In my version of Restaurant Guacamole its filled with juicy ripe tomatoes, finely diced red onion, bright and aromatic cilantro, lime juice and a few dashes of hot sauce. Serve with chips or top burritos, nachos or tacos.
I’m that girl who can make a meal out of guacamole. I simply make a batch of the stuff, grab a bag of corn tortilla chips, sit down and polish it off. No prob. When it’s summertime, I find it being my lunch most days because it doesn’t take long to whip up and doesn’t require my stove to be on. So then I can just sit outside and stuff my face while reading and my girls are riding bikes or running through the sprinkler. In my opinion it doesn’t get better than this!
Summer is guacamole.
Guacamole is summer.
This guac recipes is pretty dang tasty. I even like it better than restaurant kinds because usually they only use avocado, tomato and some lime juice. Mine is loaded to the max, but if you want a little extra heat thrown in… then just add some diced fresh or pickled jalapenos… or even a habanero! Serve it with chips or on top of nachos or tacos… heck I’d eat it with a spoon!! Enjoy!
TO Make This Restaurant Guacamole You Will Need:
- avocados
- lime juice
- garlic
- roma tomatoes
- red onion
- fresh cilantro
- kosher salt
- cholula hot sauce
Start off by running your knife around 3 avocados, from top to bottom, letting the pit be your guide. Then just twist the two halves until they come apart.
To remove the pit; whack the pit with the blade (making sure the pit is stuck to the blade) of your knife and twist.
Ta-DAAAAA! Carefully remove the pit off of the knife with a towel and discard.
Then repeat with the remaining avocados.
Make criss-cross slits into the avocados… don’t go all the way through the skin.
Use a spoon and scoop out all the avocado pieces into a large bowl.
Discard throw away the avocado shells or throw them in your compost.
Halve the lime.
And squeeze them over top of the avocado pieces, this will keep the avocados from turning a gross green-brown color.
Sprinkle with a teaspoon of sea salt.
This is the fun part. Grab your mash potato thingy and mash those pieces until you get the consistency that you like. Chunky or smooth… it’s all up to you!
You know how I love my garlic press right? If you don’t have one… you should. It sure beats mincing cloves of garlic!!
Press out a medium sized clove of garlic into the bowl of the mashed avocado.
Mince up about 2-3 tablespoons of red onion.
Next, halve 2 roma tomatoes and with a spoon, scoop out all of those gross and goopy seeds and discard
Now you can easily slice and dice the tomato… small.
I try to keep it the same size as the onions.
Finely chop 2 tablespoons cilantro.
Add everything to the avocado bowl.
Give it a toss and season with 3/4 to 1 teaspoon kosher salt.
Grab the Cholula.
I like it because it has that cool wooden top, but it’s my husband’s most favorite hot sauces. He puts it on everything… from tacos to popcorn… I tell him he has a problem, until he reminds me of my french vanilla frappe addiction… and then I shut up.
Pour in as much or as little as you like.
Then toss some more then chill the restaurant guacamole, covered and in the fridge for at least an hour.
Serve this Restaurant Guacamole with chips and bring it to a party or family barbecue. Just be prepare for it to be gone in seconds. It also makes for an excellent midnight snack — self tested and self approved!
Enjoy! And if you give this recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Better Than Restaurant Guacamole
Ingredients
- 3 avocados, pitted and diced
- 2 roma romatoes, seeds removed and diced small
- 2-3 tablespoons red onion, diced small
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 clove garlic, minced or pressed through a garlic press
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- cholula hot sauce, to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl, slightly mash the avocado pieces.
- Then add the juice of one whole lime and a teaspoon of sea salt, and toss.
- Next add the pressed {or minced} garlic, chopped roma tomatoes, red onion and cilantro. Toss gently.
- Add desired amount of Cholula and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.
Notes
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Looks amazing! I love that you added hot sauce… I'm def going to have to try that next time I make guacamole!
Must try! I cannot resist Mexican food. Especially when avocados are used in it. YUM!
These pictures are so pretty! I love having guac in the summer! And THANK YOU for this brilliant tip on how to remove the pit!
Ooh girl. You hit the nail right on the head. I love guac, and this looks like the PERFECT recipe for me, right down to the Cholula. Cholula is the most heavenly substance to ever grace the face of this earth. The only difference I would make? More limes. I loooove me some limey guac. And now here I am at work, at 10 a.m., craving some guacamole.
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Ohhhhhhhhh dang does that look delish!
I agree Chubby McGee… I can't resist Mexican food either… I don't even bother to try! 🙂
agreed. summer is guacamole! i made some for the blog a couple weeks ago – paired it with a lime margarita! ow ow! THAT was a good lunch 😉
For a slightly healthier alternative – i suggest serving with some whole wheat pita thrown under the broiler to crisp up like chips!
Your pictures are amazing! Great lighting. This guac looks absolutely fabulous!
Tempting Mexican guacamole..
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LOVE guacamole. This looks awesome! Beer and Guac are a dinner in the summer – end of story!
Oh wow I bet this IS better than in any restaurant, looks delicious! 🙂
One of my favorite things, bring on the guac
I can't say I've ever really given guacamole its due taste test but after how pretty you make it look I really want to try!
I absolutely hate you for making this! I love Guac…like it's sickening how much I love it! I love it when it's freezing cold! I can eat like a whole bowl of it! I think I'm going to grab this stuff and make it for Sunday Dinner, I may even get fancy and bake my own tortilla chips!
My mouth is watering. So many of my favorite things are in this guac! I've got to make it soon… although I'm a little scared bc I'll probably eat it all myself. :/
Simply irresistible! I can make a meal out of guacamole…I love how full of texture yours is and my husband would flip if I put that hot sauce in my guacamole…he l.o.v.e.s. it!!
I love guacamole this looks so good. I have an addiction to Tapatio it's my hot sauce of choice.
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I'm with you on making guacamole a meal. Every grocery trip these ingredients make it into the cart and I stuff myself silly on guacamole and chips. I have a serious problem. I have never tried making it with hot sauce. I always use fresh jalapenos. I will need to try it your way sometime since that hot sauce is in the pantry and a favorite of ours. Yummy!
Looks so tasty. I've never made anything like this. Think it's time to try. Kim
I made this last night and it was spot on! Thank you! I've tried numerous times to get guac right at home and have failed. This recipe was a home run!
I Love guacamole! I have tried to make it at home and it never turns out like the restaurant. I will definitely try this! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Oh this looks absolutely delicious! Can't go wrong with Cholula!
My boyfriend and I have been making guacamole every other weekend for months, trying to find a good recipe. We tried yours this past weekend and it is by far, the best! The secret to the restaurant taste is the Cholula hot sauce, for sure. Thanks so much for sharing it!
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Imma use jalapenos instead of hot sauce when i get the chance to make this.