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Holy Guacamole! You just found the BEST Guacamole recipe (and the ONLY recipe you’ll ever need). The freshness can’t be beat!
Would you believe that it has been 7 years since we posted this recipe, and the rave reviews keep coming… You can serve this on all sorts of dishes: nachos, enchiladas, burritos, quesadillas, fajitas, or just a big bowl of tortilla chips.
The BEST Guacamole EVER
Avocados are loaded with healthy fats, which boosts brain function and health. It is one of the good plant-based fats that can help lower your risk of heart disease and stroke. In just 15 minutes, you can get all of these benefits by making this Guacamole recipe.
That’s why our family is OBSESSED with Mexican food. We would eat it every night if we could! Try some of our other Mexican-inspired recipes including our Restaurant-Style Mexican Rice, Black Bean Tacos, Easy Ground Beef Taco Salad, and more!
Secrets to Success
Want to know the secret to making the BEST guacamole? FRESH ingredients and a couple shakes of Green Tabasco. Whenever we make guacamole, we always try to use as many ingredients from the garden as possible. You just can’t beat that fresh garden taste. Also, you don’t need a bunch of added ingredients. You don’t need a whole ton of spices, and this is coming from someone who loves spicing EVERYTHING up. Kosher salt, pepper and a little green Tabasco is all you need. The green Tabasco adds just a hint of flavor that complements all the other ingredients perfectly.
I got the idea for using the green Tabasco at a restaurant here in Boise called “Barbacoa”. They make the best table side guac that I have ever had at a restaurant. I noticed the one thing they do differently from other restaurants is they add just a tiny bit of that green Tabasco. I tried it at home and that little tiny ingredient makes all the difference. It gives it a “zing” that puts it over the top. Mind you, this post is NOT sponsored at all. This is NOT a plug for Tabasco. This is simply what we use to turn great guac into the BEST guac.
How to Pick Out Ripe Avocados
- There’s nothing worse than slicing into an avocado to make homemade guacamole and realizing that it isn’t ripe. Either it is under ripe and very hard, or overripe, brown, and slimy. Avoid this situation by picking out ripe avocados.
- Ripe avocados will have dark green skin, and if you pull off the little stem, the skin under the stem should be green as well.
- You can also determine ripeness by giving the avocado a gentle squeeze. You don’t want to squeeze too hard, just enough to see if the fruit has some give to it. If the avocado is ripe, it won’t be too hard or too squishy.
- You should be able to cut it in half and easily remove the pit with a spoon.
- If you won’t be making the guacamole for a few days after shopping, make sure to keep the avocados in the fridge in order to slow down the aging process and keep them from turning brown.
- One little trick to try if you want to speed up the ripening of your avocados is to store them in a paper bag with the top rolled tightly closed. The avocado will release natural gasses into the bag that will speed up the process.
Can You Freeze Avocados?
Yes! This is a perfect way to store avocados or leftover guacamole. Check out our post for four simple ways to freeze avocado. You’ll always have some on hand for any occasion that comes up! Make sure to use freezer safe containers and plastic wrap to avoid oxidation. Thaw some out if you need slices for a salad or a sandwich, or if you just have a craving for some chips and guac.
Delicious Ways To Serve Guacamole
Serving this guacamole with chips is just the beginning, here are some of our favorite recipes that we have used this guacamole with:
- Guacamole Chicken Torta Sandwiches: South of the border freshness in sandwich form with this guacamole as a spread. Heavenly.
- Cafe Rio Recipes: We ALWAYS serve this guacamole when we make our Cafe Rio recipes. You just can’t beat it!
- ALL of our MEXICAN recipes: Here’s a quick link to ALL of our delicious Mexican recipes. This guacamole goes well with every single one of them! Especially our Chicken Flautas.
- Recipes for Cinco de Mayo: Check out this list of all the recipes you need to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
- You can also just pile some tortilla chips on a plate, top with shredded cheese, sour cream, guacamole dip and some salsa and go to town on a delicious plate of simple nachos.
How to Make the BEST Guacamole EVER
The BEST Guacamole EVER
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Ingredients
- 3 avocados
- 1/4 cup Red onion diced very small
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 bunch cilantro leaves chopped
- 1 jalapeno finely chopped
- 1 large tomato or 2 smaller tomatoes, diced
- 1 lime juiced
- 4-5 shakes green Tabasco sauce
- Kosher salt to taste
- Fresh cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pit avocados and mash in a bowl. If you like your guac kind of chunky (that's how we like it), coarsely chop with the side of a fork instead of using the fork to mash it straight down.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl.
- Stir until all the ingredients are distributed evenly.
Having been raised in Texas, I feel I know a thing or two about guacamole and this is as close to the way we do it in Texas as possible. This is the best ever and absolutely delicious. I’ve never come across another recipe online that even came close to my family tradition but this is it! Well done!
This is possibly the best guacamole I’ve ever had. I cut the recipe into one third, as I was just craving guacamole for lunch for myself. I used a hot sauce I love called a Mango Blaze for the hot sauce. I loved how all ingredients were bought at my local fruit and veggie stand, except the salt and pepper. Awesome recipe. I think the jalapeño and hot sauce took it up a notch. It was so good, I ate it on its own, no chips, no carrots, nothing on the side.
This guacamole is really good! Guacamole is probably my favorite food and this recipe is perfect.
This was so delicious and made this not so confident cook look amazing. Everyone loved it so much! Excellent recipe.
Love that little kick!! I could eat this all day long…it’s so addicting!!
This is nearly identical to the guacamole I’ve been making for many years. Even the green Tabasco! I don’t even remember when I started making it this way… but it’s always a huge hit. I rarely use the jalapeño chiles though, as I don’t like my guac too spicy, and found it was unpredictable used the chiles, so I either use more Tabasco or add some green enchilada sauce. A little chili powder adds some variety too. It’s pretty hard to screw up guac if you just use the flavors you love!😋
Mine tastes like it’s missing something… am I not using enough salt maybe? Do you typically put quite a bit in there? Also, I could have used too small of garlic cloves?
We are very generous in our salt when it comes to guacamole! I would definitely start there.
This is awesome guacamole!
This is AMERICAN guacamole, not REAL Guacamole. Real guacamole is just avocados, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and DONE. No tomatoes, no cilantro, no Tabasco sauce… that’s all white-washing the Mexican simple DELICIOUS topping. I can say this because I am white. No Pico de Gallo goes into authentic guacamole -it is it’s own topping (tomatoes, cilantro, onion) and added to the meal IF the person wants it not within the guacamole. You dilute, disgrace guacamole to serve it as anything other than pure avocados with simple seasoning mentioned above.
I made this recipe to take a friends house for a get together, it was a hit. I will absolutely make it again. Full of awesomeness.
I recommend doubling this recipe. 👍