This easy air fryer fried avocado has a crispy breaded exterior with a warm, soft and creamy avocado interior! Whether you enjoy them as a snack, appetizer, taco filling, or vessel to serve stuffed with chicken salad, they’re always a hit.
If you *love* avocado, you must try frying it in an air fryer! It has the perfect crispy outside and creamy inside, perfect for enjoying in so many different ways. From using in tacos, to stuffing with different fillings, or serving with a creamy cilantro dip… The sky’s the limit with these air fryer fried avocados!
Why Do We Love This Air Fryer Fried Avocado Recipe?
Have any extra avocados on hand? Toss them into a chicken burrito bowl or make our easy homemade guacamole!
Key Ingredients
You will only need 4 ingredients to make these air fryer avocados and two of them are kitchen staples – salt and pepper! Check the recipe card at the bottom of the post for the full ingredient list.
- Avocado: Look for an avocado that has black skin, but is still firm. When you press on it, you should feel a slight give, but it should not be soft or mushy.
- Seasoned Panko Breadcrumbs: These create the very best crunch. We don’t recommend using any other finer style breadcrumbs as they will not stick to the avocado or become as crispy.
- Avocado or Olive Oil Spray: Totally optional, but it will give the breadcrumbs more crunch.
How to Make Air Fryer Fried Avocados
Here’s a quick tutorial showing you how to make this air fryer fried avocado recipe. Please scroll down to the recipe card for full instructions.
- Prep: Slice your avocado in half and peel the skin off. Season it with salt and pepper and then press into the breadcrumbs. Lightly spray with avocado oil.
- Air Fry: Place the avocado halves in the air fryer basket and cook them for about 7 minutes, until golden and crispy.
Cook’s Tips & Variations
- Preheat: Some air fryers have a preheat setting. If yours does, make sure to use it before putting the avocados inside. It’ll make a big difference on the overall cook.
- Add Parmesan: Add grated Parmesan cheese to the breadcrumb coating for a cheesy twist.
- Seasonings: Experiment with seasonings in the breading — smoked paprika, garlic powder, or cayenne add great flavor.
- Low Carb Option: Try a keto-friendly version with crushed pork rinds as breading.
- Add Lime: Sprinkle fresh lime juice over the avocados before breading for a tangy kick.
How to Serve Fried Avocado
There are a ton of ways you can serve these fried avocados! They are delicious all on their own or with a flavorful cream based sauce like our cilantro lime crema recipe.
- Stuff Them: Add a filling to make these avocados a whole meal! Some of our favorites include creamy egg salad, Mexican corn salad, chickpea salad, or cherry tomato caprese salad. Caprese stuffed air fryer avocados are one of the BEST summery dishes!
- Tacos: Air fryer avocado tacos are going to change your life. It may sound dramatic, but we swear it’s the truth!
- On A Salad: These pair wonderfully with salads, like our roasted beet salad or strawberry spinach salad, adding a crispy texture to greens.
- Burger Topping: We love to use them as a topping for our air fryer hamburgers for an unexpected crunch.
Storing and Reheating
- Storing: You can store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
- Reheating: Reheat in the air fryer for just 2 minutes or until crispy again.
Air Fryer Fried Avocado
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados, peeled, seeded and halved
- ¾ cup seasoned panko bread crumbs
- salt and pepper, to taste
- avocado oil spray, or olive oil spray *optional
- Cilantro Lime Crema, optional sauce
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 375°F.
- Season avocados with salt and pepper. Press avocado halves into bread crumbs until well coated on all sides.
- Optional: Mist lightly with avocado oil spray, if desired. This will help to make them extra crispy.
- Place breaded avocados in air fryer basket and cook at 375°F for 6 to 7 minutes, until golden brown.
Loved this. Ate it along with eggs, over easy, and drizzled it with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. My panko crumbs had everything but bagel seasoning so it tasted like avocado toast, without the bread.
Looks good, but it says ten minutes. I didn’t know the ten minutes were for how long it takes to scroll down to the actual recipe.
Oh Timothy, aren’t you a hoot. Next time, hit the handy “jump to the recipe” button located at the top of every post and you won’t have to waste time leaving snarky comments. 😉
Hahahahahaha brilliant reply! Thank you for your recipe and the giggle!
Tried this on breakfast tacos this morning and it was amazing!!! Added vegetarian refried beans and potatoes with sauted onions, cilantro and salsa! Highly recommend. And love your sweet reply to the sparky comment.
Anyone ever used crushed up pork rinds rather than panko? Trying to keep it as low carb as possible, will try and let you know! 🙂
Hi Kimmy! How’d the crushed pork rinds work?
I’ve used crushed Cheese Goldfish crackers! Pork rinds sound delicious