- Ripe Hass avocados
- Lime, white onion, cilantro, serrano chile
- Salt, totopos for serving
Guacamole
Guacamole served in a molcajete. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Guacamole is mashed avocado with lime, onion, cilantro and chile, traditionally ground in a molcajete (volcanic stone mortar). The Aztecs called it ahuacamolli; the name survives nearly unchanged.
Good guacamole is made to order and eaten immediately with totopos. Restaurants that prepare it tableside in the molcajete are worth seeking out.
Key ingredients
Where to try it
- Restaurants that prepare it tableside in a molcajete
- Market fondas in Mexico City and Oaxaca
- Any taqueria worth its salt