Avocado Fries are the appetizer you never knew you needed! They are super crispy on the outside and creamy and soft on the inside. They are perfect alone or in all of your favorite dipping sauces!
Looking for more game day eats and party foods? Try my Winger’s Sticky Fingers, Spinach Artichoke Dip, Air Fryer Chicken Wings, and Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers.
Why This Recipe Works
So Easy to Make: This avocado fries recipe is so easy to make! You can make them in the air fryer or the oven, and they come out perfectly crispy either way! Simply slice up your avocados into wedges and then bread them in a flour, egg, breadcrumbs mixture and bake! The flour mixture is seasoned with salt and taco seasoning which is packed with cumin, chili powder and paprika for maximum flavor.
Versatile: These baked avocado fries can be eaten on their own or you can dip them into all of your favorite dipping sauces! These are a great appetizer and they are totally packed with healthy fats! To make a meal out of it, it makes a great topping on tacos or nachos, or even inside a burrito! Plus, if you are following a keto diet, avocado fries are a great alternative to regular fries!
Ingredients
- Avocados: The star of the show here is avocado! You will need two large avocados for this recipe, but you can feel free to double this recipe for more servings!
- Egg: You need egg to help the panko breadcrumb mixture stick to the avocado fries!
- Flour: Whenever you are breading something, dipping it in flour first, then eggs and then breadcrumbs is the best way to make sure the breading sticks! This way, the avocado fries will be super crispy!
- Panko Breadcrumbs: I like to use panko breadcrumbs because they are extra crispy!
- Salt: Don’t forget to season the flour with salt!
- Taco Seasoning or Chili Powder: For extra flavor, you can season the flour with taco seasoning as well. If you don’t have taco seasoning on hand, try just a bit of chili powder!
- Cayenne Pepper: For a hint of spice, I also add a small pinch of cayenne pepper to the flour mixture.
- For Serving: Flaky sea salt and lime wedges are all you need for some extra flavor when serving!
Here’s How to Make It
Step by Step Instructions
- Prep Breading Station: First, prepare your breading station. Lightly beat the egg in a shallow bowl and set aside. Combine the flour, salt, taco seasoning or chili powder, and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl, and set aside. Tip the panko breadcrumbs into a third bowl.
- Slice Avocado: Peel and halve the avocados, removing the pits before slicing into roughly thick 6 spears per avocado. (photo 1)
- Bread the Fries: Coat the avocado spears first into the flour mixture, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs. Use one hand for the egg and another for the dry ingredients to avoid coating your fingers! (photos 2-4)
- To Cook in the Air Fryer: Spritz the breaded avocado spears with cooking spray and cook at 400 for 15 minutes, turning halfway. (photo 5)
- To Cook in the Oven: Preheat the oven to 430 F while you are preparing the avocado. Spread out on a parchment lined baking sheet and spritz with cooking spray. Bake for 20 minutes, turning halfway. (photo 6)
- Serve & Enjoy: Serve sprinkled with flaky salt with the fresh lime wedges squeezed over the top and enjoy!
Expert Tips
- You can use underripe avocados! The beauty of this recipe is that you can use up any avocados that are a little on the hard side. They will stand up to the breading and baking process a little better and soften up in the heat!
- Spray with cooking spray for a crispy outer layer! It is important to spray with cooking spray to get a golden brown, crispy outer layer! If you are using the air fryer method, just make sure to use pure olive oil spray since some of the synthetic sprays can damage the air fryer.
- Don’t forget to turn them! Flipping the avocado fries in the middle of the cooking process helps to get them crispy and golden on all sides!
Frequently Asked Questions
Serve avocado fries with some of my favorite dipping sauces like cilantro avocado ranch or some greek yogurt ranch! You can also serve avocado fries alongside anything that you would eat regular fries with like chipotle barbecue burgers or pesto chicken sliders!
Avocado is actually a fruit! It might seem like it is a vegetable since it is green and has an earthy flavor, but avocados are in the same family as berries!
More Appetizers to Try
- Baked Chicken Fries
- Chicken Enchilada Dip
- Mozzarella Sticks
- Crispy Baked Chicken Wings
- Baked Coconut Shrimp
- Easy Guacamole Recipe
Avocado Fries
Ingredients
- ¼ cup flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp taco seasoning - or chili powder
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- ¾ cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 large avocados
- cooking spray
- flaky sea salt - for serving
- lime wedges - for serving
Instructions
- First, prepare your breading station. Lightly beat the egg in a shallow bowl and set aside. Combine the flour, salt, taco seasoning or chili powder, and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl, and set aside. Tip the panko breadcrumbs into a third bowl.
- Peel and halve the avocados, removing the pits before slicing into roughly 6 thick spears per avocado.
- Coat the avocado spears first into the flour mixture, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs. Use one hand for the egg and another for the dry ingredients to avoid coating your fingers!
- To cook in the air fryer: spritz the breaded avocado spears with cooking spray and cook at 400 for 15 minutes, turning halfway.
- To cook in the oven: Preheat the oven to 430F while you are preparing the avocado. Spread out on a parchment lined baking sheet and spritz with cooking spray. Bake for 20 minutes, turning halfway.
- Serve sprinkled with flaky sea salt with the fresh lime wedges squeezed over the top.
I enjoyed avocado fries in a hotel restaurant in Dallas years ago, one of the best sides I ever had
Are these photos made by you? beautiful!
They are! All the photos here on this website are my own. Thank you!
Would this recipe work using an Air Fryer instead of oven?
How ripe do you recommend the avocado’s be for this recipe?
Hi Beth! They should still be firm, definitely not too soft.
Hi there, thank you for the recipe! What is the purpose of shaking them in flour in the first step? My experience trying out your recipe led me to believe the egg wash has a hard time sticking to the flour, leading to some crumb-less spots overall, but it’s possible I did something wrong here. Thank you for the reply!
Hi Alexandra, the flour actually helps the egg stick to the avocado and provides a bit of a “base” for the coating!
Hey Tiffany!
I love your recipes! Now I know how to make those avocado fries I find in restaurants. Who’s trying to spend $10 on 5 fries?! Haha. Thank you for this!
I’ve also features it here: 🙂
It’s so true – appetizers are SO over-priced!!!
Hi! These look delicious but I was wondering what the texture was like. I love the taste of avocado but the texture grosses me out. If someone could describe the texture that would be great! Thank you!
I feel the same! The soft goopy texture of avacado is a turn off. I made these with avacado from a bountiful basket. I was pleasantly surprised with the rough crispy texture. I’m still not a big fan of avacado but this Gave the flavor with none of the softness as. Crunchy and salty and the dipping sauce is a must!
Don’t you love that sauce?? I agree – a must! So glad you liked these Lea!!
Making these as I typed. Have them in the oven…. We’ll see how they turn out because having the flour on the avocados first, my eggs were not sticking to the flour. I chose to use Panko breadcrumbs and those were hardly covering. I couldn’t get them to cover the entire thing well! :\ so we’ll see how it goes. I think next time I’ll skip the flour!
Hi Breanna! Did you whisk the eggs first? When the eggs and water are whisked really well they should stick right to the flour-coated avocado slices!
Until now it never occurred to me that you could make avocado fries! These fries look seriously crispy and delicious.. definitely need to know what they taste like.
Yum!! This looks amazing! I love avocado but I’m yet to try fries!
Umm… yum! Avocado is awesome in and of instead but turn it into a fry and give it a rockstar dip. YUP! Ah-mazing!
These look incredibly good! So happy to find a baked version – frying can get messy!
Thanks for such a yummy recipe 🙂