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Homemade Guacamole Recipe
Guacamole is a simple dish, but it’s important to know how to make it perfectly. Read on for tips on picking the right avocado, eating your guac, storage tips, and more.
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 463 kcal
Course:
Side Dish , Appetizer
Cuisine:
Mexican , Guatemalan
Ingredients
- 2 avocados
- ¼ cup yellow onion diced
- 1 lime juiced
- 2 tbsp cilantro chopped
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 Roma tomato diced
- 1 Jalapeño diced
Instructions
- Use a spoon to remove the flesh of 2 avocados from the shell. Put the avocado in a mixing bowl and use a fork or potato masher to mash the avocado. You can leave it smooth or chunky depending on preference.
- Add all of the ingredients (¼ cup yellow onion, juice of 1 lime, 2 tbsp cilantro, ¾ tsp salt, 1 tomato, and 1 jalapeño) into the mixing bowl with the avocado. Stir to combine. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Recipe copyright The Foreign Fork. For educational or personal use only.
- Pick an avocado that squishes
- slightly
- when you press it. You don’t want it to be rock hard, but you also don’t want it to be too squishy. A slight give when you press the skin is the sign of a perfect avocado.
- This recipe calls for minced yellow onions, but you can also use red onions if you prefer
- Use the seeds if you want a spicy guacamole. Remove the seeds if you want some crunch with not a lot of spice.
- Use a serrated knife to cut your tomato. It is so much easier and way less messy!
- You can leave your guacamole a little chunky if you want, but you can also mash it completely smooth. This is up to your preference, but I always enjoy a few lumps.
- I try to stay away from the powdered guacamole packs as much as I can. Those packages include powdered versions of the ingredients we have listed in this recipe, so this makes a far more delicious and natural-tasting dish!
- Avocado: Pick an avocado that squishes slightly when you press it. You don’t want it to be rock hard, but you also don’t want it to be too squishy. A slight give when you press the skin is the sign of a perfect avocado.
- Onion: This recipe calls for minced yellow onions, but you can also use red onions if you prefer
- Jalapeño: Use the seeds if you want a spicy guacamole. Remove the seeds if you want some crunch with not a lot of spice.
- Use a serrated knife to cut your tomato. It is so much easier and way less messy!
- You can leave your guacamole a little chunky if you want, but you can also mash it completely smooth. This is up to your preference, but I always enjoy a few lumps.
- I try to stay away from the powdered guacamole packs as much as I can. Those packages include powdered versions of the ingredients we have listed in this recipe, so this makes a far more delicious and natural-tasting dish!
Nutrition Information
Serving
1.5cups
Calories
463kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
32g
(11%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
40g
(62%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
Monounsaturated Fat
26g
Sodium
1186mg
(49%)
Potassium
1508mg
(43%)
Fiber
20g
(80%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
895IU
(18%)
Vitamin C
59mg
(66%)
Calcium
59mg
(6%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 463
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1.5cups | |
| Calories | 463kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 40g | 62% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 26g | 130% |
| Sodium | 1186mg | 49% |
| Potassium | 1508mg | 32% |
| Fiber | 20g | 80% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 895IU | 18% |
| Vitamin C | 59mg | 66% |
| Calcium | 59mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.