Guacamole Salsa
Hi, this is Kyle on Kids Cooking. Today, I’m going to show you how to make some Guacamole Salsa. It’s made exactly how it sounds, by combining the best elements of my two favorite dips, guacamole and salsa. Not only is Guacamole Salsa delicious, it’s also great as a cool-down snack after a long, hot summer day.
I found that the best way to make the Guacamole Salsa was to prepare all of the ingredients well in advance, and then mix it all together.
It took me a while to prep all the ingredients because I’m new to cooking, but I’m getting a little better each time I cook.
Avocado Salsa Ingredients
The first thing you do is mash together the avocados and lemon juice until it’s nice and smooth. Consistency is key.
Next, carefully mix in the salt, cayenne, and ground cumin.
Then, add in the diced onions.
Next, mix in the diced tomatoes…
Or at least try to. It wouldn’t all fit in the mortar, so I scooped everything into a larger bowl and added the rest of the ingredients – tomatoes, garlic, and cilantro.
Now, the best part…time to dig in. Well, usually it’s the best part, except my three brothers and my dad appeared to have other ideas. They seemingly scraped the entire bowl clean in a matter of seconds, leaving only a small spoonful of Guacamole Salsa and a few measly tortilla chip bits in their wake. Now I know how Mom feels when we gobble up her delicately made French macaroons like movie theater popcorn, and then complain when we realize that she didn’t make more.
Anyways, it’s great as an afternoon snack, football snack, or in this case, something to tide us over until Mom was done making dinner.
Guacamole Salsa
Ingredients
- 2 large avocados
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne depending on how spicy you like it
- 1/2 medium red onion finely diced
- 1 large tomato seeded and diced
- 1 tablespoon cilantro minced
- 1 garlic clove minced
Instructions
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Cut avocados in half. Stick a knife in the seed and give it a twist to loosen seed. Pull out the seed using the knife. Use a spoon to scoop out the avocado flesh. Place avocado and lime juice in a mortar and pestle and mash until smooth.
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Add salt, cumin and cayenne and mash until well combined with avocado.
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Add onions and mix to combine.
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Add tomatoes, cilantro and garlic, and mix well.
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Serve with tortilla chips.
Recipe Notes
Adapted from Alton Brown.
Now I want guac… big time. 🙂
Good job boys! I’d eat that in a heart beat!
Wow, this is the cadillac of guacamoles… you’ve included so many vibrant, tasty ingredients. Great job Kyle! We love our blue corn chips too… :).
looks to good! I would totally make this!
This is my favorite way to eat guacamole! Great job on mixing this up!
Fantastic. So great to see your family in the kitchen.
My son just started expressing a real interest in cooking, and it’s so fun! And hey, I will eat guacamole and salsa any day! Great recipe.
Guac and salsa are each so delicious you just can’t go wrong when combining them! Great idea!
Awesome job, Kyle! I love guac and yours looks better than mine, lol! Definitely going to try your recipe. 🙂
Love our kids cooking edition, so fun! I’d love to dip into this guacamole salsa!
Thanks you all! Kyle appreciates all your kind feedback. Hoping to squeeze a few more dishes out of him before he gets busy with school ;).