Authentic Mexican Guacamole
I’ve been missing out my whole life. I didn’t start eating guacamole until a couple of years ago. I just “thought” I didn’t like it. Now I love it, and I have found the best Authentic Mexican Guacamole recipe! Dustin especially loves it. He will eat it on his chicken fajitas, tacos, nachos, sandwiches, and whatever else he can dip into it.
I like using fresh ingredients for this, because it really makes a difference in the taste. You will need avocados, red onion, Roma tomatoes, cilantro leaves, a jalapeño, sea salt, and lime juice.
Start by cutting your avocados in half. Remove the pits and spoon the avocado out of the skins and into a serving bowl.
How to tell when your avocado is ripe: When your avocados are purple-black in color and yield to gentle pressure, they are ready. Mine look like they are lighter in color here because of the lighting in the picture, but they were actually darker in color. Once they turn black and mushy, they are overripe.
We like our guacamole smooth, so I throw everything in big chunks into my food processor and pulse it until it’s the right consistency for us. It’s just easier, quicker, and much less work for me because I don’t have to chop everything up. That’s why my ingredients are in bigger chunks in the picture above.
If you don’t have a food processor or you like a chunkier guacamole, then just mash your avocados until the consistency is smooth with a few chunks and then gently fold in your other ingredients. If you do it this way, you will want more finely chopped ingredients than what I had.
Tip: Keep your guacamole fresher longer by covering your guacamole with plastic wrap. You can also squeeze extra lime juice on top. Gently push the wrap down into the bowl until it’s touching the guacamole on the top. This helps keep air from getting to the guacamole and keeps it from turning brown as quickly. Just make sure you have it tightly around the bowl so air isn’t getting in from the sides. I know, it doesn’t look the greatest, but it works.
Try this guacamole with these Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas and Mexican Style Rice. You won’t be disappointed! Dustin loves when I make this meal (and I’m not complaining either)!
Just writing this post makes me want some more! What is your favorite thing to eat guacamole with?
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Authentic Mexican Guacamole
Ingredients
- 3 Haas Avocados
- 1/4 cup red onion finely diced
- 1/4 cup Roma tomatoes finely diced
- 1/4 cup cilantro leaves (no stems) chopped
- 1 small jalapeño (seeds and membrane removed) finely diced
- 1/2 tsp sea salt more or less to taste
- 1 Tbsp lime juice squeezed from about 3 key limes
Instructions
- Using a knife, slice avocados in half and remove the pits.
- Scoop the avocados out of the skin and add to a bowl. Mash avocados until the consistecy is smooth with just a few small lumps.
- Add remaining ingredients to the bowl and gently fold all of the ingredients together.
- Serve with tortilla chips or on top of your favorite mexican dish.
- Cover leftovers with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator.
Notes
14 Comments
Faith Sleuth
I resonated with what you said – I thought I didn’t like guacamole either….and then I married my husband, who is Mexican! Well, I think the problem, at least for me growing up was that the guacamole we were served probably came prepackaged and full of all sorts of interesting preservatives 🙂
Guacamole is SO delicious and your recipe looks really similar to the way I was taught by my in-laws. We don’t usually use tomato, though. Anyway, your pictures made me want to go make some RIGHT NOW! Provecho!
Brittany
Thanks so much! That’s so true! I tried the pre-packaged mix before, and this recipe tastes so much better! You could definitely make this without the tomato if you don’t want it in there. It will still be good!
Christen
I was always scared of making anything with avocados from scratch, but discovered how to do it when we had guacamole made tableside at a restaurant and realized it was possible! LOL I have only ever made basic guacamole, using just lemon juice, salt and pepper, so I am so excited to try this recipe! It looks amazing!
Brittany
Thanks Christen! That is so funny! I always thought the same thing, but it is so simple to make and it only takes a few minutes. I hope you love it!
Angela
I love guacamole on anything, how about just out of a bowl with a spoon -haha. But honestly, I love guacamole on a fried egg the most!
Brittany
Right?! Just give me the whole bowl! I have never tried guac on a fried egg! I will have to try it out the next time I make some.
Melinda
We Love Guac. We usually use a mix. I haven’t used lime juice. I will have to try this. Seems super simple. I also learned if you leave the Avocado pit in the guac it won’t turn brown. It really works.
Brittany
We love it too! I have heard about leaving the pit in it to keep it fresh, but have never tried it myself. I just always use the plastic wrap. I’ll have to test it out next time!
Adrienne
Looks amazing! I do like the prepackaged guacs on the market but I’ll have to give this recipe a try. I’m sure as always, authentic will taste even better!
Brittany
Thanks Adrienne! If you try it out, let me know how you like it! We like this version the best. Plus it’s easy to make!
Kendra
I love a good guacamole! Making some as we speak for our weekend camping trip fajitas! Yum!
Brittany
That sounds so good! We had guacamole and fajitas last week. Have fun camping!
Kathryn Felgenhauer
I make something similar but more basic – need to boost my recipe and try this one ! YUM YUM YUM! And I have an avocado tree in my yard ! JOY
Brittany
You will definitely love this recipe then! That’s so awesome that you have an avocado tree! A few months ago, we saved one of the pits from an avocado and rooted it to grow our own. We moved it to a pot of soil and it already has several leaves on it. It’s growing fast. I think it takes somewhere around 10 years to produce though. Lol