4 Ingredient Guacamole
This easy 4 ingredient guacamole recipe is the perfect dip to serve with your favorite tortilla chips! You only need a few basic pantry staples to transform your avocados into crave-worthy guacamole!
Guacamole Ingredients
You only need a few basic ingredients for this 4 ingredient guacamole recipe!
- Avocados
- Jalapeno
- Red onion
- Lime juice
I love how simple this recipe is but our whole family loves it! This is my brother’s “signature” recipe and he makes it for family gatherings regularly. It always disappears quickly!
Substitution Ideas
- If you don’t like your guacamole spicy, you can skip the jalapeno or remove the seeds for a more mild flavor. If you like it spicy, include the seeds and the pith of the pepper.
- If you don’t have red onion, you can substitute with white onion.
- For more color, feel free to add a few chopped tomatoes!
How to Store Leftover Guacamole
This guacamole is best served right away, but if you have leftovers, here’s how to store them! Place the leftovers in a small, shallow bowl. Press plastic wrap directly on top of the leftover guacamole and up over the sides of the bowl. Try to remove as much air as possible between the plastic wrap and the guacamole. This will help prevent the guacamole from browning. You can also add an extra squeeze of lime juice to help preserve the color.
How to Get Perfectly Ripe Avocados
- I like to pick out avocados before they’re close to being ripe. Most of the time, if they’re already ripe in the store, they’ll be bruised from people squeezing them.
- To ripen them faster, I keep them in a bowl with bananas! The ethylene gas released from the bananas will help soften the avocados quickly.
- Once the avocados are soft, I put them in the fridge. This will keep them at their peak of ripeness for a bit longer!
4 Ingredient Guacamole
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 1/2 cups guacamole
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: Mexican
Description
This easy 4 ingredient guacamole recipe is the perfect dip to serve with your favorite tortilla chips! You only need a few basic pantry staples to transform your avocados into crave-worthy guacamole!
Ingredients
- 4 large, ripe avocados
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced
- Juice from 1 lime
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Slice the avocados in half and discard the pit. Use a large spoon, scoop out the avocado flesh into a bowl.
- Mash the avocados with a fork and mix in the red onion, jalapeno, lime juice, and salt.
- Serve immediately.
Keywords: 4 ingredient guacamole
Looking for other dip recipes? Try this Mexican Street Corn Salad!
Do you like your guacamole spicy?
THIS is the flavor I look for in guac. I can’t believe how simple it is. Sometimes guac recipes are full of lots of other extra ingredients… but it complicates and takes away from the yummy flavor of ripe and ready-to-eat avocados. Thanks for this delicious recipe. So easy and so so good.
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I love this easy snack!
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Can I like both guac AND salsa? I like it chunky, with tomatoes added, but your brother’s recipe is really what they make in Mexico (at least from the region where I visited). If you are blessed with the ability to pick out great avocados, you don’t need to add much. 🙂
My favorite is super chunky guacamole! It’s like having the best of both worlds…salsa and guac! Yum!
I am a huge guacamole fan 🙂 Most of the time I like to keep it simple, but sometimes I like to make it a little fancy 😉
We must be long lost BFF’s! Guac & Lululemon are in my top favorites. I dig your new Capri’s. Oh and I sub onion powder. I just can’t do raw onions.
I’m definitely a guac girl, though I love salsa too! And it’s definitely the simpler the better when it comes to guacamole!
Yum! I also add a little garlic salt and freshly ground pepper.
nothing beast guacamole! the best stuff out there!