Crispy Avocado Tacos

Creamy, crispy vegetarian avocado tacos with fresh pineapple salsa and a creamy chipotle sauce, perfect for your vegetarian Taco Tuesdays!

I used to think that tacos weren’t all that easy to make vegetarian. Chickpeas are better suited for gyros and tofu tends to scare off the meat eaters with whom you may share a dinner table. But when I came across Minimalist Baker’s vegan avocado tacos, I knew there was hope for the vegetarian taco. So today we’re nixing the faux-meats and throwing in some crispy avocados!

I used to always bake my avocados, but after recently getting an air fryer I’ve changed my ways! Air frying your avocados makes them so much crispier, while cooking them a lot faster. But feel free to use either method for these vegetarian avocado tacos!

Ingredients for these Avocado Tacos

• Avocados: Breaded with panko then either baked or air fried into crispy perfection.
• Pineapple Salsa: We’ll make a quick pineapple salsa, but feel free to sub your favorite store bought salsa!
• Creamy Chipotle Sauce: A simple combo of yogurt, mayo, and adobo sauce (from a jar of chipotle peppers). This stuff is always a hit at taco nights!

How to make avocado tacos

It looks complicated, but I promise it’s simple. Throw pineapple, tomato, some peppers, and spices into a food processor and blitz. Salsa, done. Then we’ll coat our avocado slices with a traditional flour – egg – panko combo and either bake or air fry them. Finally, whip together a tangy, creamy chipotle sauce. Toss it all onto a flour tortilla (or hard shell if that’s your style), fold in half, enter taco heaven.

Crispy Baked Avocado Tacos

Creamy, crispy avocado tacos with fresh pineapple salsa and a creamy chipotle sauce, perfect for your vegetarian Taco Tuesdays!

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Course: Main Dishes, Sandwiches and Wraps

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: avocado tacos, crispy avocado tacos, fried avocado

Diet: Dairy-Free, Vegetarian

Occasion: 4th of July, Birthdays, Cinco de Mayo, Game Day

Time: 30 minutes or less, 45 minutes or less

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Total: 30 mins

Servings: 4 tacos

Calories: 624kcal

Author: Sarah Bond

5 from 4 votes

INGREDIENTS

Salsa (can sub your favorite store bought)

• 1 cup finely chopped or crushed pineapple 240 g
• 1 roma tomato finely chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper finely chopped
• 1/2 of a medium red onion 1/2 cup, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1/2 jalapeno finely chopped
• Pinch each cumin and salt

Avocado Tacos

• 1 avocado
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 35 g
• 1 large egg whisked
• 1/2 cup panko crumbs 65 g
• Pinch each salt and pepper
• 4 flour tortillas click for recipe

Adobo Sauce

• 1/4 cup plain yogurt 60 g
• 2 Tbsp mayonnaise 30 g
• 1/4 tsp lime juice
• 1 Tbsp adobo sauce from a jar of chipotle peppers

INSTRUCTIONS

• Salsa: Combine all Salsa ingredients (finely chop by hand or blitz in the food processor), cover, and set in fridge.
• Prep Avocado: Cut avocado in half lengthwise and remove pit. Place avocado skin side down and cut each half into 4 equal sized pieces, then gently peel the skin off of each.
• Prep Station: Preheat oven to 450 F (230 C) or air fryer to 375 F (190 C).  Arrange your workspace so you have a bowl of flour, a bowl of whisked egg, a bowl of panko with S&P mixed in, and a parchment-lined baking sheet at the end. 
• Coat: Dip each avocado slice first in the flour, then egg, then panko. Place on the prepared baking sheet and either bake or air fry for 10 minutes, flipping halfway through cooking, until lightly browned.
• Sauce: While avocados are cooking, combine all Sauce ingredients.
• Serve: Spoon salsa onto a tortilla, top with 2 pieces of avocado, and drizzle with sauce. Serve immediately and enjoy!

NOTES

Inspired by Minimalist Baker’s Panko Baked Avocado Tacos.

NUTRITION

Serving: 2tacos | Calories: 624kcal | Carbohydrates: 70.7g | Protein: 14.1g | Fat: 34.7g | Saturated Fat: 7.1g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 281mg | Potassium: 1110mg | Fiber: 13.7g | Sugar: 17.1g | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 4.9mg

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