The Best Guacamole and a Pleasant Surprise. The Rio Grande is NOT all about Margaritas

The recipe The Best Guacamole and a Pleasant Surprise. The Rio Grande is NOT all around Margaritas could satisfy your Mexican craving in around 30 minutes. For $2.72 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 430 calories. If you have avocados, green onion, grape tomatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. A couple people made this recipe, and 50 would say it hit the spot. It is brought to you by Creative Culinary. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Overall, this recipe earns a spectacular spoonacular score of 83%. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Rio Grande Quesadillas, Rio Grande Skillet Dinner, and Rio Grande Pork Roast.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 15 minutes

Cooking duration: 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

3 ripe avocados

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

2-3 garlic cloves

2 cups of grape tomatoes, chopped

4 chopped green onion

1-2 jalapeno peppers, inside ribs and seeds removed, sliced and roasted for 10-15 minutes in oven or on grill until charred

1 lime, cut in half

2 Tbsp crumbled Queso Fresco cheese

Salt

Tortilla Chips

4 Tbsp chopped white onion

Equipment:

Cooking instruction summary:

Cut avocados in half, remove seeds and peel. Mash avocado gently with a fork to preferred consistency. Squeeze juice from lime into avocado. Mince garlic and add to avocado. Combine all ingredients gently, salt to taste - Be careful to not over salt; taste with a chip as that additional salt will impact flavor. Mound avocado in the center of serving plate and garnish with queso fresco cheese. Combine tomatoes and onions and mound on one side of the guacamole. Mount chopped cilantro on the other side of the guacamole and top with roasted jalapeno pepper slices. Serve with tortilla chips.

 

Step by step:


1. Cut avocados in half, remove seeds and peel. Mash avocado gently with a fork to preferred consistency. Squeeze juice from lime into avocado. Mince garlic and add to avocado.

2. Combine all ingredients gently, salt to taste - Be careful to not over salt; taste with a chip as that additional salt will impact flavor. Mound avocado in the center of serving plate and garnish with queso fresco cheese.

3. Combine tomatoes and onions and mound on one side of the guacamole. Mount chopped cilantro on the other side of the guacamole and top with roasted jalapeno pepper slices.

4. Serve with tortilla chips.


Nutrition Information:

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429k Calories
7g Protein
30g Total Fat
38g Carbs
23% Health Score
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Calories
429k
22%

Fat
30g
47%

  Saturated Fat
4g
31%

Carbohydrates
38g
13%

  Sugar
4g
5%

Cholesterol
5mg
2%

Sodium
384mg
17%

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Protein
7g
16%

Vitamin K
72µg
69%

Fiber
13g
54%

Vitamin C
38mg
46%

Folate
151µg
38%

Vitamin E
5mg
33%

Potassium
1062mg
30%

Vitamin B6
0.57mg
29%

Vitamin B5
2mg
26%

Copper
0.51mg
26%

Magnesium
100mg
25%

Vitamin A
1134IU
23%

Phosphorus
194mg
19%

Manganese
0.37mg
18%

Vitamin B3
3mg
18%

Vitamin B2
0.27mg
16%

Zinc
2mg
14%

Calcium
136mg
14%

Iron
2mg
11%

Vitamin B1
0.16mg
10%

Selenium
4µg
6%

Vitamin B12
0.23µg
4%

Vitamin D
0.2µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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