Easy Recipe for Guacamole Dip

Luscious ripe avocado with a hint of chilli and fresh spritz of lime, guacamole is a fantastic dip for a party or just to make for your family as a starter. Scoop it up with tortilla chips or even eat it heaped on crusty bread; it’s so moreish, you’ll have finished the bowl in no time!

The trick to really delicious guacamole is using properly ripe avocados. There’s no point trying to make it with tasteless hard ones. Perfectly ripe avos will give a little when you press gently on the outside. If they’re very soft they may be over-ripe, so check how they taste before using them.

There are hundreds of different recipes for guacamole. Most include chilli, lime juice and coriander, others add red onion and tomato and other spices too. Develop your own personal guacamole recipe from this basic one and decide how hot you like it, adding more chilli if this recipe is a little on the mild side for you.

Easy Recipe for Guacamole Dip

Ingredients
3 ripe avocados
1 lime
1 small red onion
bunch coriander
1 red chilli
1 ripe tomato

De-seed and chop the chilli finely. Chop the coriander leaves and stalks. Chop the red onion finely. Roughly chop the ripe tomato. Scoop all the avocado from its skin into a bowl and roughly mash it with the juice of the lime. Add the rest of the ingredients and combine. Keep back a little coriander to sprinkle on top. If you’re not serving it immediately put the avocado stone on top of the guacamole to keep it from turning colour, then cover and chill till needed.

Serve as a dip with tortilla chips or potato wedges.

Variations on Traditional Guacamole Dip
Some people add sour cream to their guacamole to make the avacados go further. Whilst not strictly authentic  it still tastes good.
Cumin and ground coriander are extra spices you can experiment with.
A dash of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce is totally inauthentic but makes a great British version of guacamole!

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