My award winning guacamole recipe is simple yet out of this world. Every time someone tries it they want the recipe. It’s better than any restaurant I’ve been to, even the restaurants and resorts in Mexico! The recipe calls for 8 medium to large avocados. Don’t buy the real small avocados that come in a mesh bag. Those are too small and you run the risk of getting a bad avocado. Go for the medium to large, and if you get real big ones you can back off to 6-7 avocados.
When choosing an avocado look for dark skin and when you apply the slightest amount of pressure, it gives. But you don’t want it to be mushy. Definitely don’t buy any hard avocado. If you end up getting a bad avocado, try using what you can and throwing out any black spots. The guacamole is simply seasoned with kosher salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Lots of fresh cilantro and lime juice go in along with a shortcut ingredient of salsa. I hightly recommend making my homemade salsa first and adding a cup of it to this recipe. If you aren’t making the salsa, grab Garden Fresh Sweet Onion Salsa in the refrigerated salsa section of your grocery store.
I recommend serving this guacamole right away but if you need to store it, be sure to leave a few of the seeds in the bowl. Cover the top of the guacamole surface with saran wrap and then cover the bowl in saran wrap and place in the refrigerator. Like pesto, air is the enemy of guacamole. Even with these measures, you don’t want to make this more than a couple hours before serving. So happy you found this guacamole recipe, I hope if becomes your go-to!
Guacamole
Ingredients
- 8 medium to large avocados
- 1 lime juiced
- 2 bunches of cilantro stems chopped off, chopped
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 c salsa homemade or Garden Fresh Sweet Onion salsa
Instructions
- Add everything to a large mixing bowl and mash with either a fork, meat masher or pastry cutter.
- Leave a couple seeds in the guacamole if not serving immediately and directly cover the guacamole with saran wrap and push out all air and place in refrigerator if not serving immediately.