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Ingredients

  • 6 Hass avocadoes
  • 1 lime
  • 1/4 cup diced onion
  • 1/4 cup diced plum tomato
  • 1/4 cup diced bell pepper
  • 1 tablespoon hot peppers or 1 tablespoon hot sauce, of your choice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
  • 1/4 cup beer (Corona if possible) (optional)
  • 4 diced garlic cloves

Method

  • When selecting Haas Avocados, it is important to make sure that they are ripe if you want to use them right away.
  • Ripe Characteristics: *Skindarkens as it ripens. *Fruityields to gentle pressure when ripe."http://www.avocado.org/avocado-facts/hass-avocados.php".
  • Rinse off produce.
  • Take avocados and take a sharp knife and slice to the pit lengthwise, then carefully slide knife around keeping the blade against the pit cutting the avocado in half.
  • pull the pieces apart.
  • Using the blade of the knife wack the pit embedding the knife into it and turn, this should free the pit.
  • Using a spoon scrape the flesh of the fruit from the skin, need the stem of the avocado make sure to remove any unwanted bits.
  • Place fruit into mixing bowl and repeat for the rest of the avocados.
  • Using a masher, or spoon, mash the avocados until they are a homogeneous paste.
  • Dice the produce to the desired thickness that you like.
  • You can keep the seeds in if you like.
  • Dice the garlic as fine as you wish.
  • Add this mixture, except hot peppers to the bowl.
  • Take the lime and put it into a microwave for about 15-30 seconds.
  • This will bring more juices out of the lime.
  • Then cut it in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl.
  • Add the beer, if you desire.
  • Thouroughly mix the ingredients.
  • Slowly add hot pepper/sauce and seeds, testing for hotness.
  • When it is ready, salt to taste, remember that the tortilla chips will also be somewhat salted.
  • It is best to test the guacamole with a chip.