Best Ever Chunky Guacamole

Submitted by Mrs Goodall

"I've had lots of guacamole and this is truly the best. Of all the things I've cooked for guests, this recipe is is one of the best received! It's the bacon that makes the difference! The recipe is from The New Best Recipe cookbook. If you make guacomole ahead of time...*Guacamole can be covered with plastic wrap, pressed directly onto the surface of the mixture, and refrigerated up to 1 day. Remove the guacamole to room temperature, removing the plasctic wrap at the last moment, before serving."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 2-3 cups

ingredients

• 3 avocados, preferably Haas and medium in size
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 teaspoon bacon fat (reserved and rendered from cooking the bacon)
• 3 large scallions, sliced thin, about 1/3 cup
• 1 medium garlic clove, pressed (If you don't have a garlic press, just mince the garlic. I usually use 2 or three garlic cloves)
• 1 small jalapeno, stemmed, seeded and minced
• 1⁄4 cup cilantro leaf, minced
• salt, to taste
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin (more or less to taste)
• 2 tablespoons lime juice (fresh squeezed)

directions

1. Fry bacon on stovetop until crisp.
2. Drain bacon and reserve at least 1 teaspoon of rendered bacon fat.
3. When bacon is cool to touch, crumble it.
4. Halve one of the avacados, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into a medium bowl.
5. Mash the flesh lightly with the scallions, garlic, chile, cilantro, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and cumin with the tines of a fork until just combined.
6. Add the bacon crumbles and bacon fat and combine with avacado mixture.
7. Halve, pit, and CUBE the remaining 2 avocados. Add the cubes to the bowl with the mashed avocado mixture.
8. Sprinkle the lime juice over the diced avocado and mix the entire contents of the bowl lightly with a fork until combined but still chunky. Adjust the seasongs with salt if necessary,(you can add a bit more bacon fat if you like), and serve.

Reviews

[Baby Kato]

Amazing Guacamole Stacy. We enjoyed this tasty treat very much. I've never had it this way before, it was awesome. Deep, dark and delicious. We've only had it made with tomatoes or mayo before, this is a lovely addition to the rotation. Thank you for sharing a recipe, I will make again. Made for CQ4- Central America.

 

[Mia in Germany]

OMG this is good!!! Very different with the bacon bites, but so delicious! Thanks for sharing, I'll definitely make this again! Made for CQ 2017 Central America for the Happy Campers

 

[DailyInspiration]

What a great recipe -- we love guacamole here in Texas and they're always readily available in the summer. Loved the addition of the bacon. Just what we needed as a snack before our meal. Definitely a keeper and will make again.

 

[twissis]

Made as written for the CQ4 & the Happy Campers team - You may well have already heard my lecture on the word "best". As it has been applied to food in general, it is often way over-used. However, that is definitely not the case w/this recipe! (Did I have you scared for a min?) I do believe it is truly the best quacamole I've ever eaten & that's no sml praise from this Texas gal. When I noticed there were no tomatoes in the recipe, I thought I'd miss them but I was wrong. What goofball misses tomatoes when Bacon takes their place? Not me! Thx for sharing this recipe w/the Quest. Yum!

 

[Lavender Lynn]

This was so delicious. I added everything except the jalapeno because it makes me cry. The ingredients went together so well. I have never had guac with bacon bits before. Leaving part of the avocado in chunks was also new. This was the main course of our dinner tonight. My Dh made cheese quesadillas to go with this wonderful guacamole.