Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Easy 5 Minute Avocado Toast
Avocado toast is a good answer to a small, hungry pause in the day. Creamy avocado and crisp toast make each other more appealing, with a little onion and lemon to wake things up. Make yourself a plate and enjoy it while the toast still crunches.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Total
- 10 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 7 listed
Make it part of your week
Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Appetizers · Appetizers & snacks · Breakfast · Dinner · Main course · Sides · Snacks
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
A few quick notes
1. Toast to a golden finish
Toast the bread until golden and set it aside before spreading on the prepared avocado mixture.
2. Choose the mash you like
Use a fork to mash the avocado to your preferred consistency before stirring in the remaining ingredients.
3. Season the mixture before spreading
Add lemon, onion, garlic powder, salt and pepper to the mashed avocado before putting it on the toast.
Get to know the ingredients
Ripe avocados
Start with the ripe avocados called for here; they are mashed by hand with a fork in the bowl.
Minced red onion
Keep the red onion minced as listed so it mixes through the mashed avocado instead of sitting in large pieces.
Lemon juice
Stir the measured lemon juice into the mashed avocado along with the onion and seasoning, before spreading.
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Spread over the golden toast
Spoon the seasoned avocado mixture onto the toasted bread and spread it over the surface before serving.
A little more help as you go
A fork does the mashing
The directions use a fork in a medium bowl, so you can leave the avocado as smooth or textured as you prefer.
Garlic powder goes straight in
Add the garlic powder with the lemon and onion after mashing; it needs no separate preparation in these directions.
A few questions you might have
Do I season the bread or the avocado?
Salt and pepper go into the mashed avocado with the lemon, minced onion and garlic powder before spreading.
Does the red onion get cooked?
The minced red onion goes directly into the avocado mixture. There is no onion-cooking stage before assembling the toast.
Must I make the avocado completely smooth?
No. The directions leave consistency to you, so mash with the fork until it has the texture you want.
Can I mash the avocado before the bread is toasted?
The written order toasts and sets aside the bread first, then prepares the avocado mixture and assembles the toast.
Which part of the recipe is warmed?
The bread is toasted until golden. The avocado mixture is mashed and seasoned in the bowl, then spread onto it.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: therecipecritic.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.