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?
HI BROTHER!! My bro never smiles in my pics either. What a butt head. Anyway, LOVE the focus on avocados in a guac recipe!! Most take away from the avocados in my opinion by adding things like cream cheese or sour cream. YUCK
Ewww why do people insist on ruining perfectly good things?! haha
oh YUM! I think i need to make that soon! looks so simple and delish! love it!
You and brother are so cute! I love to have a nice and simple guac recipe on hand. Thanks for sharing!
LOVE guac. Like just love it! Great simple recipe too – go aheadddd bro!
this looks so yumm!!
Both!! I’ll be buying avocados later this morning. 🙂
I’m horrible at buying avocados! They either aren’t ripe enough when I try to use them, or I forget them until I have to toss them out!
Try putting them in the fridge – it’ll slow the ripening process. I generally keep mine out on the countertop until they’re just about ready and then in the fridge to slow things down (and buy some time!) If you’re anything like me, you probably hate wasting food, so I’m always looking for ways to prolong their lifespan. Hope this helps! 🙂
Thank you for the tip!! I’m going to try that 🙂
I love both. Can I love both? I know this is cheating… lol
That’s not cheating, that’s just picking the best answer 😉
I love guacamole!! Can’t wait to try this one 🙂
And you have to laugh since its Mark’s recipe 😉 maybe his kitchen duties in Arizona paid off after all!!
Sounds like my brother, lol! i looove avocados, so this is definitely right up my alley :_
just like a brother to not smile in the blog photo!
Hahaha I know, right?! 😉