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Authentic Mexican Guacamole Recipe

This authentic Mexican guacamole recipe is made with just a handful of ingredients to allow the luscious creamy texture and fresh flavour of perfectly ripe avocados shine. This recipe assumes most of our readers won't have a Mexican molcajete or mortar and pestle and will use a fork and bowl. But if you are lucky to have either, pound the harder ingredients first, then add the soft ingredients.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Dip
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 1 bowl
Calories: 683kcal
Author: Lara Dunston

Ingredients

  • 2 large avocados black-skinned Hass avocados if you can get them
  • juice of 1 lime
  • ¼ red onion although white onions are fine, too; we just prefer red, finely diced
  • handful of coriander (cilantro)
  • ½ tomato finely diced
  • 1 Serrano chilli Serrano if you can get it, though I know jalapeno will have to suffice for many people not living in Mexico or the USA, finely diced
  • salt preferably good quality sea salt

Instructions

  • Slice the avocados in half, remove the seeds, scoop out the avocado flesh, and slide it into a bowl.
  • Add the lime juice now if you are going to eat the guacamole immediately (and you should); if you’re not, don’t, as the liquid of the juice rises to the top if it sits in the fridge.
  • Add the finely diced onion, tomato and coriander (cilantro), chilli, and salt to taste.
  • Mash all the ingredients together using a fork until everything is combined into a texture that's creamy yet still has chunky lumps of avocado.
  • If you prefer a smooth consistency continue to mash, but appreciate that you’ll be working at it for a while. Whatever you do, don’t blend.
  • Scoop your guacamole into a bowl, garnish with coriander (cilantro) and serve with a bowl of plain corn tortilla chips on the side.

Notes

Note: this recipe assumes most of our readers won't have a Mexican molcajete or mortar and pestle and will use a fork and bowl. But if you are lucky to have either, pound the harder ingredients first, then add the soft ingredients last. 

Nutrition

Calories: 683kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 59g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 2281mg | Fiber: 29g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1530IU | Vitamin C: 115.3mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 2.7mg