Baked Avocado with Egg

This recipe first caught my attention a few months ago on Pinterest when it kept getting repinned left and right. I decided to give it a go and I have to admit, I wasn't too thrilled with the results.

I decided to attempt the recipe again this past weekend; this time with a few adjustments of my own. Try my take on it and see if it tickles your fancy.

Baked Avocado with Egg

Ingredients:
1 Avocado
1 Egg
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Preferred toppings to taste (I used shredded Italian cheese blend and made a little pico de gallo to put on top afterwards)


Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Slice the avocado in half, remove the pit and place on baking tray. I used aluminum foil and made little rings to keep the avocado halves in place.
3. Cut crisscrosses into each half of the avocado and scoop a little out to make room for the egg.
4. Drizzle a little olive oil (I used extra virgin) onto each half and sprinkle salt & pepper to taste.
5. Crack the egg into a bowl and divide in half, leaving the yolk with one half.

For a more healthy alternative, you can remove the yolk completely. I lightly scrambled it with a fork just to have two end results. Right half is just egg white and left half has some yolk mixed in.

6. Add divided egg to respectve halves of avocado. If there's room, add the scooped out avocado bits back into the center.
7. Sprinkle topping of choice on top
8. Place in oven and bake until desired egg doneness (approximately 15 - 20 minutes for my egg to be done medium/well)
9. Toss on some homemade pico de gallo (recipe below) or any other topping you desire. I would've opted for some crispy crumbled bacon but alas, I was fresh out.


Pico de Gallo

Ingredients;
1 medium tomato, diced
1/4 red onion, diced
1 teaspon finely diced jalapeno
2 cloves minced garlic
1 lime, juiced
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix until evenly distributed. Refridgerate for 30 minutes to allow flavors to blend.

Voilà! Brunch (or breakfast/lunch/snack/dinner) is served!

Please let me know what kind of spin you put on your baked avaocado with egg and how it turned out!!