Purely Simple Guacamole

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons onions, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped and firmly packed
• 2 teaspoons fresh jalapenos, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 medium ripe hass avocadoes (about 8 oz each)
• 3 tablespoons tomatoes, diced

Recipe

• 1 grind 1 tbs finely chopped onion, 1 firmly packed tbs chopped fresh cilantro, 2 tsp finely chopped jalapeno, and 1 tsp salt in a molcajete until all ingredients are well ground.
• 2 tip: alternatively, use a fork to mash ingredients into a paste in a wide bowl. (i use a nice sized mortar and pestle.).
• 3 cut 3 medium-ripe hass avocados (about 8 oz each) in half.
• 4 twist the halves to separate them and remove the pit with the tip of the knife.
• 5 place an avocado half, cut side up, in the palm of your hand and make 3 or 4 evenly spaced lengthwise cuts through its flesh down to the skin, without cutting through the skin.
• 6 make 4 cross-wise cuts in the same fashion.
• 7 scoop the diced avocado flesh into the molcajete.
• 8 repeat with remaining avocado halves.
• 9 gently fold the avocado into the chile-onion paste, keeping the avocado pieces fairly in tact.
• 10 add 3 tbs diced tomato, 2 firmly packed tbs chopped fresh cilantro, and 1 tbs finely chopped onion.
• 11 fold together all the ingredients.
• 12 taste and add salt, if desired.
• 13 serve immediately, directly from molcajete (or bowl), with tortilla chips.