A restaurant that serves healthy Korean comfort food might not be the first place you'd expect to find avocado fries. After all, avocados aren't exactly synonymous with Korean cuisine. But this playful take on a classic comfort food makes sense at Her Name Is Han, which serves "Korean soul food" in Manhattan's Koreatown. It only makes sense that the team would eventually take their penchant for making fresh, modern versions of authentic Korean food and consider an American classic, too. "Looking at how French fries are considered a traditional comfort food here," Jinah Chang, the restaurant's food and beverage director, explained in an email, "I wanted to create a Korean-style version that can be approached easily." That's how he came up with the idea for avocado fries, currently on the restaurant's brunch menu. According to Chang, "I wanted to offer a fried vegetable as a side dish, just like how French fries always come with burgers." And these fries, crisp on the outside while remaining soft and warm on the inside, are the perfect pairing with the restaurant's signature brunch dish: a tray of high-quality hamburger steak with gravy and a quail egg on top.The key to making this avocado fries recipe work is to use ripe avocados that aren't too soft. They shouldn't be rock hard, but they also shouldn't turn into mush when you cut them open. Coat in panko bread crumbs to make them crispy, fry away, and feel healthy-ish.Crumbled Avocado Fries
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