Our Homemade Guacamole Recipe is so much better than store bought! Made with simple seasonings and ripe avocados, it’s so creamy and so flavorful we’re eating it on everything.
Not only do we dip a million tortilla chips into this creamy guacamole, but we use it as a topping for Homemade Beef Tacos, crispy fried Quesadillas and even a simple Grilled Chicken Breast!
Why We LOVE This Homemade Guacamole Recipe
If you’ve never made guacamole from scratch before, and I know a lot of you haven’t, you’re not going to believe how easy it is! We buy avocados almost every time we go to the grocery store just so that we always have a ripe avocado on hand.
- Easy To Make: All you need is about 5 minutes and a few simple pantry ingredients.
- Versatile: Use it as a dip for chips, a topping for nachos, a sandwich spread (avocado toast, anyone?) or add a scoop on top of your scrambled eggs.
- Customizable: You can spice up this guacamole however you like by adding some hot sauce or a diced jalapeño pepper. Make it your own by adding other ingredients like corn, pico de gallo or black beans.
Ingredients For Making Guacamole
- Ripe Avocados: Ahhhh, the quest for a ripe avocado. There’s plenty of tips and tricks for getting an avocado to ripen, like storing them in a paper bag or even a super low oven. But we usually just buy a lot and rotate them out to use them up when they are ripe.
- Cumin: Cumin and I are friends. We love using cumin in a lot of Tex-Mex recipes but also in simple grilled chicken recipes! Start off with a small amount if you’re not sure about how much cumin flavor you like – you can always add more!
- Fresh Garlic: Fresh garlic is a must for making homemade guacamole. You can also add garlic powder but the flavor or fresh garlic is really the best.
- Fresh Lime Juice: Fresh lime juice will brighten up the flavor in this creamy guacamole. You can swap out lemon juice too if you have that on hand.
- White Vinegar: Vinegar also adds a tangy flavor that cuts through the creaminess of guacamole. You can use any white vinegar you have, champagne vinegar, or basic white vinegar will work fine.
How Do I Know When An Avocado Is Ripe?
First of all they will be soft to the touch. Again, you don’t want them to be mushy, that will mean an over ripe avocado, just a soft give to the flesh when you grab it. Another way to tell if you have a ripe avocado is to try and flick off the steam. If it flicks off easily and shows a yellow-ish skin underneath then you have a rip avocado!
How Do You Keep Guacamole From Turning Brown?
We know that you’re going to love this homemade guacamole recipe so much, you’re going to make a ton of it. So if you find yourself with a big batch of guacamole that doesn’t get eaten up then there are a few tricks for storing guacamole in the refrigerator so it doesn’t turn brown.
Place the leftover guacamole in a bowl and smooth out the top. Pour a thin layer of lemon juice or lime juice on the top of the guacamole. The acid in the juice will help to stop the oxidation of the avocados, which is the reason why your guacamole turns brown.
Next place a layer of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole, pressing out any air as much as you can. You can then put a lid on your bowl or container if you have one, or place a double layer of plastic wrap over the bowl.
Variations
We like to keep this homemade guacamole recipe pretty basic. Just the flavor of the avocados and a few seasonings really gives you the pure guacamole flavor that we love to scoop up and pile on everything. But here are a few ingredients that make the flavor pop even more!
- Diced Tomatoes
- Cotija Cheese
- Jalapeño Peppers
- Corn
- Red Onion
- Black Beans
- Cilantro
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Homemade Guacamole
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Pin RecipeHomemade Guacamole is so easy to make and so much better than store bought! Made with simple pantry ingredients and ripe avocados, so creamy and flavorful, use it as a dip for chips and SO much more!
Ingredients
- 6 ripe avocados
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Fresh black pepper to taste (can substitute cayenne or a dash of hot sauce for more heat)
- 1/2–1 teaspoon cumin (start with 1/2 and then ad more if you like)
- 1–2 large garlic cloves, crushed (we like 2, but you can start with one, depending on the size)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (about 1 fresh lime)
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Slice the avocados in half and remove the pit. Scoop the flesh out of the avocados and place into a large bowl.
- Add the salt, pepper, cumin, garlic, lime juice and white vinegar to the bowl. Mash the avocados together with a fork or a potato masher. Keep mashing until you have the consistency you like, either with some chunks of avocado or completely smooth.
- Taste for seasonings and serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator using the tips in the notes below.
Recipe Notes
To Store Fresh Guacamole: Place the leftover guacamole in a bowl and smooth out the top. Pour a thin layer of lemon juice or lime juice on the top of the guacamole. The acid in the juice will help to stop the oxidation of the avocados, which is the reason why guacamole turns brown.
Next place a layer of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole, pressing out any air as much as you can. You can then put a lid on your bowl or container if you have one, or place a double layer of plastic wrap over the bowl.
Properly stored, this guacamole should keep in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
- Category: Appetizers
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: American
It’s my favorite guacamole please make some for me!
We’ll make lots tonight!