Guacamole I
A comforting vegan built around ripe avocados, pico de gallo and fresh cilantro, chopped — roughly 55 minutes start to finish, and rated easy to make. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 6 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
At easy difficulty across 6 steps, it's a good one for a busy evening. As written, every ingredient resolved to a plant source.
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Diet: vegan — no meat, fish, dairy, egg or honey, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: none of the major allergens we track from the ingredients listed.
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How to make it
- Halve the avocados, remove the pits, and scoop the flesh into a medium bowl.
- Squeeze the juice of the half lime over the avocado right away to keep it from browning, then mash with a fork to a chunky, spoonable texture.
- Stir in the minced garlic, olive oil, and ground black pepper until evenly distributed.
- Fold in the pico de gallo and chopped cilantro gently so the guacamole keeps some texture.
- Season with salt to taste, tasting as you go and adding a little more lime if you want it brighter.
- Serve immediately, or press a piece of plastic wrap directly onto the surface and refrigerate for up to a few hours to slow browning.
Ingredient substitutions
- Lime
- lemon
Tips & common questions
How long does Guacamole I take to make?
About 55 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 6 steps and 8 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of lime?
Try lemon. See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Guacamole I vegan?
Every ingredient listed on this page resolved to a plant or mineral source in our ingredient ontology — no meat, fish, shellfish, dairy, egg or honey. Labels can still differ by brand, so check packaged items.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Guacamole I is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Guacamole IMGP1271.jpg by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.