It was the bacon that did it. Bacon and avocados are two well-loved ingredients in my kitchen! And they’re perfect when paired together too!
There it is- Absolutely Avocados by Gaby Dalkin. There are 80 amazing recipes for every meal of the day (even dessert… seriously. We’ll talk about that later in the post)…
Sometimes I have a recipe that calls for bacon and I don’t have any bacon in the house. And sometimes I don’t like to buy a whole package of bacon since I forget that it’s in my refrigerator and then it goes bad. Did you know that you can usually buy bacon by the strip in your meat department? This recipe called for 5 strips of thick-cut bacon (so that’s all I bought… perfect). The bacon is fried until crisp, fat spooned out… all except for one tablespoon.
That one tablespoon of fat is what you’re going to cook the corn in. Just get it all warmed and flavored of that bacon fat, and it will be ready for the rest of the ingredients.
While the corn is still in the pan, you’re going to add feta (or cotija) cheese, chopped cilantro and lime juice.
Chop up your fresh and perfectly ripe avocado (cut it in half first by wiggling a sharp knife vertically around the outside of the avocado and toward the pit. Twist and pull the sides apart. Drop your knife onto the pit until it sticks, twist and pull it out. Take a large spoon and loosen the avocado from the skin, then use a knife to cut the avocado into small chunks.
Transfer everything to a bowl, add the avocado and crumble in the bacon. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top. Done! My family DEVOURED this for lunch the other day… all three of us- GONE in seconds. I’d make this recipe again in a heartbeat! And if you’re really and truly as obsessed with avocado as I am, you can follow my Pinterest Board: Avocado Obsession!
