Avocado Toast with Furikake and Shichimi

by Lynne on August 11, 2016

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Ah, avocado toast… what used to be a simple fast breakfast has become a trend featured in magazines and available on restaurant menus. With a fried egg on top, of course.

So I decided to give you my take on avocado toast. Drizzled with soy sauce and sprinkled with Furikake or Shichimi. Avocado and soy sauce are a match made in heaven, to my mind. Just think about California Roll Sushi.

If you have been following my recipes, you may have acquired some Nori Komi Furikake to make Hawaiian SPAM Musubi. That mixture of dried nori seaweed, salt, sugar and sesame seed is amazing with the avocado and soy sauce. Then if you want to try something a little different, a little spicy, the Shichimi Togarashi is a blend of dried red pepper, dried orange peel, black and yellow sesame seed, Japanese pepper, seaweed and ginger. Either way, really delicious, interesting and easy.

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I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 50’s and 60’s and I don’t remember there being an avocado in sight at any time. Nope, no avocados. I experienced my first avocado after moving to Los Angeles in 1971. My then-husband and two little kids moved to Inglewood, because he worked for city hall and we were required to live in the city. We lived in a dinky 2-bedroom apartment, which had a wonderful bonus: the next-door neighbor had a massive avocado tree that hung over the wall of our driveway. They also had chickens that woke us up every morning, but it was worth it for the free produce. Massive amounts of avocados. Thus began my love of avocado toast for breakfast, although back then it was just sprinkled with salt and pepper.

After I wrote this post, I thought I would see if anybody else, on the off chance, had sprinkled their avocado with Furikake. Well, I have to laugh at myself, there is really nothing new under the sun. My google search turned up 53,400 results and a plethora of images. But it also means it’s really good and you should try it. Oh yeah.

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Avocado Toast

Toast
Butter
Avocado
Soy Sauce
Nori Komi Furikake
Shichimi Togarashi

Toast your favorite bread and spread with butter. Place half to quarter slices of avocado on toast and mash with a fork. Drizzle with soy sauce and sprinkle with Furikake or Shichimi Togarashi.

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Cathy | She Paused 4 Thought August 12, 2016 at 1:04 pm

I grew up in the Midwest and never had an avocado there. It probably explains why I eat one avocado a day with a fried egg on top. It is time to kick it up to the next level with some soy sauce and fun seasonings.

Lentil Breakdown August 15, 2016 at 7:41 am

Ok, I don’t know what furikake is. I can’t believe 53,000 people know more than me. That puts me at the mid to bottom percentile of savvy eaters.

Crecynthia Redmond September 15, 2016 at 3:13 pm

Hi Lynne! I’m a member of Spoon University LA and I’m currently writing an article on the history of Gumbo. I came across your beautiful photo and recipe of gumbo on your website and I thought that it would be perfect! I’d like to ask your permission to include a photo of your gumbo along with a link to the recipe on your website. I would of course credit the photo to you.

Best, Crecynthia
Founder of flavormethis.wordpress.com
Writer for Spoon University

ゆきyuki February 23, 2017 at 12:44 am

oh i will made this!!! thank you so much

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