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Fresh Chunky Guacamole

Fresh Chunky Guacamole

Great guacamole needs only a handful of ingredients: ripe avocados, lime juice, onion, tomato, cilantro, a little chili and salt. The trick is balance and texture. Mash some of the avocado until creamy and leave the rest in chunks, so each scoop has both smoothness and bite.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 ripe avocados Hass
  • 1 lime juiced, plus more to taste
  • 1/4 cup red or white onion finely diced
  • 1 plum tomato seeded and diced
  • 1 jalapeño or serrano pepper seeded and minced
  • 3 tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
  • 1/2 tsp salt plus more to taste
  • 1/4 tsp ground cumin optional

Method
 

  1. Rinse the diced onion under cold water in a fine sieve and pat dry. This softens its bite.
  2. Halve the avocados, remove the pits and scoop the flesh into a bowl.
  3. Add the lime juice and salt and mash with a fork or potato masher, leaving some chunks.
  4. Fold in the onion, tomato, jalapeño, cilantro and cumin.
  5. Taste and add more lime juice, salt or chili as needed.
  6. Serve right away with tortilla chips or your favorite dishes.

Notes

  • Add lime juice as soon as you mash; it seasons and helps slow browning.
  • Seed the tomato so the guacamole does not become watery.