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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place the eggs in a medium pot,cover with cold water.Bring the water to a hard boil.When the water boils,cover the pot and remove from heat.Let the eggs sit,covered,for 12 minutes. | 2. Rinse the eggs under cold water and peel.Cut the eggs into quarters. | 3. Cut each acocado in quarters; place a boiled egg quarter into the hole left by the pit in each avocado slice. | 4. Place a lettuce leaf on each plate,and top with a peice of avocado and egg.You may wish to give a whole half to each person and serve as a light main course. | 5. Whisk together oil and vinegar and pour over avocados;sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. | 6. Another option is to simple chop the eggs and avocado,dress in oil and vinegar,and serve over the lettuce in a serving bowl.It looks a little less elegant,but it is much easier and the flavors meld better.The Choice is yours. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
avocado	4			-	-	-	-
extra virgin olive oil	2 1/2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
white wine vinegar	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
romaine lettuce	8	leaves		8.16	1.5792	0.5904	0.14400000000000002

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.