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4-Ingredient Guacamole Recipe

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Make a 4-ingredient guacamole recipe with ripe avocados, a splash of lime juice, a pinch of salt, and your favorite salsa for an impressively quick, easy, and totally delicious summer snack or topping. You only need the ingredients, a spoon, and one bowl before the chunky avocado dip is ready to enjoy.

4-ingredient guacamole.

In general, homemade guacamole is pretty easy to make. However, if you want to expedite the prep time and avoid all the chopping โ€“ youโ€™ll love this easy salsa guacamole recipe.

Mixing salsa with mashed avocado is a shortcut that avoids you needing to chop (or buy) tomatoes, onion, garlic, and cilantro individually. Plus, you can easily customize it to your favorite flavors. Whatโ€™s your favorite salsa? Mild, sweet, smoky, or spicy? Any type will work here.

Why Youโ€™ll Love This Recipe

  • Quick and Easy: Strapped for time but need a filling snack? Make this delicious guacamole in 10 minutes with only four ingredients.
  • Budget-Friendly: This recipe uses only simple, everyday ingredients that are affordable and easily available.
  • Fresh and Flavorful: Enjoy the perfect blend of creamy avocados, zesty lime, tasty salsa, and a hint of salt. Packed with healthy fats and full of flavor, this light and refreshing snack is a must-try summer treat!
  • Versatile: Perfect for dipping, spreading on toast, or adding to your favorite dishes for an extra burst of flavor. I love dipping chips, cucumber rounds, celery sticks, and other dippers. I also love making avocado toast with this recipe!
  • Crowd-Pleaser: Guacamole is perfect for solo snacking, for family movie night, or for summer parties and gatherings.
A bowl of guacamole with cilantro garnish and a piece of chip dipped in it on a wooden chopping board with chips.

How to Make 4 Ingredient Guacamole

Gather four ingredients and mix a simple guacamole recipe in 10 minutes or less. Skip the process of dicing onions and tomatoes, mincing garlic, and chopping cilantro as you would normally do to make traditional guacamole. 

Scroll to the bottom of this post for a printable recipe card with a full list of ingredients, measurements, and step-by-step instructions.

Ingredients You Need

  • Avocado: Choose ripe Hass avocado because they’re more buttery. Four avocados weigh roughly 2 pounds. 
  • Fresh lime juice: You only need the juice from one-half of one lime. 
  • Salt: A pinch of sea salt is perfect.
  • Salsa: In my opinion, a chunky fresh salsa like pico de Gallo is ideal. Drain the juices as you scoop out the salsa, leaving as much as possible in the jar.
A bowl of guacamole in the middle of chips in a black plate.

Step-By-Step Instructions

Guacamole is a very forgiving recipe which makes it great for people who donโ€™t like to follow directions and children just learning their way around in the kitchen. Itโ€™s usually fine to eyeball the ingredients once youโ€™ve made it a few times and have a general idea of how it should turn out. Then, feel free to taste test as often as you need and adjust the salt, lime juice, or salsa as you like best.

Step 1: Mash The Avocado Base

Half each avocado and remove the pits. Scoop the flesh out and place in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Discard the pits and skins (or save to use in a dye bath for a beautiful mauve color). Use a fork or a potato masher to mash the avocado.

Step 2: Add Salt And Lime Juice 

If you donโ€™t already know how to properly juice a lime, learn how to squeeze the most juice with one simple must-know process. Mash with a fork or pastry cutter (also called a pastry blender) until chunky.

Step 3: Add The Salsa 

Add the salsa. Stir gently to combine. Taste and adjust as you see fit.

Expert Tips

  • Buy The Perfect Avocadoes: If you donโ€™t know how to buy avocados, Tastemade chef Megan Mitchell says โ€œMy tip to picking the perfect avocado is buying ones that are slightly under-ripe, that still feel a bit firm.โ€ Ripe avocados are perfect to make guacamole!
  • Donโ€™t Overmix Or Over-Mash: Doing so will make the avocado lose flavor and texture. Those avocado chunks are what makes the guacamole uniquely delicious and satisfying to eat.
  • Season Well: Donโ€™t skimp on the salt! Start with a little, then taste and adjust as needed.
  • Add Extras: You can make guacamole just how you like it – try adding finely diced tomatoes, red onions, or jalapeรฑos for added texture and flavor. You can also experiment with mix-ins. Try garlic, cumin, or a splash of hot sauce to customize your dip.
  • Try It Mild: For a mild guacamole recipe, use mild salsa. Pretty easy, right? If you like hot and spicy flavors, use a hot and spicy salsa instead. Temper the heat of spicy peppers and easily adjust for your preference.
  • Serve Immediately: Guacamole is best enjoyed fresh. Prepare it just before serving for the best flavor!

How to Store This Recipe

Guacamole will oxidize quickly once the avocado gets exposed to air. If you see the top start to turn brown, you can scoop it off and discard it. If there is only a little bit, mix the brownish parts back into the bottom layers. This dip is best at room temperature for up to two hours before you need to refrigerate it. If the weather is warm, you might need to store it in the fridge earlier.

To store leftover guacamole, all you have to do is to cover the dish or bowl with a piece of plastic wrap and press it lightly to make sure that the plastic is directly in contact with the entire surface of the dip. You can also use an airtight container.

I recommend following this food storage tip for completely pushing out all the air from the container, and youโ€™ll completely avoid having the guac turn brown. Store in the fridge for up to 2 days. 

Freezing avocados is the best way to maintain its freshness, and guacamole is no exception. If you have avocados on hand and plan to make guacamole later, mash them up, add a bit of lemon or lime juice, then put in the freezer. It should last for three to four months.

A bowl of guacamole next to chips and two lemon slices in a wooden plate.

What to Serve with 4-Ingredient Guacamole

Serve guacamole with a full taco bar, Instant Pot chicken fajitas, veggie sticks, or tortilla chips. This is one of the best things for summer snacking and poolside afternoons. 

Guacamole is also great with omelets, burgers, chicken tinga tacos, burritos, and chicken slow cooker enchiladas. It pairs well with fish like crispy air fryer cod, chicken, pork, and beef. You canโ€™t go wrong!

This is also an easy guacamole recipe for nachos. Since youโ€™ll already have the salsa for nachos, just add a spoon or two to the avocado, and youโ€™ll have guacamole ready instantly.

More Quick and Easy Snack Recipes To Try

Donโ€™t you just love snacks? We all deserve a mid-morning or afternoon treat like this guacamole. Or perhaps something sweet like candied pecans, peanut-butter-stuffed dates, and other easy 5-minute snacks.

I donโ€™t know about you, but I just love dips and sauces! I like snacking on chips or fries and Lawsonโ€™s chip dip or veggie slices and my 3-ingredient onion dip. When we host backyard BBQs, I like to serve this guac as an appetizer while grilling cheap cuts of meat and serving with tiger sauce.

If you make this 4-ingredient guacamole, please leave a review. I really appreciate each and every 5-star rating and review comment! 

A bowl of guacamole with cilantro garnish and a piece of chip dipped in it on a wooden chopping board.

Guacamole with Salsa Recipe

Author: Jessica Haggard
Make a 4-ingredient guacamole recipe with ripe avocados, a splash of lime juice, a pinch of salt, and your favorite salsa for an impressively quick, easy, and totally delicious summer snack or topping. You only need the ingredients, a spoon, and one bowl before the chunky avocado dip is ready to enjoy.
5 from 40 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8 servings
Calories 166 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 whole ripe avocados
  • ยฝ tablespoon lime squeezed
  • ยฝ teaspoon salt
  • ยฝ cup fresh salsa

Instructions
 

  • Halve each avocado and remove the pits. Scoop the meat out and place it in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
  • Add salt and lime juice.
  • Mash with a fork or pastry cutter until chunky.
  • Add the salsa. Stir gently to combine.

Notes

  • Buy The Perfect Avocadoes: If you donโ€™t know how to buy avocados, Tastemade chef Megan Mitchell says โ€œMy tip to picking the perfect avocado is buying ones that are slightly under-ripe, that still feel a bit firm.โ€ Ripe avocados are perfect to make guacamole!
  • Donโ€™t Overmix Or Over-Mash: Doing so will make the avocado lose flavor and texture. Those avocado chunks are what makes the guacamole uniquely delicious and satisfying to eat.
  • Season Well: Donโ€™t skimp on the salt! Start with a little, then taste and adjust as needed.
  • Add Extras: You can make guacamole just how you like it – try adding finely diced tomatoes, red onions, or jalapeรฑos for added texture and flavor. You can also experiment with mix-ins. Try garlic, cumin, or a splash of hot sauce to customize your dip.
  • Try It Mild: For a mild guacamole recipe, use mild salsa. Pretty easy, right? If you like hot and spicy flavors, use a hot and spicy salsa instead. Temper the heat of spicy peppers and easily adjust for your preference.
  • Serve Immediately: Guacamole is best enjoyed fresh. Prepare it just before serving for the best flavor!

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 166kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 2gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gSodium: 268mgFiber: 7gSugar: 1g
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11 Comments

  1. This was a great guacamole, so easy and quick to make, and just perfect with some fries or nachos! My and my partner loved it!

  2. Of all the variations for guacamole out there this is one of my favorites. Using salsa eliminates the need to chop up tomatoes, onions and cilantro and is such as easy way to still make a delicious chunky guac.

  3. Okay, this guacamole recipe is my new favourite!! I am so excited to make it for Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday. Thank you so much for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. I love guacamole and your recipe is one of the best I’ve ever made! I will definitely be making it again!

5 from 40 votes (40 ratings without comment)

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