How to soften an avocado is a major issue whenever we talk about avocados.

You can either be a hardcore Avocado lover, or you’re not. There’s no in-between but if you try a juicy, big, properly ripened, and softened avocado, you might turn your dis-likeness towards likeness.

Avocados are a fickle fruit and we like to call bi-polar because they’re either as hard as a rock or they’re wobbly and squishy like a tarnished ball. But we have ways to tell you how to become an avocado lover or literally speaking, how to soften an avocado.

What are the mainstream questions on Avocados?

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There are so many questions that the internet has answered but there’s still a mystery in picking out avocados.point 249 |

The questions include, how do I know an avocado is ripe enough to buy? Is a medium-ripened avocado good enough for me? Will guacamole taste better with a happy medium or a fully ripened? No worries, we have all the answers for you if you only stick with us and learn how to soften avocado the right and correct way.point 256 | 1

How to soften an Avocado?

There are some sources that say you can actually ripen an avocado in the microwave or oven in just 10 minutes. We will tell you how you can do that, below. Follow these methods to know how to soften an avocado using an oven.

• Preheat your oven to 93.3°C or 200 °F.
• Wrap your avocado (s) in aluminum foil.
• Remember to wrap them thoroughly so the ethylene gas is produced inside and doesn’t leak.

Take a shallow oven-safe dish and put it in the oven for 10 minutes. Take it out, see if it has softened, if not, put it back in the oven for 10 more minutes. Repeat this step until your avocado has softened down.

We tried this method for you guys and we come up with two results to ease up the experiments for you.

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Facts About how to soften an Avocado

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• Hot avocados are no fun! You can just tell an avocado has been softened using an oven so it’s a no-no from us since it tastes entirely different.point 127 |
• It doesn’t just take two or three 10-minutes intervals but a whole flippin’ hour especially if your avocado is as hard as a rock.point 245 |

Here’s how to soften an avocado using a microwave

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• We then tried the microwave method.point 188 | Here’s how to soften an avocado using a microwave.point 236 |

  Make little holes and prick with a fork or some other sharp object on the full avocado to let the heat escape

• Microwave this avocado for 30 seconds.point 121 | Check the tenderness of it by pushing down your finger on it slightly.point 179 |
• If the avocado seems a little hard, microwave for another 30 seconds.point 237 |

  This should do it! Because the internet says so!

The results of using a microwave to soften an Avocado

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So here are the results we got after ripening the avocado using a microwave:point 263 | 1

The taste of the avocado changed entirely, turned it into a gross squishy something we cannot even explain, so don’t try it! The smell pretty much ruins the mood.

We decided it’s best we tried another method. So we gave the microwave some air to breathe and take a break as well since the smell of the microwave avocado was just… NOT IT.

So we’re straight up going to tell you tips and tricks so you buy already-ripened avocados. You won’t have to search the internet for how to soften an avocado.

According to many experiments and tricks shared by people, we tried this method and succeeded in buying the best and softest, ripened avocados out there!

Some tips and tricks on how to soften an avocado

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What you have to do is go to a grocery store (obviously), choose a bigger basket or chunk.point 226 |

There would be lots of avocados.point 27 | Pick one, turn it to the thin end and take out its stem.point 71 | When you remove the stem if you find the place of the stem placement to be green, congrats! You have a soft and a ripened avocado.point 176 | 1

But if the color is brown, your avocado is overly-ripened. And to not get hard as rocks avocados, remember if you try to remove the stem and it doesn’t break off easily, it means the avocado is what you definitely don’t want to buy!