Easy Guacamole Recipe-Simple Homemade YUM!
You will love this Simple, Homemade Easy Guacamole Recipe. It’s affordable, yummy, SO versatile, and oh-so-simple to whip up! Whether you’re prepping for Taco Nights, having a gathering, a family movie night, or just want an easy family snack, guacamole for the win!
There’s nothing quite like a quick, delicious guacamole to make snack time (or mealtime) special. I know how chaotic life can get—especially when everyone is hungry like RIGHT NOW.
If you’re looking for a yummy way to eat Guacamole you might like to try this Guacamole Stuffed Cucumber Recipe! Easy, nutritious, and healthy!
What you’ll love about this recipe:
Simple Ingredients for the Best Easy Guacamole Recipe
Guacamole is simple and can be made in a lot of different ways. Using fresh ingredients makes all the difference, but also you can leave out what you don’t like! The best way for you may not be the best for others. Make this recipe your own!
Fresh Ingredients First:
Feel free to mix and match based on your family’s taste buds! For the best results though use fresh!
- Avocados: Choose ripe ones for that creamy texture. (Pro tip: Gently press the skin—if it gives a little and is just turning brown on the skin, it’s ready.)
- Lime or Lemon juice: Adds freshness and helps keep the guac from browning.
- Garlic: A small clove goes a long way for flavor.
- Salt and Pepper: Optional – I use garlic salt sometimes.
- Onion: Sweet Onion, Red Onion or White Onion
- Fresh Cilantro: Totally optional…some love it and some hate it.
- Tomatoes: Dice them small
- Jalapeños: Add for a little heat
QUICK TIPS
- Start with ripe avocados. Slice them in half, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into a bowl.
- If you need to speed up the ripening process for your Avocados, you can place them in a paper bag over night (close the paper bag tightly). Avocados ripen pretty quickly.
- Roll your lime or lemon on the counter before cutting—it helps release more juice!
- If using garlic, mince it super fine or use a garlic press.
Directions:
Scoop Avocados into a bowl. I only used 1 1/2 Avocados in this recipe but you could use a full 2 and add a tiny bit more of each ingredient. I use an Avocado Slicer for scooping out mine as seen in picture but you don’t have to.
Chop up all your ingredients very fine, except the lime. You can also chop your veggies up bigger if you want a more chunky Mexican guacamole recipe. Hate to chop? Use a food processor like my Ninja Blender. Not for the Tomato though!
Mash up your Avocado. I like to use a Pastry Blender! It’s super quick for mashing things up…like these Easy Deviled Eggs! It’s one of my fave kitchen gadgets!
Squeeze your Lemon or Lime Juice into the mashed Avocado. You can also use bottled Lime or Lemon Juice. Use 1/2 tablespoon.
Then just add all your other ingredients. Add your fresh minced garlic. I used 1 clove for this little bit. However, I love me a spicy guacamole recipe!
I also add Pepper, Salt or Garlic Salt…just a little.
Now stir it all up and serve!
Creative Ways to Eat Your Guacamole
You might think that serving Guac with chips is about all you can use it for, BUT you can use it for SO MUCH MORE!
Our Favorite
Mexican Recipes to Use with Guacamole
Add Guacamole as a Snack
Pair it with sliced veggies or even spread it inside a cucumber for a fun twist (check out Guacamole Stuffed Cucumber if you’re curious).
Add Guacamole into Meals
Add it to your favorite family meals! A scoop on tacos or as a creamy topper for burgers instantly brings a fresh flavor. You could also scoop some onto breakfast wraps or scrambled eggs—or spread it on your toast…yum!
Storing Your Guacamole
Here’s the thing about guacamole: it can brown quickly. To keep it fresh, smooth out the surface in your container, squeeze a little lime or lemon juice over the surface of the guacamole, and cover it tightly with a layer of plastic wrap before sealing the lid. This trick helps to keep it green a little for longer.
This recipe can be doubled and tripled and quadrupled..infinity and beyond!
Enjoy and be blessed!
Easy Homemade Guacamole
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Avocado’s Peeled
- 1/2 tsp Jalapeno Pepper
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Sweet Onion
- 1 Tbsp Fresh Cilantro
- 1/2 small Lime or Lemon Juice from it
- 1/2 Roma Tomato Chopped
- 1 clove Fresh Garlic optional
- 1/8 tsp Garlic Salt optional
Instructions
- Peel Avocado’s into bowl. (I only put 1 1/2 Avocados in this recipe but you could use 2 and just add a tiny bit more of each ingredient)
- Chop up all of the ingredients except lime. If you hate to chop.. I use my Ninja Blender all the time for this kind of thing.
- Mash up Avocado..I like to use a Pastry Blender
- Squeeze fresh lime into Avocado (if you don’t have fresh lime it’s perfectly alright to use bottled about 1/2 Tbsp. OR you can even use Lemon if you wish!)
- Then add other ingredients
- You can add fresh Garlic if you wish…I added 2 Cloves. Just depends on your taste
- I also added a little Garlic Salt..just a smidge
- Then stir all up and you know what comes next…..EAT!
Homemade guacamole is by far one of my favorite things to make! So fresh and delicious! This looks great, I want to just scoop it up! 🙂 Thank you for sharing this on MMM! Looking forward to seeing what tasty creations you have this week! See you Sun. night!@ 🙂
Cathy
I need to make a batch of this! Looks amazing.
I have a small problem:( It is called an addiction to Guacamole. I wonder if I should look for a support group or just go ahead and make this recipe and keep it as my little addiction secret? I really do love the stuff and am glad I am the only one in my family who does so I can eat it all myself! Thanks for sharing this recipe and the pictures made me hungry just looking at them!
Yummers! Looks delicious, Shari! Guacamole goes well with EVERYTHING, lol!
I love guacamole and the lime and cilantro make it perfect. Your pictures are gorgeous. Love them.
This looks incredible! I love guacamole on just about anything! THanks for sharing!
I really could eat Guacamole every day. I love it and put avocados in my smoothies now. There are so may great things in avocados, but love to sit and eat guac with chips for a good snack.
I love guac! I found this lovely recipe on the Weekend Potluck link party and thought I’d stop by. I can’t wait to try it! Thanks so much!