This classic guacamole includes avocado, lime, salt, tomatoes, white onion, serrano chiles, and fresh cilantro.
Homemade Guacamole
This classic guacamole includes avocado, lime, salt, tomatoes, white onion, serrano chiles, and fresh cilantro.
Ingredients
- 3 hass avocados, perfectly soft & ripe, flesh removed and reserved
- ¼ white onion, small dice
- Juice of 1-2 limes, depending on preference for acidity level
- 1.5 tsp kosher salt
- 1 Roma tomato, cut into quarters, soft flesh discarded, remainder cut medium dice
- 1 serrano chili, finely minced
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro, both stems & leaves, finely sliced
Instructions
- Remove flesh from avocados and roughly mash with a potato masher or fork, maintaining large chunks of avocado in the mixture.
- Cover the avocado mixture with a layer of plastic wrap pressed firmly against the top of the mashed avocado.
- Combine the white onion with the lime juice and allow the two to sit together for 15 minutes.
- Add 1 tsp of the kosher salt to the avocado mixture and stir to combine.
- Add the remaining ½ tsp kosher salt to the Roma tomato flesh and allow to sit for 10 minutes.
- After the tomatoes have sat for 15 minutes, drain excess water and add the avocado mixture.
- Add the serrano chili to the avocado mixture.
- Add the lime and white onion to the avocado mixture.
- Stir in the freshly sliced cilantro leaves and stems and combine ingredients.
- Taste and adjust for salt and lime.
Notes
This is best prepared and eaten on the same day, although it can be kept in the fridge covered tightly with plastic wrap pressed firmly against the guacamole mixture to avoid oxidation.