For a quick, healthy, and satisfying breakfast or snack, every home cook needs a basic avocado toast recipe. To make vegan avocado toast even more flavorful, make garlic bread and top it with your favorite savory toppings for an extra-flavorful version.
It’s impossible for me to live without avocados. My usual weekly purchase is one or two to use in all kinds of recipes. The avocado (makhan phal) is a wonderfully fatty and flavorful ingredient that can be used in both sweet and savory recipes.
My favorite way to eat them is raw, drizzled with lemon juice, black salt, and extra virgin olive oil. My favorite sandwich is probably a fresh and filling Guacamole Sandwich that I make about every other week.
In my opinion, avocados taste best on toast for a quick and delicious snack or breakfast. In as little as 15 minutes, you can prepare this recipe, which barely requires cooking at all.
Classic avocado toast becomes a whole new level of delicious when perfectly ripe avocados are mashed onto thick garlic bread slices. Moreover, you can create your own flavors by adding virtually any topping.
My simple avocado toast recipe will become your new go-to breakfast recipe when you make it with your favorite bread and extra goodies.
How to make Avocado Toast
Prep Bread & Avocado
1. First, slice a loaf of garlic bread or baguette or French bread into 1-inch thick slices. Here I have used whole wheat garlic bread.
2. Heat a griddle, tawa, or large skillet over medium heat. Add the slices of bread. Instead of toasting bread on a skillet, you could opt to toast bread in the oven or a toaster.
If toasting in the oven, toast for 5 to 7 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius/356 degrees Fahrenheit in a preheated oven until crispy and golden. Half way through the baking, turn over the slices if needed.
3. Meanwhile, prepare the avocado filling. Rinse the avocado under cold water and pat dry. Then use a sharp knife to cut the avocado in half width-wise, going all the way around the pit. Gently twist the two halves apart.
Tip: Always use ripe avocados. Gently press the skin; if it feels firm then the avocado is not yet ripe.
A ripe avocado should feel a bit soft when you gently press the skin. I usually buy unripe ones and wrap them with a loosely woven cotton napkin, and allow them to ripen on the counter for a day or as needed.
4. Remove the seed.
5. Use a spoon to scoop out the butter-like avocado flesh. Be sure to scrape the skin to get all of the avocado.
6. Discard the skins and place the avocado flesh on a cutting board.
7. Finely chop the avocado. Alternatively take the scooped avocado pulp in a bowl and mash it well.
Make Avocado Topping
8. Add the chopped avocado to a mixing bowl along with 1 finely minced garlic clove.
9. Season with ½ teaspoon of dried oregano, ¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper, salt as required and ¼ teaspoon lemon juice. Note that the lemon juice helps prevent discoloration, but can be skipped if not available.
You can add your choice of herbs like cilantro, mint leaves, parsley, basil or thyme. Both dried herbs and fresh herbs work well in the recipe.
10. Mix well.
Toast Bread
11. While preparing the avocado mash, be sure to flip your bread as it toasts.
You could also toast the bread slices using an electric toaster or in the oven.
12. Continue toasting the bread until light golden brown.
13. Once toasted, lightly brush the pieces of garlic bread with olive oil.
14. For even more delicious garlic flavor, rub half of a cut piece of garlic on the pieces of toast as well.
15. Use a fork or spoon to load the avocado mixture onto each slice of toast.
16. Serve Avocado Toast immediately as a snack or breakfast.
