This very easy recipe for Avocado and Onion Salad with a simple dressing is terrific for making when avocados are perfectly ripe, creamy and delicious.
Avocado and Onion Salad
It’s not really typical to make a salad that is entirely focused on avocados, but here we are! If you have access to some really great avocados, this is such a delicious salad to make. It’s definitely a salad for avocado lovers!
🛒 Ingredients Needed:
- perfectly ripe avocados
- red onion
- extra virgin olive oil
- red wine vinegar
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
✏️ How to make Avocado and Onion Salad:
*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.
Arrange avocado slices on a platter and top with the onion. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar and season with salt and pepper, as desired. Serve immediately.
➡️ Tips and Substitutions:
- Another version of vinaigrette that would be good with this salad is using white wine vinegar, plus a little bit of Dijon mustard.
- You can make this salad as party of a larger menu: Cuban Dinner Party!
- Don’t use over-ripe avocados for this recipe. You really want to use avocados that are firm, but ripe.
✔️ How to tell if an avocado is ripe:
A ripe avocado will yield very lightly to pressure when squeezed. It’ll be slightly soft but not squishy. If it’s squishy, then an avocado has gone beyond the point of no return, and it won’t be good to use for this salad.
❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:
- Sometimes simple salads are best, and this one works great!
- There is nothing better than creamy, ripe avocados.
- Avocados are good for you!
Favorite Easy Salad Recipes:
Avocado and Onion Salad
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe avocados, thinly sliced
- ¼ small red onion, very thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Arrange avocado slices on a platter and top with the onion. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar and season with salt and pepper, as desired. Serve immediately.
Notes
- I prefer to use the Hass avocados.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Should press the black button on the top to see if avocado is ripe / ready . Pressing side’s bruises them.