Rock Yo Taco Broiled Avocado
This is a quick, fresh and delicious meal that takes little to no time and leaves you looking like a rockstar.
Ingredients
- ½ cup quinoa
- Salt
- 1 avocado
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lime
- Rock Yo’ Taco seasoning
Instructions
- Bring a small pot of water to a boil and season with salt. Add quinoa and cook for 13 minutes, drain and lay flat on a sheet tray to dry.
- Preheat broiler.
- Halve avocado, remove seed and scoop out flesh. Drizzle a sheet tray with olive oil and place avocado cut side down.
- Broil avocado for 2-3 minutes or as needed until slightly charred. Remove from oven and flip.
- Generously sprinkle Flavor Seed Rock Yo’ Taco seasoning on cut side of avocado and return to oven. Broil until slightly browned and crispy.
- To serve, add quinoa to a bowl or plate and top with avocado. Finish with a squeeze of lime and another drizzle of olive oil. Enjoy!
Why this works
Broiling does two things at once. It takes the raw edge off the avocado and turns the cut face almost custardy, and it toasts the chiles and cumin in Rock Yo’ Taco right against the flesh, so the seasoning blooms instead of sitting on top as powder. Use an avocado that gives a little when you press it — a rock-hard one will not char and an overripe one collapses on the tray.
For the table
It scales up as easily as it goes one at a time. Broil a whole tray of halves, set them out over the quinoa with lime wedges and the pouch on the table, and let everyone season their own. Black beans or a spoonful of salsa underneath make it supper rather than a side.
Get the seasoning
Rock Yo’ Taco is Flavor Seed’s USDA Certified Organic taco blend — New Mexico and ancho chiles, cumin, organic garlic and onion, and a whisper of organic cocoa. No MSG, no fillers, no anti-caking agents. Gluten free, non-GMO, kosher, made in small batches by our family.