If you would’ve told me even a few weeks ago that I’d be advocating not putting cheese in an omelet, I’d say that you must have me mistaken with a different food blogger.
An omelet without cheese, in general, is not an omelet I care about. But, what I like about cheese is that it gives a nice layer of richness and, frankly, fat to the omelet. Avocados can do the same thing.
The only almost issue with this Guacamole Omelet is that guacamole and cooked eggs have surprisingly similar textures so it helps to add some crunch to the plate. Tortilla chips work and you can kind of dip them into the omelet!
Guacamole Omelet
Equipment
Ingredients
Basic Guacamole:
- 1 large avocado, mashed
- 1 shallot, minced
- 1 Serrano pepper, seeded and minced
- ½ lime, juice only
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, minced
- Pinch of salt
- Dash of hot sauce
Omelet fixing:
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon butter per omelet
- Fresh cilantro, garnish
- Hot sauce, garnish
- Tortilla chips, garnish
Instructions
- To make guacamole, mince shallot and Serrano very finely. Cube avocado and add it the bowl and mash everything together. It’s okay to keep it a bit chunky.
- Stir in lime juice, cilantro, and season with hot sauce, salt, and pepper.
- Add a dab of butter to an omelet skillet (nonstick) over medium heat. Once the butter is melted, add scrambled eggs (2 eggs scrambled well with 1 tablespoon water).
- As egg cooks, use a spatula to push the cooked egg to the center of the pan. Tilt the pan as you do this so the uncooked egg flows out and comes in contact with hot pan. Keep doing this until the egg is mostly cooked. There should be a light layer of uncooked egg on top of the omelet.
- Add half of the guacamole to half of the omelet and return to heat. Cook for 20-30 seconds.
- Slide omelet out of the pan onto a plate, folding it as you slide to form the traditional omelet shape. If you want the egg cooked more, you can fold it over in the pan using a spatula and continue to cook until the egg is completely cooked through.
- Garnish omelet with cilantro and hot sauce and serve with tortilla chips!
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Guacamole Omelet
Making the Guac
This is a basic version of guacamole, but that doesn’t mean that it’s any less delicious. For this version, I used just a few standard ingredients.
Be sure to mince your pepper and shallot very finely as you don’t want a huge chunk of either in your guacamole.
If you want the guacamole spicier, leave in the pepper seeds. Otherwise you can scrape them out before dicing up the pepper.
I made a little photo walkthrough below of how I pit and mash my avocados for guacamole.
Pretty straightforward. Once you have the avocado mashed in with the shallot and pepper, add in the lime juice, herbs, and season it with salt and pepper.
I left this version a bit on the chunky side as well.
An Omelet Method
I’m not going to sit here and type to you that I know the absolute best way to make an omelet. There are a bunch of different ways and it kind of just depends on how you like your omelets. Some people like thin layers of egg so the griddle omelet might be a good idea for them.
Some people might prefer a more french style (this is closer to that) which cooks quickly and leaves the egg almost medium-rare if that makes sense. It’s not cooked until it’s completely firm.
That’s the method I attempted for this post, but you could put guacamole in any omelet really.
One important step in making a killer omelet is having a killer omelet pan. I have a nice nonstick pan that I use exclusively with eggs. Actually, that’s probably a lie. I use it 90% of the time for eggs.
It helps to have a nice pan like this but any nonstick pan will do the trick. It just makes life easier.
When you’re ready to cook the omelet, whisk your eggs really well with some water. Really beat the crap out of them so they are a single consistency.
Then add some butter to your skillet over medium heat and once it’s melted, pour in your eggs. Two eggs makes a good omelet in my opinion.
As the eggs cook, use a spatula to move the cooked egg into the center and let the uncooked egg flow out to the outer parts of the pan.
Repeat this method until the egg is mostly cooked. There will be a very thin layer of uncooked egg on the surface of the omelet and that’s okay.
Once most of the egg is cooked, add half of your guacamole to one half of the omelet. Feel free to go heavy on the guac!
Let this cook for another few seconds over the heat and then slide the omelet out of the pan onto a plate. This is why it’s nice to have a good nonstick skillet.
As you slide the omelet out, gently fold the omelet over and you’re done!
Note that for my omelet, there might still be a tiny bit of undercooked egg in the omelet. I actually like this consistency in my omelet but if it weirds you out then fold the omelet over using a spatula in the pan and continue to cook it for another 30 seconds on each side. That will finish cooking the egg completely.
Garnish the Guacamole Omelet with cilantro and hot sauce and serve it with chips!
The omelet is great, but it’s also fun to dip a chip into the omelet.
I’ve made a good number of omelets over the years, but this is one of my favorite for sure.
Peggy
I’m willing to give anything a go at least once! Great idea, Nick =)
Chris
I have no problem with the individual guac ingredients in the middle of an omelet so why am I finding it weird for an omelet with guac in it? Preconceptions, I guess. Texture too, so the chips would be a plus like you mentioned.
Lori Lee
Thanks for the suggestion on adding chips, which saved my omelette from being hopelessly mushy and creepy. With the chips and some salsa, it was yummy and never boring for one bite.
Beth
This looks realy good – it would be even better with cheese – I’ve been having omelets with cheese & guac for years – mmm – good !! I do have a suggestion on the onion – get out your cheese shredder & shred it – it gets way more of the onion flavor – it juices it & people who say they don’t like onions- like it better – I’ve used this for some other dips too – such as smoked salmon dip !!
Jess
I had a similar omelet in DC at Poets and Busboys and have been obsessed ever since.
Connie
I’d have to say that I love cheese in an omelet, but I guess avocado can be a substitute when I am out of cheese. But I might just prefer the avocados sliced up and folded in rather than preparing guacamole.
Meg @ www.ourwaytoeat.com
I have made an avocado omelet before. For some reason I don’t like the taste of avocado as much once it is warm. Maybe time to give it another try.
Barb Nuessle
I improvised a guacamole omelette this morning, but used prepared guacamole from the supermarket which is a smooth concoction with lots of spicy peppers and onions as well as cilantro mixed in. I spooned the guacamole along with some sour cream on top of the omelette while it was cooking and served it with ChiChi’s taco sauce. I added crunch with toasted olive oil bread. Yum! A new breakfast fav for me. Thanks for your recipe. My husband thinks I’m crazy, but it seems a lot healthier than sausage and grits which he prefers.
Barb