Best And Simple Avocado Salad
This avocado salad recipe is a healthy side dish that’s super quick! It also has a tasty contrast of textures: buttery avocado against juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumber, and crunchy red onion and peppers. All of it is bound together by a bright lime dressing.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients
½ to 1 jalapeño pepper, diced*
⅓ cup diced red onion
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 firm-ripe avocados, pitted and diced into ½-inch pieces
½ English cucumber, diced into ½-inch pieces
¾ cup cherry tomatoes, halved
Flaky sea salt, optional
Dressing
3 tablespoons fresh juice from lime
2 tablespoons avocado oil
2½ teaspoons honey
1 garlic clove, grated
1 teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon ground cumin
Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, avocado oil, honey, garlic, salt, cumin, and several grinds of pepper.
Reserve some of the jalapeño, red onion, and cilantro for garnish.
Finely chop and add the avocado into a medium bowl. Evenly scatter the cucumber, tomatoes, remaining jalapeño, red onion, and cilantro on top. Drizzle on most of the dressing and stir gently. Be careful not to overmix. This will coat the ingredients with avocado (think of guacamole), but too much stirring will make for a heavy mixture.
Scatter the reserved jalapeño, red onion, cilantro, and a little more of the dressing on top of the salad. Season to taste, adding more dressing or pinches of flaky sea salt if you like.
Serve immediately.
Notes: Use an entire pepper if you prefer a spicy salad. Use a half if you’re spice-sensitive.
