Guacamole
A chunky guacamole: avocado mixed with pico de gallo, garlic, lime, and jalapeño, best served immediately.
At a glance: serves 6 people, 15 min prep, no cooking, difficulty: easy, about $2.90 per person.
Guacamole is a Mexican sauce made with avocados. The key to this version is to only mash part of the avocado and leave some larger pieces intact.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time—
- Total15 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostModerate
- Cooking methodno cooking required
- Estimated cost$17.38 $2.90 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $11.96
- $4.29
- $0.51
- $0.04
- $0.21
- $0.10
- $0.27
Prices from US supermarkets.
Directions
- Cut the avocados in half and remove the pits. ≈ 8 min
- Use a knife to make shallow cuts in the meat, without cutting through the skin. ≈ 3 min
- Using a spoon, scoop out the flesh from half of the avocados and place it in a mixing bowl. ≈ 3 min
- Add the lime juice and mix well to coat the avocado evenly. ≈ 4 min
- Add the pico de gallo, garlic, oil, chili peppers, salt, and pepper, then mash the flesh together. ≈ 4 min
- Add the remaining diced avocado and gently mix: guacamole is best when the chunks are more prominent than the puree. ≈ 4 min
- Garnish with a sprig of cilantro. ≈ 2 min
The bill
Guacamole
- 4 avocados$11.96
- half a lime’s juice$4.29
- 2 chopped hot peppers (jalapeños), or 2 tablespoons of red hot pepper powder, or 1 tablespoon of chopped bird’s eye chili$0.51
- 1 teaspoon of salt$0.04
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil$0.21
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of chopped garlic$0.10
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper$0.27
Total$17.38
that's $2.90 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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