This Guacamole recipe is balanced and refreshingly simple, and it always gets compliments from whomever tries it! Ripe avocados, onions, cilantro, lime, salt, and jalapeño are all you need.Our Go-To Guacamole Recipe  Guacamole is one of those recipes that confused me for years.I was young and naive, and for some reason, I was using the flavors of 90s store-bought taco seasoning to guide me, adding nonsense like cumin and garlic.

Only after realizing that I was working way too hard did I perfect it!  You don’t need garlic or any other seasonings.The only things you need are cilantro, freshly squeezed lime juice, and salt in addition to the avocado, onion, and jalapeño.Where’s the tomato? For anyone wondering about tomatoes, my personal stance is that tomatoes are too unpredictable to bring into the guacamole equation.

A subpar tomato can drag down an otherwise great guacamole.  Better save them for a pico de gallo on the side (which also happens to be a simple mixture of chopped tomatoes, onions, jalapeño, cilantro, lime juice, and salt).  Or even better, make our restaurant-style salsa, which is addictively smokey and spicy!  A Note on Juicing Limes When juicing the limes, if you have a manual wooden juicer like we do, be careful of juicing too much pulp into the guacamole.It can make your guacamole bitter, particularly if it’s an older or out-of-season lime.Serving Guacamole I love making this guacamole fo

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