How to Make Guacamole
Whether you love guacamole as a dip for chips or as a topping for burgers, almost anyone can prepare it with the right ingredients.
Instructions
- Step 1: Select avocados Buy avocados that feel soft enough to be ripe and use them immediately.
- Step 2: Remove avocado seeds Cut the avocado in half with a sharp knife. Twist the halves apart and remove the seed. Scoop the pulp out with a spoon.
- Step 3: Mash avocado Put the avocado in a bowl and mash it with a fork or a potato masher.
- Step 4: Add lime juice and salt Mix the lime juice into the avocados and add salt.
- TIP: Roll limes on a counter with your palm to yield the most juice.
- Step 5: Chop ingredients Finely chop the tomato, onion, jalapeno, and garlic and mix with the avocado.
- Step 6: Store your guacamole Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator with plastic wrap over the surface.
- FACT: The skin of Hass avocados changes from green to dark brown as they ripen.
You Will Need
- 4 avocados
- 4 tbsp. lime juice
- Salt
- A tomato
- An onion
- A jalapeno pepper
- A garlic clove
- A sharp knife
- A spoon
- A bowl
- A potato masher or fork
- Plastic wrap
