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.
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!
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Caroline says
I feel you – us Brits haven’t quite embraced Taco Tuesdays as much as over in the US, but I have hope for the future. These look DELICIOUS and I’m excited to try them. I can’t promise to wait til next Tuesday though 😉
Sarah says
Well I’m happy to hear at least you are paving the way for tacos everywhere! We really just need to raise awareness 😉 Let me know how it goes and thanks so much for the rating! 🙂
Alexis Taylor says
Addicted to tacos – this is definitely going to be a must try this week for dinner! Thanks for sharing.
Sarah says
Me too! Didn’t realize how addicted I am until I had them again for the first time in months. Hubba hubba. Happy cooking to you!
Holly says
I love tacos. I can eat them any day. Thanks for the recipe.
Nicole @ Work|Wear|Wander says
These look delicious! I never thought to bread avocados, but it’s a great idea! Looking forward to trying them!
Jessica says
These look delicious!! I am a huge avocado fan!
Heather says
I thought I had tried every taco recipe out there but I love this new twist!
Kristen says
yum! These look incredibleeee!!! I’ve never baked avocados before!! I cannot wait to try this!
Sarah says
Thanks so much, Kristen! The texture of the avocado itself doesn’t change much but the outside gets nice and crispy and the result it SO addictive.
Allison - Celebrating Sweets says
I could eat an avocado everyday (I practically do!), but I’ve never had them like this before. Sounds great!
suzanne says
WHAAAT?! I didn’t think I could love avocado more than I do now, but I think this just might do it. SO GOOD!
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Sarah says
Hahah so happy to hear, Suzanne! 🙂
Ashley says
This looks amazing!!! I love avocado!
xo Ashley
Bree Hogan says
Oh wow, I have never thought about making a baked avocado before – I think I’ve been missing out!
Chris says
Ive never thought about baking avocado but this looks delicious! Cant wait to try.
Ashley says
Yum! I’ve made avocado fries before and they were delicious! I never thought to do something like that for tacos. This looks delicious!
Sarah says
I’ve never made the fries before, but after making these I can imagine they’re super tasty!
Cait says
YUM! These look so good.
Morgan @ Lilies + Lambs says
YUM! Looks delish!
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Angie says
These look amazing, and totally up my alley! I’ve never made crispy avocado before but it seems perfect!
Madeline says
This recipe was SOO GOOD!! I didn’t have the ingredients for the adobo sauce, so I put some hot sauce and lime in sour cream and that tasted great with it. Both toppings paired perfectly with the avocado, which was creamy and crispy from the oven! The pineapple salsa was not too sweet and not to spicy, this recipe is a 100% win and I will definitely make it again. Thanks so much, I’m new to your site, and this made a great impression 🙂
Sarah says
So happy to hear how much you loved it, Madeline! I hope you’ll find more you love on the site 😀 Happy to have you here!
Chase says
Sadly I didn’t like this recipe, but I will try the air fried avacados again. I think will just try different toppings next time.
Morgan says
This recipe was sooooo dang good! My husband and I made it with our air fryer and it was a hit!!