Best-Ever Guacamole

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Best-Ever Guacamole.

That’s quite a claim, but folks, wait until you try this guacamole.

It is hands-down the best guacamole in town.  No joke.

A molcajete filled with fresh guacamole topped with tomatoes and bacon

BEST-EVER GUACAMOLE IS EASY TO PREPARE

With just a handful of fresh ingredients, and the right technique, you can produce restaurant-style guacamole right at home.

Watch us show you how to make the Best-Ever Guacamole!

 

FRESH INGREDIENTS ARE BEST

Make sure you pick up the freshest ingredients from the farm or the produce section from your favorite food market.

Our favorite avocados to use are Haas Avocados from Mexico. We also love to use these to make our Avocado Deviled Eggs!

If you don’t have a molcajete, (the lava vessel) then you can use a sturdy bowl and a wooden spoon.  But we have to say, there truly is something magical about a molcajete that just make guac taste better!

A molcajete filled with ingredients for making fresh guacamole

INCREASE HEAT WITH MORE CHILI PEPPERS

We think the best guacamole has a smokey taste to it. Not too much, but just enough to deepen the taste.

This can easily be achieved with the use of roasted and slightly blackened peppers.

Our favorite pepper to use is a seranno pepper. Spice level is easy: 1 pepper is Mild. 2 peppers are Medium and 3 peppers mean Spicy! (Hint: The seeds in the pepper add heat…keep the seeds for heat, remove for no heat).

3 serrano peppers on a grill pan being roasted

Let’s keep building the flavor profile for this best-ever guacamole with: BACON!

Pick up some smoked Applewood bacon and then simply cook the bacon in the oven for about 15 to 20 minutes, until crisp.

The bacon compliments the avocado and other ingredients perfectly.

4 slices of applewood smoked bacon on a baking sheet

MUDDLE THE BASE INGREDIENTS FIRST

Use the pestle from your molcajete to muddle the blackened pepper(s), onion, garlic and salt with the fresh lime juice.

Muddling is simply applying pressure to the ingredients until they become almost paste-like.

You can certainly use a wooden spoon to do this as well.

Peppers and onions being muddled in a molcajete for guacamole

When choosing an avocado, you want to make sure it is soft to the touch, but not mushy feeling.

Carefully use a sharp knife to cut the avocado in half, starting at the top and working around length-wise.

After pulling the two sides apart, carefully insert the edge of a large knife into the pit, and then twist. Remove the pit over the edge of your sink or a bowl…do NOT try and remove with your hands!  Then, run a knife along the inside of the skin, and then use a fork, spoon, or your fingers to remove the flesh.

A Haas avocado split in half with a knife removing the pit.

BACON AND TOMATOES ADD EVEN MORE FLAVOR

For ultimate flavor, we use a combination of diced fresh tomatoes and sun-dried tomatoes (in oil is just fine).

The bacon and tomatoes are beautiful when scattered on top of the guacamole. And then even better once mixed into the guacamole!

None of the ingredients overpower any other, and the avocado remains the standout taste and texture.

A molcajete filled with freshly made guacamole.

After mixing everything together, this guacamole shines.

It’s perfect for a party, or pre-dinner appetizer, or a side dish for an amazing Tex-Mex dinner. Serve it alongside queso fundido with chorizo for a perfect Mexican culinary treat!

And it is an essential component when preparing Steak Fajitas!

FRESH GUACAMOLE IS A CROWD PLEASER

We know it’s a bold statement, but we truly feel this is without-a-doubt the Best-Ever Guacamole!

This is even great the following day. Just give the guac a good turn with a large spoon (it may be a little brown on the surface, which is normal and not unhealthy) and you’re good to go.

Now, open a cold Mexican beer, grab your favorite corn tortilla chips…and make this amazing homemade GUACAMOLE!

A hand holding a corn tortilla chip that has been dipped into fresh guacamole.

A molcajete filled with homemade fresh guacamole

Best-Ever Guacamole

Best-Ever Guacamole really is that: the best ever.  Be sure to grab the freshest ingredients, with avocados that are soft to the touch, but not mushy.  The roasted peppers add a depth of the taste that just can't be beat.  All the other ingredients work perfectly together! Ole! 
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Appertizer
Cuisine: Tex-Mex, Mexican
Keyword: Avocado, Guac, Hass
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 155kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 thick slices applewood smoked bacon
  • 1 to 3 serrano chili peppers 1 for mild, 2 medium, 3 spicy
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 medium yellow onion finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • Juice of 2 fresh limes
  • 3 avocados soft to the touch, but not mushy
  • 2 tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
  • 2 tbsp sun-dried tomatoes, in oil chopped
  • 1 medium tomato, cored and seeded chopped

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
  • Lay the bacon on a baking sheet and cook for 15 to 17 minutes, flipping halfway through, until crispy.  Let cool, then dice. Set aside.
  • Heat your grill to medium heat, or heat a cast iron skillet to high heat.  Add the peppers (using a grill pan, or aluminum foil on the grill), and roast until blackened and blistered.  Remove, let cool, then dice.  Set aside.
  • In a molcajete (or sturdy bowl), use a pestle or wooden spoon to muddle (grind) the roasted pepper(s), garlic, onion, salt with the lime juice, until almost like a paste.
  • Cut the avocados in half, running a knife around the pit from top to bottom and back up again.  Remove the pit and scoop out the flesh from each half.
  • Add the avocados and cilantro to the muddled ingredients in the molcajete and mash with the back of 2 forks.  Mash until you reach the desired texture.
  • Top with bacon, fresh and sun-dried tomatoes.  Serve with warm tortillas chips at once!

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Nutrition

Calories: 155kcal
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6 Comments

  • 5 stars
    Made this with on hand ingredients, didn’t have bacon, or the peppers, or the sun dried tomatoes. Used canned jalapeño, and a fresh tomato and no bacon. It was still sooooo delicious! My husband thought it was the best guacamole I’d ever made. I need that fancy mixing contraption also! Bottom line, it was excellent even without some of the ingredients, next time I’ll plan ahead! Can’t wait to use all the ingredients! This will be my go to recipe for sure!! Thanks for sharing!!

    • Hi Marla! That all sounds fantastic! During these crazy times, you’ve got to go with what you’ve got, and you nailed it! We are so glad you enjoyed the guacamole and thank you SO MUCH for letting us know and the great review. That means the world to us!! Stay safe and stay in touch!! All the best, Kris & Wesley

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