Description
This guacamole is creamy, bright, and just chunky enough to feel generous on a chip. Letting the onion, chile, lime, and salt mingle briefly before folding them into the avocado gives you a rounder flavor without losing that fresh, green character.
Ingredients
🥑 Creamy base
- 3 ripe avocados
- 1 tbsp / 15 ml fresh lime juice
🌿 Fresh mix-ins
- ¼ cup / 40 g finely diced white onion
- 1 small jalapeño (seeded and finely minced)
- ¼ cup / 8 g chopped cilantro
- ½ medium Roma tomato / 50 g (seeded and finely diced)
- ¾ tsp / 4 g kosher salt
- 1 to 2 tsp / 5 to 10 ml more fresh lime juice, as needed
Instructions
Prep the fresh mix-ins
- Finely dice the onion, mince the jalapeño, chop the cilantro, and seed and dice the tomato.
- Put the onion, jalapeño, cilantro, tomato, salt, and 1 tbsp / 15 ml lime juice in a medium bowl.
- Stir well and let the mixture sit for 5 minutes so the onion softens slightly and the salt starts seasoning everything evenly.
Mash the avocado
- Halve the avocados, remove the pits, and scoop the flesh into a small bowl.
- Mash with a fork until mostly smooth with some small chunks still left throughout.
- Fold the mashed avocado into the seasoned vegetable mixture until combined.
Finish and serve
- Taste and add 1 to 2 tsp / 5 to 10 ml more lime juice if you want a brighter finish. Adjust salt if needed.
- Let the guacamole rest for 10 minutes if you have time, then give it one gentle stir and transfer it to a serving bowl.
- Success looks like a dip that is pale green, creamy, and scoopable, with soft avocado pieces, no watery puddle at the bottom, and a bright finish that doesn’t overpower the avocado.
Notes
- Mash the avocado in a separate bowl first so you can control the texture more easily before folding in the mix-ins.
- Seed the tomato well if you want a thicker, chip-friendly guacamole.
- Use a fork instead of a blender or processor, because guacamole tastes best with a little hand-mashed texture.
- Taste with a chip, not just a spoon, since the salt and lime read differently once the guacamole is on food.
- Add extra lime a little at a time, because too much can make the avocado flavor feel pushed into the background.
- For the freshest color, make it close to serving time whenever you can.
- If the avocados are very large and rich, an extra spoonful of onion or lime can help keep the bowl balanced.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Cuisine: Mexican