Air-Fried Avocado Street Tacos with Pickled Red Onions and Crema
Serve these tacos as a meatless main dish or an appetizer. To make this recipe gluten-free, look for gluten-free panko breadcrumbs, and substitute a cup-for-cup gluten-free flour blend for the all-purpose flour. If you can't find crema, use sour cream thinned with a little bit of lime juice.
Air-Fried Avocado Street Tacos with Pickled Red Onions and Crema
Cook Time: 20 minutes | Servings: 4
Ingredients
For the Pickled Red Onions:
1 medium red onion, very thinly sliced
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon sugar
For the Avocados:
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons fine sea salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 large eggs
1¼ cups panko breadcrumbs
2 large, firm-ripe avocados, pitted and cut into 8 wedges each
Cooking spray
To Serve:
16 small (4½") yellow or white corn tortillas
2 cups finely shredded green cabbage
½ cup Mexican crema
Chopped fresh cilantro
Lime wedges
How to Make It
In a medium saucepan, combine the onion, vinegar, salt, and sugar. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Pour the onions and liquid into a bowl and stir in ½ cup ice cubes. Set aside.
Have ready 3 wide, shallow bowls, In one, stir together the flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and cumin. In the second, whisk the eggs well. In the third, spread out the breadcrumbs.
Coat all the avocado slices with the flour mixture. Using one hand, dip the slices in egg to coat, then place the slices in the panko a few at a time. Use your clean hand to sprinkle panko over the slices, pressing gently to help It adhere. Transfer the coated avocado slices to the air fry basket, and repeat the process until all the slices are coated with panko.
Spray the avocado slices lightly with cooking spray, then turn the slices and spray the other side. Place the basket in the center of the oven and Air Fry at 400 until browned, about 15 minutes. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, stack the tortillas, wrap them in foil, and place in the lower third of the oven on the rack to heat.
To serve, top the tortillas with a little cabbage, 1 avocado slice, and some pickled onion.
Drizzle with crema, sprinkle with cilantro, and serve Immediately with lime wedges on the side.
This recipe was created especially for the Café Couture Oven with Air Fry