Easiest Guacamole Recipe
The easiest guacamole recipe has to be both simple to make and delicious to eat. Your time is precious, but so are your tastebuds. Not to mention the opinion of the people you share it with. If you “don’t have time to cook” but still want to make tasty guacamole, this recipe is for you. It fits the bill as both “simple” and “delicious.”
Now that we’re rolling into the holiday season, when people are doing more socializing — parties, office potlucks, tailgating, etc. – which usually means having food, it will occasionally be incumbent on you to share something to eat, whether it’s for your own party or a potluck to which you bring a dish. Fortunately, if you’re pressed for time, guacamole is something everyone enjoys, and now you’ll have a recipe that is about the easiest-ever guacamole recipe to fix.
Of course, it’s easy to pick up a six-pack of Izze (or PBR) on your way over to the potluck, but people are more impressed when you actually make it yourself. Shows that you care. We’re all aware of that, but we don’t always act on it, do we? Sometimes we just pick up something at the supermarket deli and call it even. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Well-made guacamole is delicious (strange, seeing as how we hated eating avocados when we were a kid), so here’s how to make the easiest guacamole recipe you’ve ever seen — a yummy bowl of dipping goodness that you can whip up in about 3 minutes and look like you went to some effort to make with your own hands.
Now, I suppose actually the easiest guacamole recipe would be to just mash up some avocados, sprinkle salt on them and call it done. But that would not be so tasty. It would be a sham. (Guacamole = Spanish for “squishy green guano-like paste.” Actually, the translation of guacamole is “guacamole.” It’s the same word in English. Or you could call it “avocado mousse” as one Mexican restaurant menu I saw did, trying to make it easy for gringos. Call it “avocado mousse” as you serve it at the party — that’s also known as a conversational “ice-breaker.” Or you could be really literal and call it an “alligator pear salad.”)
The following guacamole recipe is not only easy, it tastes good. It has three steps…
1. Slice 2 (or more, if you’re serving lots of people) avocados in half lengthwise. (Use one of the cool kitchen knives I reviewed.) Remove the peel and pits and toss them in a bowl (the avocado halves, not the peel and pits).
2. Mash the avocados. I like to use a round potato masher. But a fork works, too (albeit with more effort, and you probably wouldn’t have been interested in a post entitled “Easiest Guacamole Recipe” if you wanted to add effort).
3. Pour a dollop of your favorite salsa on the mashed avocados and stir it in well (the salsa disappears, leaving only that creamy green). I personally prefer Herdez Casera medium (imported from Mexico). Test the taste with a chip. If it’s still a little too avocadoey, add more salsa.
Then serve. It’s really good!
Now, I know what you’re thinking. That’s too easy. Well, I didn’t say it wouldn’t be easy, did I? I said it was easy. “Ease” is between you and your conscience. All I know is that people like to eat this stuff. And you made it yourself. Hey, avocados and salsa don’t just put themselves together.
Of course, when you go to your potluck or have your party, you’ll want to supply some chips to go with the guacamole. It’s the stand-up thing to do. If you want to be a little more hip with your chips, go to your favorite Mexican restaurant and pick up a bag of their chips, the ones they serve with the house salsa while you’re waiting for your entré. Much better than a lame bag of Doritos.
When you put the guacamole and chips together, you get this:
Festive, eh? Now you can confidently proceed to be the life of the potluck, as you enjoy all the great dishes that other people have spent hours slaving over. In order to entertain those people and enhance your rapport, you can memorize and perform the following*:
*Courtesty of “Community.”
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