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2024-05-14 07:43:41
Perfect Guacamole
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Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados
- ½ red onion, minced (about ½ cup)
- 1 to 2 serrano chiles, stems and seeds removed, minced
- 2 tablespoons cilantro (leaves and tender stems), finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon of fresh lime or lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- A dash of freshly grated black pepper
- ½ ripe tomato, seeds and pulp removed, chopped
Steps
- Cut avocados in half. Remove seed. Scoop out avacado from the peel, put in a mixing bowl.
- Using a fork, roughly mash the avocado. (Don't overdo it! The guacamole should be a little chunky.) Add the chopped onion, cilantro, lime or lemon, salt and pepper and mash some more. Chili peppers vary individually in their hotness. So, start with a half of one chili pepper and add to the guacamole to your desired degree of hotness. Be careful handling the peppers; wash your hands thoroughly after handling and do not touch your eyes or the area near your eyes with your hands for several hours.
- Chilling tomatoes hurts their flavor, so don't chop the tomatoes or add to the guacamole until ready to serve.
- Remember that much of this is done to taste because of the variability in the fresh ingredients. Start with this recipe and adjust to your taste.
- Cover with plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole to prevent oxidation from the air reaching it. Refrigerate until ready.
- Just before serving, chop the tomato, add to the guacamole and mix.
- Garnish with red radishes or jicama. Serve with tortilla chips.
- subheading: Notes:
- For a very quick guacamole just take a ¼ cup of salsa and mix it in with your mashed avocados.
- The simplest version of guacamole is just mashed avocados with salt. Don't let the lack of availability of other ingredients stop you from making guacamole.
- To extend a limited supply of avocados, add either sour cream or cottage cheese to your guacamole dip. Purists may be horrified, but so what? It tastes great. In fact, guacamole with a little cottage cheese added to it is my favorite.