I lived in New Mexico for 6 years and learned a few things, but probably none so valuable as making incredible guacamole.
🥱 TL;DR
(read on for the long version)
- Mash up two avocados in a bowl
- Add minced red or white onion, jalapeño, garlic (small clove or 1/2), juice of 1/2 a lime, and 1/2 tsp salt
- Mix well.
- Add 1/2 chopped tomato and rough chopped cilantro to taste.
- Serve immediately, or squeeze some extra lime juice over the top and refrigerate for up to a few hours.
Full recipe
Cooking time
- 10 min
Ingredients
| Amount | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| 2 medium | avocados |
| 1/4 cup | white or red onion (if using yellow, use less) |
| 1/2 to 1 | jalapeño (taste the pepper first to see how hot it is) |
| 1 small clove | garlic |
| 1 | lime (juiced) |
| 1/2 tsp | salt (more or less to taste) |
| 1/2 medium | tomato |
| handful | cilantro (optional) |
Steps
Slice two avocados in half. Remove the seed and scoop out the flesh with a soup spoon into a large bowl. Roughly mash the avocado with the back of a fork.
💡 If the flesh is hard to mash, put the avocado halves face down on a cutting board and fork mash them here, then scoop it back into the bowl.
Mince the onion, jalapeño, and garlic. Add it to the avocado using amounts that make sense to you. (Check how hot that jalapeño is, as they vary widely!)
Mix the ingredients quickly, but keep the avo chunky.
Squeeze in the juice of 1/2 a lime, and add salt. Mix again and taste to check lime/salt balance. Add more of either if needed.
Chop the tomato, and wash, dry, and rough chop the cilantro. Add them to the guac, and mix again.
Taste again. You probably need more salt. Avoid the urge to overdo it on the lime juice though, as too much will overpower the avocado.
To serve
If serving right away, put it in a nice bowl, stick a tortilla chip in it for a garnish, take a picture of it and put it on Instagram1. Then serve with tortilla chips, and use it as a topping for the rest of your Mexican fiesta.
If not eating right away, squeeze a little more lime juice over the top, cover and refrigerate up to a few hours.