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Avocado recipes

Mashed, sliced and blended. 91 recipes on the site call for avocado.

Avocado is in 91 recipes from 11 cuisines, among them 28 lunches, 18 dinners, 15 breakfasts and 12 healthy dishes. The cuisines that use it most here are Mexican (35), American (34), International (5) and Australian (4). Of these, 46 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Avocado Sandwich (8 min), Authentic Guacamole (10 min) and Chicken and Avocado Wrap (10 min). For 16, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 77 easy and 14 medium.

As written, 34 are vegetarian, 20 vegan, 50 gluten-free and 49 dairy-free. Another 5 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Avocado recipes — all 91 recipes

Authentic Guacamole
MexicanFeatured
Prep
10m
Cook
0m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Authentic Guacamole

The Mexican original is made in a molcajete and contains no garlic, no cumin and no soured cream — just avocado…

10 min · Easy
Ultimate Avocado Toast
InternationalFeatured
Prep
8m
Cook
4m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Ultimate Avocado Toast

Good bread, properly toasted, with avocado seasoned far more aggressively than instinct suggests. The difference…

12 min · Easy
Chilaquiles Verdes
MexicanFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Chilaquiles Verdes

Fried tortilla chips simmered briefly in salsa verde until they soften at the edges but keep a bite at the centre…

35 min · Easy
Ahi Poke Bowl
InternationalFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Healthy

Ahi Poke Bowl

Cubed raw tuna dressed in soy, sesame and sweet onion over rice. Hawaiian in origin and Japanese in influence, and…

20 min+ · Easy
Breakfast Hash
InternationalFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Breakfast Hash

Potatoes fried until properly crusted, then peppers, onions and whatever else is in the fridge, with eggs cracked in…

45 min · Easy
Loaded Breakfast Burrito
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Loaded Breakfast Burrito

Soft scrambled eggs, crisp potatoes, sausage and cheese rolled tight in a griddled tortilla. Built properly it holds…

30 min · Easy
California Roll
Japanese
Prep
40m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Lunch

California Roll

The inside-out roll that introduced the West to sushi: crab, avocado and cucumber wrapped in seasoned rice and…

75 min · Medium
Arepas
Venezuelan
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Bread

Arepas

Griddled corn cakes made from pre-cooked maize flour, split open and stuffed. Venezuelans and Colombians both claim…

35 min · Easy
Cobb Salad
American
Prep
25m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Cobb Salad

A composed salad from the Brown Derby in Hollywood: neat rows of chicken, bacon, avocado, egg, tomato and blue…

40 min · Easy
Roasted Vegetable Buddha Bowl
International
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
2
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Healthy

Roasted Vegetable Buddha Bowl

Roasted vegetables, a grain, a pulse and something green in one bowl, held together by a tahini dressing loosened…

50–55 min · Easy
Huevos Rancheros
Mexican
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Huevos Rancheros

Fried eggs on crisped tortillas under a warm, smoky ranchero sauce, with black beans and avocado. The Mexican…

30 min · Easy
Tinga Tostadas
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
50m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Tinga Tostadas

Crisp fried tortillas topped with chicken tinga — shredded chicken in a smoky chipotle and tomato sauce — with…

70–75 min · Easy
Aguachile
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Aguachile

Raw prawns cured in minutes in lime juice blitzed with green chilli and coriander, layered with cucumber and red…

20 min · Easy
Bandeja Paisa
Colombian
Prep
30m
Cook
130m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Bandeja Paisa

The Antioquian platter: beans, rice, chicharrón, chorizo, minced beef, a fried egg, plantain, avocado and an arepa…

10.5–11 hr · Medium
Sopes
Mexican
Prep
30m
Cook
20m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Sopes

Thick masa discs with a pinched rim, griddled then lightly fried, and piled with beans, meat, lettuce, crema and…

70 min · Medium
Ajiaco
Colombian
Prep
25m
Cook
110m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Ajiaco

Bogotá chicken and potato soup, thickened by three kinds of potato breaking down at different rates, with guascas…

2.5 hr · Easy
Causa Limeña
Peruvian
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Causa Limeña

Cold layers of yellow potato mashed with lime and ají amarillo, packed around a chicken or crab filling and turned…

4 hr+ · Medium
Completo Italiano
Chilean
Prep
15m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Quick Meals

Completo Italiano

A hot dog buried under diced tomato, mashed avocado and a mountain of mayonnaise. Chile's national street food, and…

25 min · Easy
Kachumbari
Kenyan
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Kachumbari

Kenya’s everyday salad: tomato, onion and chilli with lime and coriander, salted and drained so it stays crisp…

15 min · Easy
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Chicken Tortilla Soup

A brothy Mexican soup with real depth: dried chillies toasted and blended into the base, chicken poached in it and…

70 min · Easy
Baked Avocado Eggs
American
Prep
8m
Cook
16m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Baked Avocado Eggs

An egg baked in the hollow of an avocado half, which sounds like a magazine idea and works because of one…

24 min · Easy
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos

Sweet potato roasted with chipotle until the edges char, black beans warmed with lime, and a quick pickled onion for…

50 min · Easy
AI-generated illustration of Green Goddess Salad
American
Prep
20m
Cook
0m
Serves
6
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Side dish

Green Goddess Salad

Everything chopped to the size of a pea and bound in a herb dressing thick enough to cling, eaten with a spoon or a…

20 min · Easy
Smashed Chickpea Sandwich
American
Prep
12m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Quick Meals

Smashed Chickpea Sandwich

Chickpeas crushed with tahini, lemon and capers into something with the texture of a tuna mayo but none of the fish…

12 min · Easy
Pulled Jackfruit Tacos
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Pulled Jackfruit Tacos

Young green jackfruit shredded and cooked down in a chipotle and orange braise until the edges catch, which is where…

50 min · Easy
AI-generated illustration of Sopa de Fideo
Mexican
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Sopa de Fideo

Thin noodles toasted golden in oil, then simmered in a tomato broth. Thirty minutes, and it is what Mexican children…

30 min · Easy
Baleadas
International
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Baleadas

A thick flour tortilla folded over refried beans, cream and crumbled cheese. Honduras's breakfast, and thirty minutes.

60 min · Easy
Sopa de Tortilla
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Sopa de Tortilla

A chilli and tomato broth with crisp tortilla strips added at the table so they keep their crunch. Forty-five minutes.

65 min · Easy
Gorditas
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Gorditas

Thick corn cakes griddled until they puff, split open like a pocket and stuffed. Fifty minutes.

65 min · Medium
Taco Soup
American
Prep
10m
Cook
30m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Taco Soup

Beef, beans, corn and tomatoes simmered with taco spices and served with cheese, avocado and crushed tortilla chips…

40 min · Easy
Grilled Prawn Salad
Australian
Prep
20m
Cook
6m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Grilled Prawn Salad

Barbecued king prawns over cos, mango and avocado with a sharp lime and chilli dressing. Twenty-six minutes, and…

41 min · Easy
Chicken Enchilada Soup
Mexican
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Shredded chicken, black beans and sweetcorn in a smoky red enchilada broth, thickened with masa and finished with…

50 min · Easy
Chilaquiles Rojos
Mexican
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Chilaquiles Rojos

Crisp tortilla wedges tossed in a red salsa of guajillo chillies and tomatoes, topped with fried eggs, crema, queso…

65 min · Medium
Pozole Verde
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
150m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Pozole Verde

Pork and hominy in a green broth thickened with toasted pumpkin seeds, tomatillos, poblanos and coriander. Served…

3 hr · Medium
Chicken Burrito Bowl
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Chicken Burrito Bowl

Chipotle-lime chicken thighs served over rice with black beans, corn salsa, guacamole and lettuce, everything from a…

65 min · Easy
Taco Salad
American
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Taco Salad

Seasoned ground beef over crisp romaine with black beans, corn, tomatoes, cheddar, avocado and crushed tortilla…

32 min · Easy
Vegetarian Chili
American
Prep
15m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Healthy

Vegetarian Chili

A thick, smoky chili of three kinds of beans, peppers, carrots and sweetcorn simmered in spiced tomatoes. Hearty…

60 min · Easy
Seven Layer Dip
American
Prep
25m
Cook
0m
Serves
12
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Appetizers

Seven Layer Dip

Layers of spiced refried beans, guacamole, soured cream, salsa, cheddar, black olives and spring onions in a dish…

25 min · Easy
Black Bean Burgers
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Black Bean Burgers

Smoky, spiced black bean patties with oats and panko, seared until crisp outside and tender within. A hearty vegan…

55 min · Easy
Chicken Tacos
Mexican
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Quick Meals

Chicken Tacos

Juicy chicken thighs rubbed with chilli, cumin and lime, seared and chopped, then piled into warm corn tortillas…

30 min · Easy
Prawn and Avocado Salad
Australian
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Prawn and Avocado Salad

Sweet cooked prawns, ripe avocado, crisp cos lettuce, cucumber and tomato in a bright lime and olive oil dressing. A…

15 min · Easy
Tofu Scramble
American
Prep
10m
Cook
12m
Serves
3
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Breakfast

Tofu Scramble

Crumbled extra-firm tofu cooked with turmeric, cumin, peppers and spinach into a golden, savoury vegan scramble that…

22 min · Easy
Cowboy Caviar
American
Prep
20m
Cook
0m
Serves
10
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Appetizers

Cowboy Caviar

A bright Texas bean and corn salad of black beans, black-eyed peas, sweetcorn, peppers and tomatoes in a lime…

80 min · Easy
Chopped Mexican Salad with Lime
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Chopped Mexican Salad with Lime

A colourful chopped salad of romaine, tomato, cucumber, pepper, black beans, corn and avocado, with a lime and cumin…

20 min · Easy
Shrimp Louie Salad
American
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
2
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Lunch

Shrimp Louie Salad

Poached shrimp on shredded lettuce with avocado, egg and tomato, served with a creamy horseradish and paprika…

27 min · Easy
Southwest Chicken Salad
American
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Southwest Chicken Salad

Chili-rubbed chicken breast sliced over romaine with black beans, corn, tomato, avocado and cheddar, with a creamy…

27 min · Easy
Cucumber Avocado Salad
American
Prep
10m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Cucumber Avocado Salad

Diced cucumber, avocado and tomato with red onion, cilantro and a lime and olive oil dressing. Four servings in 10…

10 min · Easy
Tuna-Stuffed Avocados
American
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Lunch

Tuna-Stuffed Avocados

Ripe avocado halves filled with a lemony tuna salad of celery, red onion and parsley, bound with a little…

15 min · Easy

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