Avocado Toast with Smoked Salmon
Our Avocado Toast with Smoked Salmon is a very quick and tasty, savory breakfast. Accompanied with a side salad, it also makes a wonderful and healthy light lunch. Creamy avocado slices are combined with thick sliced smoked salmon and briny capers, which are layered on toasted European-style whole grain bread. We finished it with a generous squeeze of fresh lemon juice and our homemade Quick Pickled Onions for a European style tartine (open faced sandwich).
Quality is key in this recipe, as most of the ingredients are store bought. For an even quicker version, or for other variations of this recipe (including our gluten-free option), visit the Pimp Our Recipe section in our Blog Comments & Tips below.
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RECIPE
(Check out our Step by Step Instructions below the recipe card.)
AVOCADO TOAST with SMOKED SALMON
Ingredients
Instructions
- Toast bread (or your favorite bread).
- Slice avocado, and fan out (or scoop & mash) on toasted bread. Season avocado with salt and pepper. Break up pieces of smoked salmon, and place them between avocado slices. Using a turner spatula, transfer toast onto a plate.
- Top with drained capers, and squeeze a generous amount of fresh lemon juice all over the avocado and salmon. As optional garnishes, top with a few pieces of our Quick Pickled Onions and a lemon slice, and serve immediately with a fork and knife!
Notes
- For this recipe, we used Trader Joe’s Smoked Sockeye Salmon (hot smoked), as it has thick slices of well seasoned salmon. It’s more hearty than other brands of smoked salmon or lox.
- We love using our sweet and briny Quick Pickled Onions as a garnish for this recipe, but you can swap them out for thinly sliced raw red onions, or omit them entirely.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
274.41Fat (grams)
12.45Sat. Fat (grams)
1.08Carbs (grams)
23.48Fiber (grams)
7.51Net carbs
15.98Sugar (grams)
1.72Protein (grams)
19.11Sodium (milligrams)
607.83Cholesterol (grams)
5Nutritional information provided is strictly an estimate and will vary based on ingredient brands and cooking methods. Optional Garnishes are not included in nutritional calculations.
Step by Step Instructions
PREPARATION
Organize all your tools and ingredients before you begin. Getting all your ingredients in one place at the beginning will shorten your prep time.
STEP 1a
Toast 1 slice European style whole grain bread (or your favorite bread).
Note: We used Trader Joe’s European Style Whole Grain Bread, which is a very dark, dense bread that is thinly sliced. Great for a fork and knife tartine (open faced sandwich).
STEP 2
Slice ¼ avocado (see Note A below), and fan out (or scoop & mash) on top of toasted bread. Season avocado with a pinch of Himalayan pink salt, and a pinch of ground black pepper. Break up pieces from 2 slices (1 serving) of smoked sockeye salmon (hot smoked - see Note B below) and place them between avocado slices. Using a turner spatula, transfer toast onto a plate.
Note A: A quick way to slice an avocado (not shown) is to halve it, slice it from the flesh side when it’s still in the peel, then use a large spoon to scoop it out of the peel.
Note B: For this recipe, we used Trader Joe’s Smoked Sockeye Salmon (hot smoked), as it has thick slices of well seasoned salmon. It’s more hearty than other brands of smoked salmon or lox.
STEP 3
Top with 1 teaspoon drained capers, and a generous squeeze of fresh lemon juice from ½ a lemon all over the avocado and salmon. As optional garnishes, top with a few pieces of our Quick Pickled Onions (see Note below) and a lemon slice.
Note: We love using our sweet and briny Quick Pickled Onions as a garnish for this recipe, but you can swap them out for thinly sliced raw red onions, or omit them entirely.
SERVING
Serve this delicious tartine (open faced sandwich) immediately, and enjoy with a fork and knife!
Notes:
For gluten-free version, visit the Pimp Our Recipe section in our Blog Comments & Tips below.
Makes 1 serving.
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How to Make this Quick & Easy Avocado Toast with Smoked Salmon!
Blog Comments & Tips
A Super Tasty Breakfast or Lunch!
Inspired by a menu item from LaCo Tuscon Restaurant in Tuscon, Arizona, we developed our own variation of salmon & avocado toast and topped it with our Quick Pickled Onions for the perfect finish. This recipe marries the simplicity of avocado toast with the flavors of a European style tartine (open faced sandwich). The result is our Avocado Toast with Smoked Salmon, which makes a hearty and tasty breakfast. Paired with a side salad, it becomes a perfect light lunch that is packed with omega-3 fatty acids that will boost your energy and heart health!
Both avocado and smoked salmon are rich in vitamins and nutrients. In addition to containing tons of omega-3 fatty acids, smoked salmon (not lox) is full of vitamins B12, A, E, and Astaxanthin. The latter is known to lower the risk of heart disease by decreasing LDL (your bad cholesterol).
Avocados are a great source of vitamins C, E, K, and B6, as well as riboflavin, niacin, folate, magnesium, and potassium. Avocados not only taste great, but they are known to improve heart health, blood pressure, and healthy eyes. Full of folic acid, they are particularly important for women’s health.
Combined with a European style whole grain bread that is high in fiber (and more omega-3 fatty acids), this recipe is definitely heart healthy, and a delicious breakfast or lunch!
How do you ensure the best results from our recipe?
Our 5 tips to making Avocado Toast with Smoked Salmon:
Use high quality ingredients. We actually used products exclusively from Trader Joe’s for this recipe. The smoked sockeye salmon (hot smoked), European style whole grain bread, avocado, and lemons were all from TJ’s!
If you are going to use a different type of bread, make sure it’s thinly sliced and not overly toasted so it’s not difficult to cut.
For presentation purposes, we sliced the avocado. If you are in a rush, feel free to mash it on the bread.
Use thick sliced smoked salmon that is well seasoned. Although you can use lox, it is cured and not smoked, so it will not yield the same texture or flavor (nor will it have the same nutritional value).
Finishing this toast with a generous amount of fresh lemon juice will help create moisture in this recipe. If you find it too dry, you can drizzle a bit of olive oil, or add more avocado. Using a combo of mashed and sliced avocado will also add moisture and retain the beauty of the finished dish.
Have any dietary preferences that won’t quite work with our recipe? It’s time to customize and Pimp Our Recipe.
Pimp Our Recipe:
Make it Gluten Free: Just swap out the European style whole grain bread with a gluten-free whole grain bread.
Make it Quick & Easy: This recipe takes less than 10 minutes to make, so it’s already quick & easy. To shorten the time even more (no fussing with alternating slices of salmon and avocado), just scoop the avocado and mash it directly on the toast. Season the avocado, then pile the salmon on top, add capers and onions if you like, and douse it with lots of fresh lemon juice. It’s now a 5 minute recipe!
Add More Moisture: There are three ways you can do this. 1) Douse it with more fresh lemon juice. 2) Add more avocado. A combo of mashed and sliced works well. 3) Drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil.
Don’t have time to make pickled onions? Our Quick Pickled Onions are delicious as a garnish on this recipe. But if you don’t have time, just swap them out for thinly sliced, raw red onions. Or just omit them entirely.
Make it More Hearty: Omit the fresh lemon juice, and replace with a sprinkling of fresh lemon zest. Then top with a fried or poached egg for a complete breakfast!
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Happy Cooking!
Mich
Footnote: Remember to generously drizzle your avocado and salmon with lots of fresh lemon juice to add moisture.
Inspired by a menu item from LaCo Tuscon Restaurant, we’ve developed our own combination of ingredients and flavors to create this super tasty, open faced sandwich!
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