Avocado is a popular fruit with high nutritional value, rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. It can be used to make many delicious drinks, especially in western food. Avocado will be hard and green when bought back. This avocado is not fully ripe and doesn't taste very good. Not suitable for direct consumption. It is best to eat it when it is cooked. So can avocado be ripened in microwave oven? Let's take a closer look!

Are avocados ripened in a microwave oven?

Avocados can be cooked in the microwave.

Microwave ovens can be used to accelerate the ripening of avocados, but trying this method may cause avocados to turn brown, but the taste is not sacrificed.

Raw avocados can't be put in the refrigerator. After cutting, they can be heated and cooked in a microwave oven. When it is ripe, it can be put in the refrigerator or stored for 1~2 days.

Immature avocados can be heated by microwave oven to speed up their ripening; At the same time, the high temperature heated by microwave oven will also denature and inactivate the foreign protein of avocado and lose its allergic ability. So people with allergies can eat avocado in the microwave first.

How to ripen avocado in microwave oven? Wrap the whole avocado in paper and put it in a microwave oven for about 5 minutes with medium-high heat. Take it out and poke it with chopsticks. If it is still hard, continue baking for 1-3 minutes. Avocado will release ethylene in the process of post-ripening. Ethylene is sealed inside at high temperature and wrapped in paper, which can speed up the ripening, soften avocado in a short time and taste just right.

What do avocados look like when they are ripe? Immature avocados are green, and the skin color gradually turns purple-black or dark green. Then such avocados are mature, and some avocados with black color represent over-maturity.

The hardness only depends on the color to judge whether the avocado is ripe or not. This basis is relatively simple and the result is not very accurate. Mature avocados are moderately soft and hard, which are difficult to pinch and have the touch of Microsoft. ?

Can avocado be eaten when it is not ripe? Avocado is not ripe and can be eaten, but it tastes bad.

Ripe avocado has a light taste of cream and nuts and is a very good fruit. However, the unripe avocado is bitter, difficult to swallow and has a bad taste.