The Best Homemade Guacamole Recipe

This simple homemade guacamole recipe is easy to make and absolutely the best! A must for any party and especially for game days and the Super Bowl!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings to 6 servings

Calories 165

Slice each avocado in half, remove the pit and scoop the flesh into a medium bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and use a potato masher or large fork to mash the mixture until the avocados are mostly broken down but still have a chunky consistency. Give a final stir with a spoon and serve immediately with tortilla chips.
The guacamole can be stored in an airtight container with plastic wrap pressed directly on top of the guacamole in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Avocados – The best guacamole hinges on avocados that are perfectly ripe; not hard and underripe and not brown and stringy overripe. So how to know when you’re at the sweet spot? Give the avocado a gentle squeeze; it should give a little, not be completely firm or feel mushy. The skin should also be very dark green (almost black). If your avocados are perfectly ripe, you can move them to the refrigerator and they will stay for at least a few days in that ripe sweet spot.
Fruit – To put a sweet spin on guacamole, you can add 1 cup of small diced mango, pineapple, or peaches. Once you’ve tried it, feel free to experiment with the amount of fruit you add to suit your taste.
Storage – Guacamole is best eaten the same day it is made, but if you have a significant amount leftover, you can press plastic wrap directly against the surface and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Guacamole does not freeze well.

Nutritional values are based on one serving