Avocado Toast
A simple ritual elevated by good ingredients: ripe avocado mashed onto thick-cut sourdough with flaky salt, chili, and a perfectly runny egg. The internet's most over-photographed breakfast still earns its hype when it's done right.
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
12 min
Servings
4
Calories
431 cal
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- Bread2 slices
- Avocado1
- Eggs2
- Olive Oil2 tbsp
- Chili Flakes1
- Salt1 tsp
- Pepper½ tsp
- Butter¼ cup
All quantities scaled automatically from 4 servings.
Ingredients
Makes 4 servings · Use the Servings Scaler above to adjust
- Bread2 slices
- Avocado1
- Eggs2
- Olive Oil2 tbsp
- Chili Flakes1
- Salt1 tsp
- Pepper0.5 tsp
- Butter0.25 cup
Instructions
- 1
Pick a ripe avocado — it should yield to gentle pressure but not feel mushy. If it's rock-hard, leave it in a paper bag with a banana for a day.
- 2
Toast your bread until deeply golden and crisp on the outside. Sourdough is ideal — its tang cuts the avocado's richness. Thick slices hold up better.
- 3
Halve and pit the avocado. Scoop the flesh into a bowl. Add a squeeze of lemon, a pinch of salt, and crush gently with a fork — leave it chunky, not pureed.
- 4
While the toast is hot, rub one side with a halved garlic clove (optional but recommended). The toast's heat blooms the garlic without making it harsh.
- 5
Pile the avocado on thick. Don't spread it thin — half an avocado per slice is the right ratio.
- 6
Top with a soft-fried or poached egg, chili flakes, flaky sea salt (Maldon or similar), cracked black pepper, and a drizzle of good olive oil.
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💡 Expert Tips
- 1.Save the avocado pit — pressing it into the leftover avocado in an airtight container slows browning. So does a squeeze of lemon juice on top.
- 2.For poached eggs that don't fall apart: water just-simmering (no rolling bubbles), 1 tbsp white vinegar, swirl the water before dropping the egg.
- 3.Add unexpected toppings: pickled red onion, feta crumbles, everything bagel seasoning, microgreens, or a soft-boiled egg sliced in half.
- 4.Toast bread in a dry skillet instead of a toaster — you get more surface caramelization and a chewier interior.
🔬 Why It Works
Three textures, three temperatures: crunchy hot toast, cool creamy avocado, runny warm yolk. The lemon juice doesn't just add flavor — its acid keeps the avocado bright green by slowing the polyphenol oxidase enzyme that turns it brown. Flaky salt added at the end stays salty in distinct bursts, unlike fine salt mixed in which just disappears. The olive oil drizzle carries fat-soluble flavor compounds across the whole bite.
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