Avocado Fries Are Your New Best Friend

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Every week, we spotlight a different food blogger who’s shaking up the blogosphere with tempting recipes and knockout photography. Here, Eva Kosmas Flores of Adventures in Cooking kicks potatoes to the curb in favor of silky slices of avocado in this French fries recipe.

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Photo: Eva Kosmas Flores

A couple weeks ago, I met up with a friend at a fun Irish pub to have a few snacks. I look at the menu and ordered the avocado fries, thinking they were French fries served with some kind of guacamole dip or with chunks of avocados sprinkled over them. When I got them they looked just like normal, thick, breaded pub fries. Then I bit into them… and I realized that I was in heaven. Yes, they were slices of avocado, breaded and deep-fried. Crunchy on the outside, warm and creamy on the inside. I was shocked. They were so incredibly delicious, but I had never heard of them before and for some reason the thought of deep-frying avocados had never crossed my mind. Nevertheless, I was determined to recreate them. They’re worth it, trust me on this one.

Avocado Fries With Cilantro Lemon Dipping Sauce

1 1/3 cup bread crumbs
1 teaspoon lemon pepper
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cumin
2 avocados
Oil for frying
2 eggs, beaten

For the sauce:
5 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Juice from ½ of lemon

In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, lemon pepper, salt and cumin. Set it aside. Cut the avocados in half and then slice them vertically into 4-by-1-inch wedges. Set them aside.

Make the dipping sauce: Place the mayonnaise, cilantro, and lemon juice in a blender and mix until smooth and creamy in texture. Set aside.

Heat the vegetable oil to 335°F in a large frying pan, adding enough oil so that the oil is about 3 to 4 inches deep. Dredge the avocado slices in the breadcrumb mixture, then in the beaten eggs then in the breadcrumb mixture again. Place them in the hot oil and fry them for about 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove them with a slotted spoon or tongs, and set them on a plate lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil. Allow them to dry for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a serving tray and serve them immediately with the cilantro lemon dipping sauce.

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