Here’s a quick little ditty to get your weekend started.
The Prep:
Double, triple or quadruple as needed.
- open a bottle of tequila
- drink the tequila
- pit and scoop out 2 ripe avocados
- seed and dice fine 1 jalapeño
- juice 1 lime
- 1/3 cup chopped red onion
- lots of chopped cilantro
- S&P
Now with a big utensil smash together the avocados and everything that follows. Then pop in a little Joe Nichols. That’s it. Nice.
The Takeaway:
Quick appie. Or a fixin’ for taco night. Mmmm. Taco night. In this guac, I garnished with a few pickled fresno chilis for some color. Some people use pomegranate seeds, also nice. And btw, this is a good dish in which to employ the tot. I do the chopping, she does the smashing. One more thing- wash that cilantro good. Nobody likes gritty guac.
p.s. check out my friend and colleague’s musings at Go Tell The Mayor.
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Kenneth
Great site!
GHT
thanks Ken!
David Wisen
Simple guac is good guac, so this is a great recipe. I substitute sea salt for the jalapeno depending on the crowd. The excellence of this guac is indicated by the fact that it works even without the tequila (if, god forbid, you lack the elixir)
GHT
Agree, simple is the way to go here. And your comment reminds me about one more observation – not all jalapeños are created equal. I always taste a tiny slice to see if I got a screamer, a dud, or a right-on. The variation is surprising. I think it has to do with age and water content(?) Sometimes one will melt your face off, but not in like the awesome 80s’ rock sense.