Monday, May 28, 2012

Quick & Easy - No Recipe Guacamole

We had a couple of avocados & a bunch of tomatoes in the fridge that's been sitting around for 1+ week.  Since there are no salads in my near future, I needed to find some way to turn these babies into food.  So I picked up an onion & a couple of limes from the store & tossed them together into a guacamole.























What you'll need...
     2 medium sized avocados
     1 medium tomato
     1/4 large red onion
     1/2 lime
     1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
     1/4 teaspoon salt
     1/4 teaspoon black pepper

How to do...
     Cut the tomato into 8 segments & remove the seeds.  This will prevent excess liquid in the guacamole.  Cut the segments into stips and then into small dices.
     Keeping the root on the onion, make slices being careful not to cut all the way through.  Then cut into small dices about the same size as the tomato.
     In a bowl or Tupperware container, squeeze in the juice of 1/2 a lime & add in the minced garlic, salt, and black pepper.  You can substitute the black pepper with jalapeno & add cilantro if you wish.
     Cut the stem end of the avaocado and run your knife around the fruit to cut in half.  You can either use a spoon to scoop out the flesh but I found that by cutting off the stem end, it's easy to just remove the peel all in 1 piece.
     Cut the avocado halves into big chucks & put them into the bowl/container.  Using a spoon, mix together everything & slightly mash down the avocado.  Add in the tomato & the red onion & continue to mix everything together.  I like my avocado still slightly chunky but you can go as creamy as you want.
     Taste & readjust the seasoning after everything has been incorporated.

That's all there is to it!  If you are using tortilla chips, make sure to taste the guac with a chip because when I tasted mine with the "hint of lime" chip, I realized I should have used less lime juice & less salt (because the chip has salt & lime of its own).


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