Avocado Toast With Cucumber, Soy Sauce, and Shichimi Togarashi Recipe

Updated March 06, 2019

Seedless cucumber does a great job adding cooling crunch to avocado toast, but it doesn't impart much in the way of flavor. Here, soy sauce adds a savory note, amped up by a sprinkle of peppery scallions. But the real kicker is a pinch of shichimi (also commonly called togarashi), a Japanese seven-spice blend of chili peppers, sesame seeds, and other ingredients like nori, ginger, and orange peel, which adds nuanced heat to each bite.

Recipe Details

Avocado Toast With Cucumber, Soy Sauce, and Shichimi Togarashi Recipe

Active 5 mins

Total 5 mins

Serves 1 serving

Ingredients

1 slice country or sandwich bread, approximately 1/2 inch thick
Extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 medium pitted and peeled Hass avocado
1 teaspoon (5ml) soy sauce, plus more to taste
4 to 5 thin slices seedless cucumber, or enough to cover surface of bread
Thinly sliced scallion, to garnish
Shichimi togarashi, to taste (see note)

Directions

Lightly brush bread with olive oil and toast to desired level of doneness. Meanwhile, mash avocado and soy sauce in a bowl. Top toast with avocado mixture and top with cucumber slices and scallion. Sprinkle with shichimi togarashi to taste and serve.

Notes

The volume of each ingredient will depend on the size of your bread and personal preference. Apply to taste. You can order shichimi online, find it in most Asian specialty stores, or simply substitute some ground red chili pepper, black pepper, powdered ginger, and sesame seeds for a comparable, if somewhat less nuanced, seasoning.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
390	Calories
27g	Fat
38g	Carbs
6g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 1
Amount per serving
Calories	390
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27g	34%
Saturated Fat 4g	19%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 432mg	19%
Total Carbohydrate 38g	14%
Dietary Fiber 12g	43%
Total Sugars 10g
Protein 6g
Vitamin C 50mg	248%
Calcium 76mg	6%
Iron 2mg	13%
Potassium 962mg	20%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.