Guacamole

Ingredients

  • 4 avocados
  • 1/2 cup fresh tomato, diced
  • 2 T diced onion
  • Juice of 1/2 lime
  • 2 chopped jalapeño OR 2 T of crushed red pepper OR 1 T of cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 4 tsp of olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp of chopped garlic
  • 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper
  • Cilantro for garnish

Procedure

  1. Pit the avocados.
  2. Score avocado without cutting through the skin.
  3. Scoop out one avocado with a large spoon and place in mixing bowl.
  4. Add the lime juice and stir to evenly coat the avocados.
  5. Stir in the tomato, onion, garlic, oil, jalapeño, salt, red pepper, and black pepper, mashing and tossing the avocado pieces until thoroughly mixed.
  6. Then scoop out the other avocados and gently mix and toss in the larger pieces.
  7. The guacamole is the right consistency when more large pieces than mashed parts remain.
  8. Garnish with cilantro.

This article uses material from the Wikibooks article “Cookbook:Guacamole“, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Published by Reva

I love, write, play and work with my family and friends in Lexington, KY.

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