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Top recipes · No. 17

Guacamole

Mashed ripe avocado with lime, onion, chilli and coriander (cilantro). Best made just before eating.

Guacamole

Serves 4Prep 10 min

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe avocados
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • ½ small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 jalapeño or green chilli, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander (cilantro)
  • 1 small tomato, chopped (optional)
  • ½ tsp salt

Method

  1. Halve the avocados, remove the stones and scoop the flesh into a bowl.
  2. Add the lime juice and salt and mash with a fork, leaving some chunks.
  3. Stir in the onion, chilli, coriander and tomato.
  4. Taste and add more salt or lime. Serve with tortilla chips or tacos.
Tip: Press plastic wrap onto the surface to stop it turning brown if you need to keep it for an hour.

Cups and spoons are US measures (1 cup = 240 ml); weights and °C are given alongside. Cook meat to a safe inside temperature.

Food marks, as on packaged food in India: vegetarian · non-vegetarian (meat, fish or egg; Indian rules count egg as non-vegetarian). Recipes with both marks can be made either way.

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