Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 2 ripe Hass avocados
- 1/2 teaspoon minced jalapeño pepper, or more, to taste
- 3 tablespoons chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper
- 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice, optional
Instruction
- In a medium bowl, mortar or a Mexican molcajete (lava stone mortar), thoroughly mash half of the onion with the jalapeño and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to make a paste.
- Cut avocados in half. Remove the seed then scoop the avocado into the bowl with a spoon. Add the remaining onion as well as the cilantro, and gently mash everything together. Season with lime juice and more salt if desired.