Elle's Kitchen: Guacamole

Growing up, there was not much Mexican

food in my life.  When Chi-Chi's opened on

the east coast, I admit I tasted guacamole for

the first time in one of their restaurants.

I had a friend who had spent the summer at

the Santa Fe Opera and when he came home

he told me he learned to make a mean guacamole.

Holy Guacamole!

You mean you can make this yourself??

Okay, in my youth, I could bake up a storm, but

I didn't know much about cooking.  Avocadoes

at that time were not a staple in our grocery stores.

And who knew what cilantro was?

Now, jump ahead a few decades & I now I can

make a mean guacamole.

Ingredients

2 to 3 ripe avocadoes

1/2 of a red onion, minced

a serrano chile, seeds removed, minced

 the juice of a lime

a handful of cilantro, finely chopped

a roma tomato, diced

1/2 teas. sea salt

black pepper

Peel the avocado and remove seed, mash

in a medium bowl using the back of a fork.

Add the rest of the ingredients except the

tomato and stir together.  Place plastic wrap

directly on the mixture to prevent browning

and refrigerate.  Add tomato just before serving.

Serve with tortilla chips.

And margaritas...

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