Guacamole - Barefoot Contessa

Guacamole - Barefoot Contessa
Recipe Number: 1419
Contributor: bettyinthekitchen

Serves:
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Preparation Time:
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

4 ripe Haas avocados
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (1 lemon)
8 dashes hot pepper sauce
1/2 cup small-diced red onion (1 small onion)
1 large garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 medium tomato, seeded, and small-diced

Cooking Instructions:

Cut the avocados in 1/2, remove the pits, and scoop the flesh out of their shells into a large bowl. (I use my hands.) Immediately add the lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper and toss well. Using a sharp knife, slice through the avocados in the bowl until they are finely diced. Add the tomatoes. Mix well and taste for salt and pepper.

Notes: After halving and removing the pits from the avocados, I use a knife to score the avocado flesh checkerboard fashion. Then scoop the flesh from the shell. This way the avocado pieces are the perfect size and don?t have to be mashed or diced further.