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Guacamole recipe

Guacamole recipe
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Knife - Avoid blunt edges. Use sharpen edges as much as possible.
  • Spoon
  • Fork or a potato masher
  • Large mixing bowl - Make sure to have a bowl large enough to mix 3 avocadoes and 3 tomatoes at least.
  • Cutting board

Ingredients
  

  • Chili/½ Jalapeno/Serrano pepper
  • ½ Onions
  • 3 Tomatoes
  • ½ Small cloves of Garlic
  • Lime juice ( from a ½ or whole lime)
  • Cilantro

Instructions
 

  • At first, cut your avocados into halves. Remove the pits.  Using a spoon scoop out the creamy chunks into a large mixing bowl
  • Smash the chunks into your desired level of smoothness using a fork. You will either love it totally as a cream with minute particles or with chewable small chunks in each and every bite.
  • Wash and dice two tomatoes and chop them with mashed avocados
  • Peel ½ of onion and chop it. Then add the chopped ones to the mixing bowl with avocados and tomatoes.
  • Wash and dice ½ of a Jalapeno. You can keep the seeds if you prefer for a spicy finish. Otherwise, remove them. Add the chopped ones to the mix.
  • Peel off the garlic, chop and add them also to the mixing bowl.
  • Squeeze lime juice over the mix as you prefer sour
  • Sprinkle ½ tsp of salt over the mix.
  • Mix and smash using a spoon or fork or a potato masher. The chunks sizes and mashing to which extent is totally up to you. You can leave your guacamole fully chunky or fully mashed to a spread.
  • Cover and place the prepared guacamole in the refrigerator until needed

Notes

Additional tips
  • First, let’s see how to pick one with exact ripeness. This is the main secret behind making perfect guacamole. You’ll feel off-taste if you use a too ripen one or a too raw one.
  • If you love some sensation of heat, Serrano pepper will do an extra heat. If you feel like fresh Jalapeno is too much hot and spicy you can look for green chilies instead to have a little bit in spicy.
  • In Mexico, you’ll find mostly yellow onions. However, you can try with red onions as well.
  • Avoid too many watery tomato varieties as you would not love to find a damp Tostaguac. Less juicy Roma tomatoes would be great.
  • Does the authentic guacamole recipe have garlic? Using garlic is totally up to you. But it's better to rejoice with some garlic whenever it is possible due to its unique taste
  • Take care not to use aged lime juices. Must sprinkle your guac with fresh ones.