Baked Avocado Jalapeño Tacos

Oven-baked avocados and jalapeños are the stars of these tacos, with grilled corn and chili Greek yogurt sauce in the supporting roles. Easy enough for a weeknight dinner, Baked Avocado Tacos with Jalapeños are completely satisfying, even without meat!

There are some foods that once you try, you just can't get out of your head. For me, one of those foods is the Mighty Cone from Austin, Texas. I first tried it when I was at Austin City Limits years ago and from that point on, I've been dying for a taco filled with fried avocado, jalapeños, and other deliciousness. Here I am back in my younger years (with bangs! And a romper! Biggest music festival faux pas ever right there) seriously excited to dig into my Mighty Cone. I had no idea what I was about to consume.

These Baked Avocado Jalapeño Tacos were inspired by the Mighty Taco, but are a whole lot healthier. I mean, I'm actually going to go to the extent to say that these tacos are mighty healthy. Because as much as one may want to, one cannot live off of fried avocado and mayonnaise alone. Sob. But baked avocado? In avocado tacos? That's another story!

I’ve always been an avocado fanatic, but now that I know it’s totally healthy and fabulous to eat an entire avocado a day, I feel like my life has changed. The difference in this recipe is that my avocado is baked instead of fried.

BAKED AVOCADO TACOS WITH JALAPEÑOS RECIPE

The other great thing about these baked avocado tacos is that they're a whole lot easier to make than fried avocado cones. Baking is pretty much always easier than frying. Not to mention healthier and less smelly. For this recipe, I sliced two nice and ripe avocados.

Just like you would if you were to fry the avocados, you'll still want to go through the dredging process (pretty sure I've mentioned it before, but DREDGE is such a good word!!). One bowl will contain flour, cumin, black pepper, and salt. Another will contain 2 eggs, lightly beaten. And a third will contain panko and garlic powder. You could also use bread crumbs, but panko is a tad bit healthier.

Dredge the avocado in the flour and then shake a bit to let excess fall off. Then dunk in the egg before coating in panko. You gotta get a whole assembly line going!

As you dredge each avocado slice, lay them on a foil-covered baking sheet.

Bake the avocado at 450 degrees for about 14-17 minutes, until the panko is turning lightly golden.

While the avocado is baking, grill up that corn. Or sauté it. I put mine in a grill pan with a little bit of olive oil and let it brown a bit.

The yogurt sauce is also simple; just stir together plain Greek yogurt (I used non-fat),  chili powder, lime juice, and milk.

And you're ready to assemble your baked avocado tacos. I used corn tortillas, but you can certainly use flour if you prefer. Heat tortillas in the oven, microwave, or in a frying pan. And then place 2-3 baked avocados on the tortilla. Add corn to the top, along with some sliced jalapeño. Then drizzle on some Greek yogurt sauce. Squeeze a little lime over the top for good measure, if you'd like.

Could my love for avocado grow any stronger? I really don't think so. Then again, I already thought it was at its peak when I tried these.

If you're not super into spicy, you may want to stay away from the jalapeños or chop them up much more finely. For some reason, I've been dreaming about jalapeño tacos for weeks, so I was really excited to add them here. I love the way the spice goes with the mild smoothness of the avocado. Dreamy.

No, this is no Mighty Cone. In fact, I filled these little tortillas with so much goodness that I could barely wrap them up. But this is much, much healthier than a Mighty Cone. And it's perfect to make for a weeknight dinner. No lugging out your fryer or waiting for a pot of oil to reach the perfect temperature.

After I ate two of these avocado tacos, I continued to pop more baked avocados into my mouth. With some of the chili Greek yogurt sauce on top. I could not stop. #HELP

We should probably talk about the corn, too. Hi, this has me all kinds of excited for summer. In fact, I think you should probably take these tacos out to your deck and eat them there. If you don't have a deck, just go sit in your driveway or parking lot or something. Or at least open a window. Sorry, I think I'm just a little bit giddy because it's been 60-70 degrees in Boston the last couple of days.

Here's to many, many more spring and summer meals! And a ridiculous amount of avocados (and baked avocado tacos!) always.

Does the thought of an avocado a day make you happy? 

If you like these baked avocado tacos, be sure to check out my Avocado Fries with Creamy Sriracha Dipping Sauce and my Avocado Spinach Egg Salad. I also love this Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice from Jennifer's Kitchen!

📖 Recipe

Baked Avocado Tacos with Jalapeños

Oven-baked avocados and jalapeños are the stars of these tacos, with grilled corn and chili Greek yogurt sauce in the supporting roles. Easy enough for a weeknight dinner, Baked Avocado Jalapeño Tacos are completely satisfying, even without meat!

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Course: Entree

Cuisine: American, Eclectic

Keyword: Summer Meals, Vegetarian Tacos

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 27 minutes

Total Time: 47 minutes

Makes: 4 servings

Author: Sues

Ingredients

• 2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and sliced
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp cumin
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• ¼ tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cups panko
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ½ Tbsp olive oil
• 1 cup corn
• 8 small corn or flour tortillas
• 1 large jalapeño, sliced thinly

Chili Greek Yogurt Sauce

• ¾ cup Greek yogurt
• ½ tsp chili powder
• 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 tsp milk

Instructions

• Prepare a foil-lined baking sheet and pre-heat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, cumin, black pepper, and salt.
• In a separate medium-sized bowl, lightly beat eggs.
• In a third medium-sized bowl, place panko and garlic powder.
• Dip avocado slice in flour mixture, fully coating and then shaking off excess flour. Then coat in egg mixture and finally move to bowl of panko and full coat.
• Place on foil-lined baking sheet and repeat with remaining avocado slices.
• Place in oven at 450 degrees for about 14-17 minutes, until just starting to turn golden.
• In a grill pan or frying pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add corn and cook about 8-10 minutes, until starting to brown.
• Heat tortillas in frying pan or in oven.
• Place 2-3 baked avocado slices on each tortilla. Top with corn and jalapeño slices. Drizzle chili yogurt sauce over the top.

Chili Greek Yogurt Sauce

• In a small bow, mix Greek yogurt, chili powder, lime juice, and milk together.

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