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By Shawn Williams
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Apr 20, 2020, Updated Apr 24, 2023
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This homemade guacamole recipe has a subtle spicy kick and a delicious citrusy kick thanks to plenty of fresh lime juice. Learn how to make the best guacamole with fresh ingredients that will keep you coming back for more and more!
It’s hard to beat chips and guac, but this recipe goes especially well with my flank steak fajitas, carne asada tacos, chicken enchiladas, and my stuffed peppers recipe!
Table of Contents
- Ingredients
- Tips for Making Guacamole
- More Recipes You’ll Love
- Authentic Guacamole Recipe
Ingredients
- Perfectly ripe avocados. You want to be able to manipulate the avocado with firm but gentle pressure without being overly soft.
- Fresh lime juice (I use 2 limes for lots of citrusy flavor)
- yellow or white onion
- Diced tomatoes
- Fresh cilantro (I love cilantro and think it takes avocado up a notch in terms of flavor
- Fresh minced garlic or garlic powder. Garlic powder is easier, fresh garlic tastes better.
- Salt and pepper, to taste. Bland guac can be dressed up with a pinch of salt.
- Fresh chopped jalapeno or hot sauce. Fresh jalapeno is the BEST. I usually exclude the seeds and mince them into very small pieces. A few teaspoons are prob the amount to shoot for but always test the jalapeno before adding.
Tips for Making Guacamole
- Mash avocados until creamy with small chunks — you don’t want a paste. A potato masher or pastry cutter works really well at mashing avocados if you don’t have a mortar and pestle because who does?
- finely chopped or diced onions and tomatoes are better than larger chopped ones. You don’t want massive chunks of onion and tomato in your guac. The smaller pieces will also spread throughout more evenly.
- Wait and add tomatoesat the very end and fold them into the guac. Otherwise, they will turn to mush when mashing your avocados.
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4.67 from 3 votes
Authentic Guacamole Recipe
By: Shawn Williams
Servings: 8
Prep: 10 minutes mins
Total: 10 minutes mins
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Our favorite authentic guacamole recipe made with a subtle spicy kick and a profound lime twist.
Ingredients
- 4 ripe avocados
- 2 limes, squeezed
- 2-3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 white onion, diced
- 1 cup tomato, diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce, or to taste
Instructions
Cut avocados in half lengthwise, remove the pits and scoop into a bowl. Mash until creamy and smooth. Add all ingredients except for the tomatoes and mix well.
Fold in tomatoes last until mixed. Serve immediately.
Notes
Be sure to get avocados to desired texture before adding tomatoes. Otherwise they will turn to mush.
Nutrition
Calories: 218kcalCarbohydrates: 12.2gProtein: 2.4gFat: 19.7gSaturated Fat: 4.1gSodium: 171mgFiber: 7.7gSugar: 1.8g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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17 Comments
Nice recipe but I prefer jalapeños to hot sauce. Also – key to really good
Guac is to mash onion (and garlic if using) with jalapeños and a little cilantro to make a paste before you add the avocado. The Mexicans use a molcahete (which is a mortar and pestle made from volcanic rock) to do this. Then you mix in Avocado, lime, salt and tomatoes. My kids love guacamole and I make it all the time.Reply
Yum! Made this today. It was so good, even without the cilantro n
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If you need to make your guacamole the day before just put water on it and take water off before serving it. Your guacamole will be perfect. It was something on the food network. They tested all these methods of keeping the guacamole green this was the best. Just my two cents.
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What do you mean by putting the water “on” it?
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a friend swears by putting the pit of the avocado back inside your container with the leftover guac. when you store it. she says it helps keep the avocado fresh.Reply
Yep – that works
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I prefer fresh minced garlic and chopped jalapeño. I always try to make this a day ahead, cover tightly with plastic wrap, to allow time for the flavors to meld. Tips: go easy on the salt, cilantro and jalapeño, adding more to taste. I often keep one avocado out just in case I overdid something and need to dilute the flavor.
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easy and delicious!Reply
What kind of hot sauce is your favorite?
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I usually use Franks Red Hot or regular Tabasco.
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How long does it last in the fridge before it goes bad?
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I would make it fresh to serve. Avocados brown very easily once cut. If you must store for a day, squeeze a little extra lime juice on top and seal very tight with plastic wrap. I usually make it air tight by pressing it right up against the guacamole so there is no air exposure.
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a friend swears by putting the pit of the avocado back inside your container with the leftover guac. when you store it. she says it helps keep the avocado fresh.
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Spent the weekend here a few years ago. Stumbled upon Papagayo’s by accident. So thankful for this recipe! Now, if I could just recreate those fabulous margaritas we had…….❤️
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I’ll work on that 😉
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I love classic guacamole anytime and I am loving the addition of hot sauce here!! Sounds divine!
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Excellent! Let me know how it comes out!
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