# How do you make your guacamole?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 19, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283 "2011-03-19T20:57:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/1 "2011-03-19T20:57:22Z")
Roomie made guacamole the other day. She says she wants to taste the avocado, so she doesn’t put much in it. Only some mayo and some garlic powder. I liked it, but I admit I added some Tapatio.
Today I decided to experiment for myself. I loves me some guac, but I don’t make it. So I used one avocado, some sour cream, some crushed garlic, some Tapatio, and a bit of lemon juice. Not bad. I liked roomie’s better.
How do you make yours?
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/2 "2011-03-19T21:28:19Z")
garlic salt, tabasco sauce and lemon juice.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/3 "2011-03-19T21:35:27Z")
Basically, homemade pico de gallo + avocado.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/4 "2011-03-19T21:37:04Z")
> [@Simplicio](#):
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> garlic salt, tabasco sauce and lemon juice.
Great username/recipe juxtaposition. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/5 "2011-03-19T21:40:22Z")
> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Basically, homemade pico de gallo + avocado.
Yeah, this. And the time to make it is determined by the ripeness of the avocados.
Keep the dairy products far away.
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### Author:  [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/6 "2011-03-19T21:55:09Z")
1. Mush up avocados.
2. Add salsa.
3. Stir a bit.
4. Consume.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/7 "2011-03-19T22:26:43Z")
Avocados, salt, lime juice, onions, tomatoes (I like my guac heavy on the tomatoes), chopped cilantro.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/8 "2011-03-19T22:29:07Z")
Avocado, salt, lime juice, garlic, onions, tomatoes, Tapatio. I like mine with a little kick to it.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/9 "2011-03-19T22:30:12Z")
Well, I got the garlic and Tapatio right.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/10 "2011-03-19T22:35:47Z")
I’m reading this with interest, because my mom made some over Christmas break, and we both agreed that there was something missing in it, but neither of us could figure out what. We didn’t use any mayo or sour cream; might that have been it?
IIRC, it was avocado, lime juice, garlic, and a little hot sauce (I thought it could have stood to be hotter, but that wasn’t what was missing). There might have been some onion in it, too.
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### Author:  [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/11 "2011-03-19T22:40:04Z")
2 avocado, mashed coarsely.
1 Tb minced onion or scallion
1 jalapeno, minced (more or less depending on how hot the pepper is)
salt
chopped cilantro if I have it on hand
Smush it all together a bit, squeeze lime juice over it, come back in about 10-20 minutes, mix in the lime juice, eat
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### Author:  [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/12 "2011-03-19T23:07:35Z")
I like mine chunky and spicy.
Avocado
lime juice (mix in quickly to prevent the avocado from going brown)
diced onion
diced tomato
minced garlic
minced jalapeno
chili powder, cayenne pepper, cumin, salt, black pepper
A wee tiny bit of sour cream
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### Author:  [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/13 "2011-03-19T23:15:26Z")
Avocado, garlic, olive oil, chili, lime juice, salt. Optional extras: spring onion, coriander, tomato.
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### Author:  [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/14 "2011-03-19T23:32:29Z")
Avocado, lemon juice, garlic powder.
If I’m feeling wild I might chop up a little onion or cilantro and add that.
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### Author:  [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/15 "2011-03-19T23:33:42Z")
Sour cream or Mayo in guac is blasphemy.
Chronos, what you are probably missing is cilantro. Personally I hate cilantro, tastes like soap, but some people (the genetic freaks that walk among us) seem to like it.
Slee
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### Author:  [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/16 "2011-03-19T23:38:30Z")
Mayo in guacamole? Bizarre.
I like garlic, red onion, jalapenos, tomato, a pinch of salt, and cilantro in mine.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/17 "2011-03-20T00:01:31Z")
Four parts avocado to one part tomato, mashed. I then add a a few tablespoons each of olive oil and lemon juice, a bit of garlic powder, some chopped cilantro, and a dash of hot sauce.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/18 "2011-03-20T00:25:27Z")
> [@](#):
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> Chronos, what you are probably missing is cilantro. Personally I hate cilantro, tastes like soap, but some people (the genetic freaks that walk among us) seem to like it.
No, that’s not it. I taste the soapy cilantro flavor, too (though not so strongly that I can’t handle it in moderation), and it wouldn’t have been improved by it.
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/19 "2011-03-20T00:26:06Z")
I’m almost sure what you were missing was salt, **Chronos**.
But then I’m really surprised at all the different answers. I thought most guacamole was made essentially the same way. Here’s how I do mine, on the rare occasions I make it:
-Mash up avocado.
-Juice lime.
-Add the juice to the avocado.
-Crush a garlic clove in.
-Add salt.
-Stir.
I use a lot of lime juice, because I love lime and don’t eat it often enough. But that results in avocado that tears up the inside of my mouth. So I don’t eat it often enough.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-guacamole/575283/20 "2011-03-20T00:43:56Z")
> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Basically, homemade pico de gallo + avocado.
To further expand on this, [here’s a video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es0zvypGXbQ) of the general recipe.
Basically 2 avocados
about a cup of chopped ripe tomatoes
chopped jalapenos (or serranos) to your taste
about 2-3 tablespoons or so of chopped white onion
chopped cilantro
1/2 teaspoon of Mexican oregano (I usually don’t add this myself)
half a juicy lime
salt to taste
Sorry for the vague proportions–she doesn’t give them in her recipe, and I just do it to taste. That should get you in the right ballpark.
I will sometimes also add a clove of garlic or two. Definitely no mayo or any dairy products. Avocados are already rich and creamy enough–they don’t need any help in the “butteriness” department.
I also do the avocados-lime-garlic-salt version of guacamole, as well.
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