Name: Avocado Tempura
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 3 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup rice flour*; 1/4 tsp. baking soda; 1/4 tsp. baking powder; 1 egg white; 6 oz. light beer (or soda water); vegetable oil for frying; 3 avocados; 1 to 2 Tbsp. salt or seasoning of choice:

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Avocado Tempura

Recipe by Adapted from AvocadoCentral.com

Crispy & Fried Foods

30-Minute Meals

Tempura fried avocados? Yes please! These delicious little bites would be perfect by themselves or in an avocado taco.

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Serves 4 servings

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 3 minutes

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Ingredients

1/2 cup rice flour* 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. Mayan Sea Salt

1 egg white 6 oz. light beer (or soda water) vegetable oil for frying 3 avocados 1 to 2 Tbsp. salt or seasoning of choice:

Black Garlic Salt

Ghost Pepper Salt

Makrut Lime Sea Salt

Siesta Key Spanish Sazon

Golden Sol Sazon

Directions

Step 1 In a medium bowl, whisk flour with baking soda, baking powder, and Mayan Sea Salt. Add egg white and beer and stir until batter is smooth. Refrigerate batter until ready fry.

Step 2 Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan, heat about 2 inches of vegetable oil to 350 degrees. Slice avocados in half lengthwise and remove pits. Slice each half into about 4 or 5 slices.

Step 3 When oil is ready, remove batter from fridge, stirring to make sure it's well combined. Dip each avocado slice into the batter to coat then carefully add to hot oil. Fry, in batches, for 1 to 3 min. until golden brown.

Step 4 Sprinkle generously with seasoning salt of choice and serve.

Recipe Notes

*You can substitute rice flour with sifted all-purpose flour but your batter will end up a bit thicker. This recipe was adapted from Avocado Central's Hass Avocado Tempura recipe.