Guacamole

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This Easy Guacamole is fresh, creamy, and packed with flavor! Made with ripe avocados, fresh lime juice, tomatoes, onion, and a handful of simple ingredients, it comes together in minutes. Serve it with tortilla chips, spoon it over tacos, or use it as a topping for your favorite Mexican inspired dishes.

I love Mexican food and tend to make it at least once a week at home.  It’s also one of my top choices whenever we go out to eat at a restaurant.

If we go out to eat then two things I like to treat myself to are the white cheese dip and then guacamole. I’ve tried to replicate both at home and while I cannot get the cheese dip recipe right, I’ve nailed the guacamole recipe.

One of the most important things when making guacamole is to pick out the right avocado.  If your avocado is not ripe it doesn’t have a lot of flavor and won’t give your guacamole that creamy texture.   If your avocado is overly ripe then the guacamole is too creamy and will have an odd after taste.

How do you pick a ripe avocado?

Squeeze the avocado gently.  A ripe avocado should yield slightly to gentle pressure but shouldn’t feel mushy. For Hass avocados, ripe fruit is usually dark green to nearly black. Bright green ones typically need more time. Also try to avoid soft spots and deep dents which can mean the avocado is overly ripe. 

This recipe is fairly easy.   It combines a few avocados, half an onion, and one small tomato.   If you happen to be out of tomatoes it’s not going to hurt if it’s not included though it does add to the flavor. 

You will need either a blender or a food processor to make the guacamole.  I usually make mine in the Magic Bullet because I don’t need a huge appliance to make a smaller amount of dip.  

How do you cut an avocado?

Place the avocado on its side on a cutting board. Use a sharp knife and cut all the way around the avocado.  Twist and remove the top half.   Remove the seed and use a spoon to gently remove the flesh.

Basically everything but the lime juice, cilantro, and tomato go into a food processor or blender and get pulse a few times to combine.  You can make it super smooth but I find that guacamole needs a little texture to it. 

Ingredients:

• avocados
• onion (yellow or sweet onion work well)
• jalapeno
• garlic cloves
• fresh cilantro
• small tomato
• lime (for the juice)
• salt
• pepper
• cumin

This guacamole is delicious!   It’s bright and fresh and pairs well with chips, tacos, or even on morning toast. 

You can easily double or triple to batch if you are having people over or just want to make extra to use over the next few days. 

Guacamole does tend to lose it’s bright green color after a day or so but there are a few tips to help it keep it’s bright color. 

How do you keep guacamole from turning brown?

Adding a bit of lemon or lime juice to the top of the guacamole before covering and refrigerating helps this.   Also, saving one of the avocado pits and putting it into the dip before storing also helps it keep it’s green color.  You can also try putting plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole before covering and refrigerating. 

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