Guacamole

Stirring up your own guacamole couldn’t be easier!

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe (soft to the squeeze) avocados

  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion

  • 1 small clove garlic, minced

  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

  • ½ teaspoon sea salt

  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh tomato

  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro 

Instructions

  1. Scoop avocado flesh into a medium mixing bowl.

  2. Add onion, garlic, lime juice and salt. Mash together with a fork, leaving it a bit chunky.

  3. Stir in tomato and cilantro.

  4. Serve with dippers of your choice.

Enjoy! 🥑🌶️🪅

AVOCADO ADVICE

Selection

Choosing the right avocado is the key to great guacamole.  You want to use the smaller, darker-skinned Haas fruits, which generally produce smooth, creamy guacamole.  The larger, green, shiny-skinned avocados are best saved for salads or stuffing.

Ripeness

For guacamole, you want the avocados to be relatively soft.  If they’re just squeezable to the touch – soft enough to mash with a fork – then they’re perfect.  If your avocados are too hard place them on the counter for 2 to 3 days until they ripen.  For slicing into salads avocados should be firm, but not rock hard.

Cutting

To remove the flesh of an avocado, make a cut lengthwise all the way around the avocado then separate the halves, remove the stone, and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.

Preserving

Some people swear by placing an avocado stone in their guacamole to prevent it from browning.  I’m not a big fan of this idea.  I don’t like anything to get between my chip and my guacamole.  But if you want to make the recipe a wee bit ahead, just cover it with plastic wrap by pushing the plastic flat onto the surface of the guacamole.  Doing this, along with the acid from the lime juice, should keep it fresh for a few hours without discoloration.