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Spicy Guacamole Recipe

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Get ready to take your chips for an adventure and your Mexican dishes to the next level with this simple recipe for Spicy Guacamole. Your taste buds are going to dance with every bite.

Guacamole is my go-to when I want to serve a fresh dip or to add to my tacos and fajitas. It’s also a great appetizer to serve with nachos, tortillas, or even with chicken as a delicious side dish. Yes, I could eat guacamole with almost everything and by itself!

large bowl of spicy guacamole

This homemade spicy guacamole is tasty and easy to make. And the best part is that it comes together in only 5 minutes! Today’s version is spicier than the traditional one, with extra heat that will make all the difference.

Avocados and tomatoes are a perfect match, plus crunchy onions to add flavor and texture. For the spicy touch, you can use poblano peppers or jalapeños. Poblano peppers are spicier than jalapeños, so 1 poblano pepper or 2 jalapeños is good enough to make your mouth feel the heat.

While this recipe has jalapeños and pepper to create a spicy version of guacamole, you can still make it less spicy if your family prefers a softer dip. Just add fewer jalapeños or no jalapeños at all.

Avocados and tomatoes have a lot of flavor by themselves, so you will still have a tasty sauce to add to your meals.

Spicy Guacamole with Jalapeños

Jalapeños are great to add to guacamole when you want your heat level to be medium to spicy. You can leave the seeds in for extra heat and they are often a favorite because they’re easy to find at any store.

This recipe takes only 5 minutes, but check how to make Easy Guacamole in 2 minutes if you need a simpler version and don’t have all the other ingredients.

large bowl of spicy guacamole prior to mixing

Spicy Guacamole Ingredients

Ripe avocados are the best option for spicy guacamole or any other guacamole recipe. They are soft and creamy, and you can mash them easily with a fork. If you’re going to make guacamole the same day you get the avocados at the store, make sure to pick them ripe.

This is what you need to make this spicy guacamole recipe:

  • Avocados: ripe avocados are creamier and easier to mash with a fork. 
  • Roma tomatoes: avocado’s best friend for any guacamole recipe. 
  • Onion: adds flavor and a crunchy texture.
  • Poblano pepper or jalapeños: all the spicy flavor your taste buds were asking for. Poblano peppers are spicier than jalapeños. Both will work for this recipe.
  • Lime: add the right amount of acid that guacamole needs and helps keep avocados from browning.
  • Cilantro: adds more citrusy notes.
  • Salt: enhances the other flavors.
  • Cumin: for extra flavor.
closeup of bowl of guacamole

How to Make Spicy Guacamole

In just 5 minutes, you will have an epic Spicy Guacamole to add to your tacos and fajitas. Or grab a nacho and dig it into this spectacular sauce! Ready to cook? Let’s do it!

  1. Prep the avocados
    Grab the avocados and cut them in half. Remove the seeds, and scrape the meat into a large bowl. Smash the avocado with a fork. You can leave some chunks to get the classic guacamole texture.
  2. Make the guacamole
    When the avocado is ready, add the other ingredients: tomatoes seeded and diced, onion chopped, poblano pepper or jalapeños, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and cumin. Gently fold to combine.
  3. Enjoy
    Serve immediately and enjoy this spicy guacamole with your favorite Mexican dishes or any of the tacos from my Taco Tuesday Cookbook!
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What to Serve with Spicy Guacamole 

This Spicy Guacamole is a healthy dip to eat with nachos and, of course, the star of every Taco Tuesday! Easy, tasty, and spicy: it sounds like perfection to me! You can still make this guacamole even better if you add it to some of these delicious recipes: 

  • Cajun shrimp tacos 
  • Homemade nachos
  • Baked Tacos

Or, add some guacamole toppings such as black beans, diced peaches, extra onions, chopped bacon, and more!

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This simple spicy guacamole recipe is great for beginners and lets you adjust the heat level and love it with chips!

  • Author: Laura Fuentes
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8
  • Category: Dips

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe avocados
  • 2 medium Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • ½ onion, finely chopped
  • 1 poblano pepper or 2 jalapeños, diced with seeds*
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 ½ limes, juiced (¼ cup)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin

Instructions

    1. Cut avocados in half, remove the seeds, and scrape the meat into a large bowl. Smash the avocado with a fork, and leave a few chunks if desired.
    2. To the avocado in the bowl, add the tomatoes, onion, peppers, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and cumin. Gently fold to combine ingredients and serve immediately.

 

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Notes

Poblano peppers are spicier than jalapeños. Both will work depending on what is available at your store.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 99
  • Sugar: 1.7 g
  • Sodium: 152.3 mg
  • Fat: 8 g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.1 g
  • Trans Fat: 0 g
  • Carbohydrates: 7.6 g
  • Fiber: 4.2 g
  • Protein: 1.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg

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  1. Jenna Morales

    November 28, 2016 at 11:24 am

    I just saw your instagram picture of your green guacamole in the lunchboxes and hunted down this post to see what the fuss is all about. It would be awesome to make my own guacamole and be able to keep it in the fridge GREEN for that long! I’m going to buy it and try it since none of the other “tricks” work. For that person that suggested to cover the guacamole in plastic wrap, yeah no. that doesn’t work like at all.

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  2. Diana

    November 28, 2016 at 11:23 am

    I just used the Natureseal pack for the first time this weekend (thank you amazon prime!) and I have to say I was skeptical at first but it was a nice surprise. Next time I buy some I’ll take advantage of the BOGO offer, I just wanted to try it first and it worked!

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