Guacamole

Name: Guacamole
Ingredients: 2 ripe avocados (preferably California); 1 small onion, minced; 1 garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice, or to taste; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 fresh or pickled jalapeno chili if desired, seeded and minced (wear rubber gloves); 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro if desired

8 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

2 ripe avocados (preferably California)
1 small onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons fresh lime juice, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 fresh or pickled jalapeno chili if desired, seeded and minced (wear rubber gloves)
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro if desired

Directions

1

Halve and pit the avocados and scoop the flesh into a bowl.
2

Mash the avocados coarse with a fork and stir in the onion, the garlic paste, the lime juice, the cumin, the chili, and the cilantro.
3

The guacamole may be made 2 hours in advance, its surface covered with plastic wrap, and chilled.