[Sca-cooks] Recipe for fried avocado from Trudy's North Star

[Huette von Ahrens]

Hi!

A long time ago, someone asked this list if anyone
knew how to make a dish from a restaurant in Austin
Texas, called Trudy's North Star.

Unfortunately, I can nolonger find the original post
so I can send the recipe to her.

I had told the person that I would ask a column in the
LA Times, called "Culinary S.O.S." where people ask
for such things.  They finally printed the recipe and
now I can't find who requested it!

Anyway, I hope that the original poster is still on
the list, because here is the recipe:

Trudy's Stuff Avocado Special

Active work time: 15 minutes
Total preparation time: 30 minutes

1 avocado
About 1/4 cup shredded, cooked chicken
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup saltine cracker crumbs
Oil, for frying
1/2 cup green chile sauce
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded Jack cheese

* Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
* Slice the avocado down the middle and remove the pit
and skin.  Fill the hollow left by the pit with the
chicken.  Put the 2 halves of the avocado back
together.
* Place the buttermilk in a shallow dish, the flour in
another shallow dish and the cracker crumbs in a third
shallow dish.  Carefully holding the avocado together
(it's slippery), dip it first in the buttermilk then
roll it in the flour to coat completely.  Dip it again
in the buttermilk and roll it in the cracker crumbs
until completely covered.
* Heat about 4 cups of oil in a deep saucepan over
medium-high heat.  Deep-fry the avocado until golden
brown, about 2 minutes.  Remove the avocado with a
slotted sppon and drain on paper towels.
* Place the avocado in a shallow casserole and press
firmly to flatten just a little.  Cover the avocado
with the green chile sauce and Cheddar and Jack
cheeses and plave in the oven until the cheese melts,
about 10 minutes.

2 servings.  Each serving: 711 calories; 897 mg
sodium; 80 mg cholesterol; 59 grams fat; 17 grams
saturated fat; 21 grams carbohydrates; 26 grams
protein; 3.56 grams fiber.

Huette



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