Guacamole
Chunky, fresh guacamole the Mexican way: ripe avocados mashed with lime, white onion, chilli, tomato and coriander. Ready in 15 minutes, best eaten right away with tortilla chips.
Servings
Ingredients
Nutrition
Per serving
Steps
Mash the base
In a bowl or (stone mortar), crush the onion, chillies, half the coriander and the salt with a fork or pestle until the mixture turns juicy.
- ½ onion
- 1–2 chillies
- 1½ tbsp coriander
- ½ tsp salt
✅ Done when: mixture is juicy and fragrant
Add the avocado
Halve the avocados, remove the stones, scoop the flesh into the bowl and add the lime juice. Mash roughly with a fork, leaving some chunks.
- 3 avocados
- 1 lime juice
✅ Done when: mostly smooth with some chunks remaining
Fold in the tomato
Gently stir in the tomato and the remaining coriander. Taste and add more salt, lime juice or chilli if needed.
- 1 tomato
- 1½ tbsp coriander
✅ Done when: evenly combined, still chunky
Serve
Serve the guacamole right away with tortilla chips. If serving later, press cling film directly onto the surface to stop it browning.
- to serve tortilla chips
✅ Done when: served immediately, or surface fully covered with cling film if not serving right away
Mash the base
In a bowl or (stone mortar), crush the onion, chillies, half the coriander and the salt with a fork or pestle until the mixture turns juicy.
- ½ onion
- 1–2 chillies
- 1½ tbsp coriander
- ½ tsp salt
✅ Done when: mixture is juicy and fragrant
Add the avocado
Halve the avocados, remove the stones, scoop the flesh into the bowl and add the lime juice. Mash roughly with a fork, leaving some chunks.
- 3 avocados
- 1 lime juice
✅ Done when: mostly smooth with some chunks remaining
Fold in the tomato
Gently stir in the tomato and the remaining coriander. Taste and add more salt, lime juice or chilli if needed.
- 1 tomato
- 1½ tbsp coriander
✅ Done when: evenly combined, still chunky
Serve
Serve the guacamole right away with tortilla chips. If serving later, press cling film directly onto the surface to stop it browning.
- to serve tortilla chips
✅ Done when: served immediately, or surface fully covered with cling film if not serving right away
The Story Behind the Dish
Guacamole goes back to the Aztecs, who called it ahuacamolli: ahuacatl (avocado) and molli (sauce). They mashed avocados in a stone molcajete, sometimes with tomatoes and chillies, long before Europeans arrived.
Spanish conquistadors loved it, and over the centuries onion, lime and coriander joined the recipe. Today it is one of the world's best-known Mexican dishes.
⭐ Why It's Famous
Creamy, fresh and tangy, it shows off the avocado, a fruit native to Mexico, at its best.
💡 Fun Fact
Mexico grows about a third of all the avocados in the world, most of them in the state of Michoacán.
Central and southern Mexico
19.43°N, -99.13°W
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