Juice and zest from 1 lime
- 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
For the fries:
- 4 medium avocados, cut into wedges (avocados need to almost ripe but not mushy)
For the flour breading station:
- 1/2 cup oat flour (can sub all purpose if not gluten free)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
For the liquid breading station:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 10 dashes hot sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the breadcrumb breading station:
- 2 cups breadcrumbs (gluten free if needed)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking tray with nonstick foil and coat with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the flour breading station.
- In another bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the liquid breading station.
- In a third bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients in the breadcrumb breading station.
- Take an avocado wedge, and coat it in the flour breading mixture, then quickly coat it in the liquid, and then cover it with breadcrumbs. Place the avocado fry on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining avocado wedges.
- Add the fries to the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Gently flip the fries and bake for another 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with dip.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
14Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 235Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 416mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 5gSugar: 4gProtein: 4g