Who doesn’t love a kitchen hack especially when it comes from the one and only Rachael Ray? And one that involves perhaps the best ingredient on the planet: avocado? Well that’s even better. In keeping with her down-to-earth cooking style this hack is as simple as it is ingenious and was revealed in a YouTube video posted by the “Rachael Ray Show” in which she shared her top shortcuts for easier cooking. In the video Ray demonstrates how to push sliced avocado halves through a wire rack (the kind you’d use to place cookies after they come out of the oven for example) to create a loosely diced lightly crushed version of the fruit. Yep your usual avo prep time just got a whole lot faster.
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All you need to follow Ray’s lead is a wire rack and a bowl to hold the avocado and the fruit itself. And she doesn’t beat around the bush when it comes to explaining how to do it: “You put one of your wire racks over the bowl and just give the avocado a little squish.” This trick works well with both fresh avocado (as long as it’s ripe otherwise you don’t need to do it!) as shown in the video or grilled and is especially helpful if you’re working with large quantities.
For the foodie elaborating on the uses of avocado is like reciting the numbers in Pi — there are far too many to count. But one of the most popular ways to enjoy the fruit is clearly in guacamole for which Rachael Ray's trick works perfectly since the avocado is soft enough to mash once it hits the bowl. The gently crushed fruit also works like a dream on that internet favorite avocado toast and as a topping for quintessential Mexican dishes like tacos nachos and quesadillas (you can even take it a step further and combine the avocado with sour cream lime and garlic to create a crema). In fact you'll want to use this trick anytime a recipe calls for mashed or crushed avocado. Try it in a colorful salmon-avocado poke bowl or simply incorporate the puree into a corn salsa for grilled shrimp tacos.
For some of the best ways to use this wire rack trick you only need to turn to the creator herself. Ray's show has featured so many delicious-sounding dishes calling for avocado over the years created by both herself and guest chefs ranging from Taco Pizza and Lobster Sliders to Slow-Cooker Salsa Chicken and Guacamole & BLT Dip . No matter how you decide to put this avocado trick into practice it's safe to say that the television personality and cookbook author has done it again.
