Delicious Homemade Guacamole Recipe

The base of the homemade guacamole recipe is, of course, avocado and other ingredients of plant and mineral origin.  You can make combinations of chili, onion, coriander, etc.

It is a Mexican sauce well known throughout the world that, without a doubt, is gaining more followers every day due to its delicious flavor. In fact, it’s so popular that it can even be found ready-made in supermarkets.

Guacamole benefits for your health

Let’s start by mentioning some benefits of this nutritious and colorful delicacy. You should keep in mind that guacamole is high in calories due to the fats in the avocado. A cup, for example, contains 240 to 270 calories.

To encourage you to prepare a delicious guacamole, take a look at these benefits it has for your health.

• It is a source of fiber thanks to the avocado. A quarter cup provides about 3 g of fiber, which is important for controlling your appetite, maintaining optimal sugar levels, and for proper digestion.
• Due to its vitamin A content, guacamole helps keep your immune system strong and your skin healthy. A quarter cup contains approximately 85 international units of vitamin A.
• One serving contains 3 grams of polyunsaturated fat and 1 gram of monounsaturated fat. This makes for a very heart-friendly meal. In other words, eating guacamole helps reduce the risk of heart disease.
• The fat in avocado also helps you absorb fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) and help you feel full.
• Avocados are very rich in nutrients. This means that your body will feel satisfied with adequate portions, which will prevent you from looking to fill up on high-calorie, low-nutrient foods.

Now that you have seen some of the benefits of this delicious side dish, we continue with our homemade guacamole recipe. You will see how easy it is and you will not have to run to the supermarket to get ingredients.

Homemade guacamole recipe

This Mexican sauce has several versions that usually depend on the region where it is made.  This is to be expected since although avocado is found almost everywhere, there are other ingredients that are more typical of a region or that are not so widespread.

Our recipe is to prepare a slightly more complete dish. As we have told you, it is not about making it very loaded, but that it has an exquisite flavor.

Ingredients

• Salt to taste).
• 1 onion (60 g).
• Juice of 1 lemon (45 mL).
• 1 medium tomato (30 g).
• 4 ripe avocados (80 g).
• 1 serrano pepper or jalapeño.
• Finely chopped cilantro, stems removed (to taste).

Preparation mode

• After having washed them very well, cut the tomato and onion into very small pieces. Try to cut them as small as you can. Then, proceed to do the same with the cilantro.
• Then pour these pieces into the container where you will be preparing the guacamole. If you have one available, use a stone mortar.
• Next, make sure the avocados are ripe enough, then cut them in half and remove the pit.
• Then use a spoon to remove all the meat from them and pour them into the container that contains our chopped vegetables.

• Next, add the lemon juice, a pinch of salt and the serrano or jalapeño pepper to give our guacamole a slightly spicy flavor.
• Using a utensil or mortar, crush all the ingredients to mix them all evenly.

You should leave whole small pieces of avocado, which is how it is traditionally served. However, if you like it creamier and with a more uniform texture, you can beat it with the mixer.

If you don’t finish the whole bowl of guacamole, you can store it in the refrigerator in an airtight container, vacuum sealed for a maximum couple of days.

How do you eat guacamole?

It is an ideal preparation to accompany a wide variety of savory dishes. The most usual is to accompany it with nachos, but you can also enjoy it with crusty bread toast. In the same way, you can use it to accompany salads and even in soups.

Almost any type of appetizer can be accompanied with guacamole. Try it with your chips, corn tortillas, fritters, pretzels, crackers, vegetable sticks, chicken, or cheese, fish fillets, prawns, etc. Phew! The list is almost endless.

Well, let’s hope you enjoy this homemade guacamole recipe. Enjoy your meal!