One of my favorite spring/summer snacks is chips with fresh salsa and guacamole! My sister has always made the best guacamole. I have tried my own variations, but hers always tastes better, so she agreed to share her recipe.
What you need to make guacamole for a few friends, you can play with the proportions depending on how much you want to make and which ingredients you prefer:
1 sweet onion
2 or 3 firm large tomatoes or several cherry tomatoes
4 or 5 avocados that just give to a firm grasp, not too firm, not too squishy (Erin recommends buying firm avocados and waiting for them to ripen.)
1 soft lemon
Just a bit of mayonnaise
Optional:
1 cup of fresh salsa
A couple drops of Tabasco
Cut up as much sweet onion as you prefer, if you like onions I recommend using about half of the onion.
Cut up the tomatoes, removing the central mushy part and seeds. When you use the center of the tomato, the guacamole gets too watery.
Cut your lemon in half.
Then cut up the avocados last. I normally cut them in half, remove the pit, and then cut the avocado halves into strips and let the avocado separate from the skin.
Put the chopped sweet onion and tomatoes into a large mixing bowl. Then add the avocado slices and squeeze half the lemon over the avocado.
Take a small spoon full of mayonnaise and add to the mixture. Resist to use more than a tablespoon.
At this point you can add a little fresh salsa and/or tabasco.
Now use the back of a fork and crush all of these ingredients together. You can use a spatula to mix them together too, just be careful not to over mix it. You want to have some good chunks of avocado to keep the texture and look yummy and fresh.
A word of caution, make sure you serve and eat shortly after you mix, because the guacamole will brown. It's best not to try to save any leftovers since it always tastes much better fresh.
