This recipe for Chipotle Guacamole is an easy guacamole recipe made with creamy avocados and spicy chipotle peppers! Perfect as a dip or on tacos, nachos, quesadillas or your favorite Mexican recipe.
Start chilling the tequila and rolling the enchiladas, it’s time for a Cinco de Mayo fiesta! Today has always been one of my favorite holidays, mainly because I love Mexican food, but also because it symbolizes the start of the warm weather party season.
Yes, that’s a thing – at least in my world. Gone are the days of cozy dinners tucked away by a fireplace with roasted meats and heavy sides. It’s time for beach BBQ’s, booze cruises and light, fresh fare. Open the windows. Dust off the ceiling fans. Plant an herb garden. Have an allergy attack. It's Spring! Get into the spirit.
By now, you all know me as Coley, but if you’re my dad, you prefer calling me by my full name of Coley Boley Guacamole. He coined the nickname when I was a kid because - shocker! - it rhymes awfully well. But as life would have it, I grew up to adore guacamole as much as my name suggests (A LOT!).
In fact, I’ve been known to make full meals out of the stuff. Give me an avocado, a lime and a big bag of chips, and I’m a happy Coley. Sure, it’s not the most balanced meal out there, but then again neither is chocolate cake. Where am I going with this? I’m not sure. I have weird eating habits.
But seriously, does anyone out there not like guacamole? I’ve yet to come across anyone in my life who doesn’t. It’s creamy, crunchy, spicy, fresh and goes perfectly on a chip. And what’s shocking – even to me! – is that I’ve yet to share even ONE recipe for it on this blog. STOP THE MADNESS! That’s all about to change.
This recipe is actually better suited for #ThrowBackThursday then it is for #CindoDeMayo. This was one of my specialties back in college; up there with apple butter + pepper jack quesadillas, homemade hummus, and bags of microwaved kettle corn. We started calling it Coley Guacamole, because, well, duh! What else would we call it??
I love this guac for it’s deep complex flavor, but also for it’s simplicity: the recipe uses ingredients I almost always have lying around. Avocados are a house staple all year long, as is cilantro if I’m not growing it in my garden. Garlic, onions, salt and limes are always in my pantry, and you can usually find a can of chipotle chiles in adobo right along with them.
It's those chipotle chiles that really make this guac special. They take an avocado from 0-100 real quick. They’re super spicy and smoky with a robust tang, and you can find small cans of them in the latin section of most grocery stores. A few of these fiery little pods will turn an ordinary batch of guacamole into something sultry and seductive. This is like the Sofia Vergara of guacamole. It's almost too much to handle.
Is it too early to start drinking margaritas? Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Chipotle Guacamole
Smokey, spicy and totally addictive.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: condiment
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 small clove garlic, smashed
- 1-2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, plus 1 teaspoon adobo sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ripe haas avocados
- ¼ small white onion, minced
- ½ lime, juiced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
- In a molcajete, mortar and pestle or on a cutting board with the back of your knife, grind the garlic, the chipotle chiles and adobo sauce together until they make a fine paste.
- Add in the salt, avocados and onion and mash until the avocados mostly pureed but still a bit chunky. Mix in the lime juice and cilantro and adjust the salt if desired. Serve immediately with plenty of tortilla chips.
Notes
- Chipotle chiles can be pretty spicy, so adjust the amount according to your tolerance. It's always best to start with a little and add more after tasting.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 129
- Sugar: 0.9 g
- Sodium: 297.3 mg
- Fat: 10.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 9.1 g
- Protein: 1.6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: chipotle peppers, guacamole, traditional guacamole, cilantro
Peter C.
Coley, this is a terrific recipe! A couple things make this interesting. First, there is no such thing as a decent pre-packaged guacamole so everyone should be making it. Next, the chipotle in adobo is the culinary equivalent of a narcotic - once you start using it, you will become addicted and it will find its way into nearly everything you make. And finally, guacamole needs a champion like you! We use it as a condiment in place of ketchup or mustard, as a topping instead of yogurt or sour cream, as a side dish with some protein, mixed in with hash and/or breakfast potatoes. It is the best instead of butter lightly spread on corn-on-the-cob.
More guacamole recipes, please! And more serving suggestions, Coley Boley Guacamole! That's hilarious.
Coley
Glad you dig it! This was one of those recipes I never even thought about sharing because it's something I just whip up so naturally. I'll be posting more for sure! Love the corn-on-the-cob idea!
Peter C.
It's all those Chaine des Rotisseurs dinners that inspire me...
Sara & I will see you soon!
Coley
You're so right! Hope to see you both soon!
Shaina
I make meals out of guacamole and chips too - it's totally balanced!!! 🙂 and no, its never too early to start getting your Margarita on! Happy Cinco de Mayo, wish we could celebrate together...I think we'd do some gauacaome and margarita damage haha!
Coley
Yes! Maybe we can grab some when you're home next week!
Shaina
Yes please!!!! I'll call you when I get into town 🙂
Coley
Perfect!
Shaina
Wow autocorrect screwed that up...guacamole***
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