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Awesome Classic Guacamole

A creamy avocado dip with lime, garlic, tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeño, salt, and pepper.

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Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Awesome Classic Guacamole

Timeat least 1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Halve and pit avocados and scoop flesh into a large bowl.

  2. Mash avocado with a fork and stir in remaining ingredients, combining well.

Chill and serve

  1. Chill covered with plastic wrap for at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

  2. Stir guacamole well and serve with tortilla chips.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

343Calories
6 gProtein
23 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Avocado + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together441 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Lime + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Avocados
Provide the creamy base and fat that give guacamole its smooth texture.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that brightens flavour and slows browning of the avocado.
Red onion
Adds sharp, pungent flavour and a bit of crunch.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and fresh, mild acidity to the mash.
Jalapeno
Adds heat and fresh, grassy pepper flavour.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma and savoury depth.

The step that matters

Chill covered with plastic wrap. Pressing plastic directly onto the surface limits contact with air, which slows the browning caused by oxidation of the avocado. Chilling also helps the flavours blend.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, garlic, lime, jalapeno, tomato, onion, pepper):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, garlic, lime, jalapeno, tomato, onion, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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