Simple Smoky and Spicy Guacamole

This simple, smoky and spicy guacamole is so easy to make in under 10 minutes with just 6 ingredients. It has an addictively hot and smoky flavor that will keep you dipping chip after chip.

Guacamole itself is simple: mash up avocado with lime, a few seasonings, and you’ve got a dip that will take any meal or chip from plain to amazing. I'm taking it up a few notches by adding spicy and smoky chipotle peppers in adobo into the mix for a mouthwatering chunky and spicy guacamole.

Scoop it up with tortilla chips or spoon it onto nachos, chicken carnitas tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, or your favorite Mexican dish.

Ingredient Notes

• Avocados - You’ll need ripe avocados for guacamole – which can sometimes feel impossible! Follow the tips below for finding the ripest avocados for your guac. 
• Chipotle peppers in adobo -These little peppers in adobo sauce are deliciously smoky and can be spicy! Because of this, start with a small amount and work your way up to the level or spiciness you want. 

Helpful Equipment

• You can use a traditional Mexican molcajete or mortar and pestle, which is similar. Or, use the back of a chef's knife and a little bit of coarse salt to grind the garlic and chipotle chilies together into a paste, then mix everything together in a bowl. 

Step by step instructions

1. Grind the garlic and the chipotle chiles in adobo sauce together until they make a fine paste.
2. Add in the salt, avocados, and onion and mash until the avocados are mostly pureed but still a bit chunky. 
3. Mix in the lime juice and cilantro and adjust the salt if desired. Serve immediately with plenty of tortilla chips.

How to Buy and Ripen Avocados For Guacamole

If you’ve ever bought an avocado, you know they seem to go from rock hard to rotten in a matter of hours. While that might be a slight exaggeration, it can be tough to know exactly what’s under that rough brown skin! 

Here are some tips for cutting open a perfectly ripe avocado every time. 

• Check the color. Ripe avocados will have a dark green/brown/almost black color. Unripe avocados may have brighter green skin but can also be dark, so you can’t tell by color alone. 
• Feel the firmness. Ripe avocados will give slightly when you apply gentle pressure. Unripe avocados are firm when squeezed, while ones that are too ripe will really squish under gentle pressure. 

Avocados can take up to 5 days to ripen on the counter, so buy them ahead of time so they’re ready to mash when you make your guac! Once ripe, store the avocado in the refrigerator for 1-2 days to keep them from becoming too ripe before you can use them. 

Storage

As soon as you cut into an avocado, oxidation takes place, and the bright green flesh slowly starts the ascent to brownness. For this reason, guacamole is best when eaten immediately, but you can store it for up to 12 hours with minimal color change if you do this one thing!

Once you’ve prepared your spicy guacamole, take a piece of plastic wrap and place it directly over the guacamole, gently pressing down so that all the air is pushed out of the space between the guacamole and plastic. 

Oxygen is what turns avocado from green to brown, so keep as much of it away from the guacamole as possible. This should keep your guac fresh for up to 12 hours (maybe longer!). 

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