Avocado Toast
Smashed avocado, lemon, flaky salt, good bread. The classic — done properly, not preciously.
Ingredients
- 1 Avocado
- 2 slices Country bread
- ½ Lemon
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil (optional)
- ¼ tsp Red pepper flakes (optional)
- 2 Egg (optional)
Method
- Toast the bread slices until deeply golden and crisp.
- Halve the avocado, scoop the flesh into a bowl, and add the lemon juice and salt.
- Smash the avocado with a fork, leaving some texture.
- Fry the eggs in a skillet over medium heat to your liking, about 3 minutes for runny yolks. (optional)
- Pile the smashed avocado onto the toast and drizzle with the olive oil.
- Finish with the red pepper flakes and a fried egg on top if made, then serve.
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About Avocado Toast
Avocado toast has become a modern breakfast cliché, but stripped back to its essentials it's a genuinely good piece of cooking that lives or dies on a few details. The formula is uncomplicated: good country bread toasted until deeply crisp, ripe avocado smashed with lemon and salt, olive oil, and a hit of red pepper flakes. The point is contrast, the sturdy crunch of well-toasted bread against soft, creamy avocado, with lemon and salt doing the real seasoning work that keeps the avocado from tasting flat. Leaving some texture in the smash rather than whipping it to paste is what makes it feel like food rather than spread.
Flavor-wise it's fresh and green with a savory, faintly nutty richness from the olive oil and a slow warmth from the chili flakes. A fried egg on top turns it from a light bite into a proper breakfast, the runny yolk mingling with the avocado, and it can go fully vegan without one. It's a quick two-serving breakfast or snack, done in about ten minutes, and it rewards restraint over cleverness. Toast the bread past pale into deep golden so it stays crisp under the topping, and season the avocado assertively; those two moves are the whole difference between forgettable and worth making.
Avocado Toast: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Avocado Toast?
A serving has about 264 calories — 4.8g protein, 22.5g carbs, 18.7g fat, 5.7g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Avocado Toast gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Country bread. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
Do I need every ingredient to make Avocado Toast?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out extra-virgin olive oil, red pepper flakes, egg — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Avocado Toast make?
This recipe makes 2 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.