Guacamole without tomatoes is a quick and easy guacamole recipe that you can make at home. Using simple ingredients and 10 minutes of time, you have the perfect fresh dip for your next family movie night, game night or potluck.
This recipe takes all the things you love about guacamole like ripe avocados, diced red onions, fresh cilantro, a touch of garlic and the perfect seasonings to add flavor to satisfy Mediterranean taste buds.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- Guacamole is made from avocados which are nutrient and fiber packed.
- A great low carb dip.
- Only 10 minutes and very easy for the best guacamole dip recipe.
- Fresh tasting and better than store bought guacamole.
- A delicious dip perfect for veggie dipping.
- Makes a great side dish with many dishes.
Homemade guacamole is so simple to make you're going to wonder why you haven't been making it at home. This easy guacamole recipe is very versatile. If you want to add more of one spice or less of another, go for it! As you make your guacamole, add a small amount of seasoning, taste it and adjust as needed. Too much of a seasoning, you can always add more avocado to round out the taste.
📝 Ingredients
📋 Ingredient Notes
- Avocados: Choose rip avocados, this is essential for a great guacamole. We love Haas avocados, but use your favorite.
- Red onion: Red onions have a nice taste but any diced onions can be added.
- Lime juice: Fresh is best tasting, definitely a must for any guacamole recipe.
- Cilantro: A favorite for me, but if it's not to your liking you can leave it out.
- Spices: Salt, cumin, coriander and sumac are favorites for this Mediterranean recipe.
- Cayenne pepper: If you love heat use a touch of cayenne or diced jalapeño.
- Garlic: We love garlic in ours, just one clove is enough flavor.
🥄 Instructions
- Cut avocados in half, scoop out flesh and discard the seed.
- Using a fork mash up the avocados to the desired consistency.
- Add onions, garlic, cilantro, lime juice and all the spices.
- Stir to combine well. Taste to adjust seasonings and then serve.
💡 Expert Tips
- Discard any browned areas of your avocados, if there are any.
- Taste as you go to adjust salt and lime juice.
- You can use either Jalapeños instead of cayenne pepper if you would like to.
- Or skip the cayenne pepper for a no spicy guacamole.
- Leftovers should be kept in a glass bowl and covered tightly with plastic wrap right on top of the guacamole.
- If the surface turns brown just scrape the top and the rest will be green.
💬 FAQs
Homemade guacamole is an easy recipe to spice up if needed. Add in an extra squeeze of lime or even a lemon. Finely diced sweet bell peppers, chives or tomatoes. A dollop of sour cream, cream cheese or even plain yogurt.
Healthy guacamole dip is perfect to serve with pita bread, veggies like cucumbers, carrot and celery sticks, broccoli and bell pepper strips. Tortilla chips and fresh bread are also fun to eat with guacamole.
⌛ Make Ahead
- Although guacamole only takes a few minutes to make and it's better to make it right before serving it, you could make it ahead of time and store it in an air tight container with a thin layer of oil and covered with plastic wrap. Using the layer of oil and the plastic wrap will help keep the guac from turning brown.
- Guacamole can stay fresh in your fridge for up to 24 hours. Pour out the oil, give it a good stir and taste to adjust seasonings before serving.
🍽️ Serve With
Guacamole can be served as a dip or even as a bread spread. Serve guac with Kofta, Kebabs and grilled chicken. Sweet bell peppers, carrots, celery are all great veggie ideas too.
👩🍳 Variations
- You can add more of one seasoning and less of another, it's really based on your preferences.
- Add more lime juice or even a squeeze of lemon.
- Add finely diced sweet bell peppers, chives or yes, even tomatoes.
- Add a touch of sour cream, yogurt or cream cheese if you like your guacamole on the creamier side.
🧺 Storage
Store leftover no tomato guacamole in an air tight container with a thin layer of oil of your choice and a layer of plastic wrap. Discard the oil before consuming.
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No Tomato Guacamole recipe
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- fork or potato masher
Ingredients
- 2 large ripe Haas avocados
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice from half a lime or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon sumac optional for extra tartness
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional for heat
- ¼ cup onion finely diced
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ¼ cup cilantro chopped
- ½ teaspoon Salt or to taste
Instructions
- Cut avocados in half, scoop out the flesh and discard seed.
- Using a fork mash up the avocados to desired consistency.
- Add onions, garlic, cilantro, lime juice and all the spices. Stir to combine well.
- Taste to adjust seasoning then serve.
Notes
- Discard any browned areas in your avocados if there is any.
- Taste as you go to adjust salt and lime juice.
- You can use Jalapeños instead of cayenne pepper if you would like to.
- Or skip the cayenne pepper for a no spicy guacamole.
- Store leftover no tomato guacamole in an air tight container with a thin layer of oil of your choice and a layer of plastic wrap. Discard the oil before consuming.
- Leftovers should be kept in a glass bowl and covered tightly with plastic wrap right on top of the guacamole.
- If the surface turns brown just scrape the top and the rest will be green.
- Make ahead:
- Although guacamole takes literally minutes to make and I would love for you to serve it fresh, you can still make it a head, place in an airtight container and cover top with a thin layer of oil. Can stay fresh in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Pour out the oil, give it a good stir and taste to adjust seasoning again before serving.
- Variations:
- You can add more of one seasoning and less of another, it's really based on your preferences.
- Add more lime juice or even a squeeze of lemon.
- Add finely diced sweet bell peppers, chives or yes, even tomatoes.
- Add a touch of sour cream, yogurt or cream cheese if you like your guacamole on the creamier side.
- For more flavor, chop onions first and soak them in the lime juice for 10-15 minutes, it takes some of the harshness out of the onions and distributes the flavor of both very well.
- If you love more lime flavor in guac try adding the zest from the lime to the mix, bumps up the flavor a notch.
- Serve with:
- Serve guacamole with corn chips, tortillas chips, veggie stick, kofta, grilled chicken or along side any Mexican or Mexican inspired dinner.
- Please check the nutrition disclaimer policy.
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First published March, 2018 . Last updated April 27, 2022 with important tips, clear step by step instructions and readability.
John / Kitchen Riffs
This looks wonderful! Best. Guacamole. Ever. Really nice flavors in this -- thanks.
Amira
Thanks John, I hope you'll try it in May .. or may be sooner :).
Evelyne CulturEatz
I am so happy you saw the light and jumped on the avocado bandwagon lol, guacamole is the best and this is a winner.
Amira
It was hard for me to accept it at the beginning 🙂 , but as you've said I've seen the light finally.