Guacamole with Tomato
A variant of Guacamole — The tomato branch of the existing guacamole recipe.
sometimes contains gluten — check the label · only in an optional ingredient: dairy
Restrictions
Sometimes contains — check the labelgluten (chips tortilla)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.
Only if you add itdairy (cheese cotija)Leave that ingredient out and the dish does not have it.
Diets
VegetarianVegan · without onePescatarianNo porkNo alcohol
Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.
Ingredients
Servings:
| 2 unit | avocado (ripe, halved and pitted) |
| 2 tbsp | white onion (finely diced) |
| 1 unit | jalapeño (seeded, minced) |
| 2 tbsp | cilantro (chopped, stems included) |
| 1 tbsp | lime (juice) |
| ½ tsp | salt (coarse) |
| ¼ cup | tomato (seeded, diced) |
Optional
Not counted above. The dish works without them.
| 1 clove | garlic (minced) |
| ¼ tsp | cumin (ground) |
| 2 tbsp | cotija (crumbled) |
| 4 oz | tortilla chips |
Steps
- dice5 minonion + jalapeño + cilantro, cut finer than feels necessary — the fold at the end is gentle, so nothing gets any smaller after this point, and a coarse dice of raw onion reads as an intrusion rather than seasoning
- mash2 minmolcajete or bowl with a forkdiced aromatics + salt, ground to a rough wet paste. The salt draws juice out of the onion and chile and disarms the sulfurous bite; skip this and the raw onion stays sharp and separate no matter how long the bowl sits
- mash2 mincoarse, ~half crushed+ avocado flesh + lime juice, pressed against the side of the bowl and stopped while distinct lumps remain. Full mashing ruptures every cell wall, and the released enzymes and water turn the flesh gluey and grey-green within minutes — the lumps are structural, not laziness. The lime's acid slows the same browning enzyme, so add it now rather than at the end
- fold1 min+ optional tomato + cumin, folded three or four times only. Taste for salt on a chip, not a spoon — salt reads weaker against fat, and it will always want more than it seems to Include the full listed amount of prepared tomato in this version; fold gently to keep the avocado chunky.
- rest5 minplastic pressed flat to the surfaceguacamole, covered with the wrap touching the surface so no air gap remains. Oxygen browns it, not time; the pit buried in the bowl does nothing except shade the patch beneath it. Serve within the hour