4 Ingredient Guacamole Recipe

Name: 4 Ingredient Guacamole
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Ingredients: 1 avocado; 2 Tablespoons lemon juice; Pinch of ground cumin; Pinch of sea salt

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Make the most of your appetizers with this ridiculously easy and fast 4 Ingredient Guacamole Recipe! Ready in just 3 minutes, this no-onion, no-cilantro guacamole is the perfect way to get your vitamin-rich avocados in. Perfect as a dip for veggies, a topping for tacos or even a spread for sandwiches, you'll be sure to make your meal even more satisfying.

A white bowl full of guacamole, a spoon on the side, sea salt ground cumin half an avocado and half a lemon in the background.

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⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
📖 Ingredient notes
🧾 Variations
🔪 Step by step instructions
💭 What can you eat with guacamole?
💬 Recipe FAQs
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Love guacamole but hate spending hours prepping it? You'll love this 4-ingredient guacamole recipe – it couldn't be simpler and takes less than 5 minutes of your time. Enjoy a delicious, crowd-pleasing dish without the fuss for your next get-together!

This vegan guacamole recipe is super simple and fresh. And you will only need 4 ingredients to make it! But don't get me wrong, I know perfectly well that this is not the authentic Mexican guacamole recipe. Not that the authentic recipe is not good. But I don't always have all the ingredients on hand to make a traditional guacamole nor the time to make it.

A few years ago, I had a perfectly ripe avocado and a sudden guacamole craving. And it was already late and I didn't feel like going to the store to get all the missing ingredients. So yes, I stripped them from the recipe. And I found out that, in fact, this 4 ingredient guacamole recipe without tomatoes, without onion and without cilantro was actually pretty good. And super quick to prepare. So that's how this recipe became my go-to guacamole recipe.

And if you love avocados, you should definitely try my Spring Roll Salad Bowl or my Mango and avocado shrimp salad.

⭐ Why you'll love this recipe

Only 4 ingredients (obviously!)
Extremely easy to make.
Ready in less than 5 minutes.

📖 Ingredient notes

All 4 ingredients for the guacamole spread on a white kitchen counter.

Avocado. Make sure to pick ripe avocados for the best guacamole
Powdered / ground cumin. One of my favorite spices. It will give this 4 ingredient guacamole a nice flavor.
Lemon juice or lime juice. Freshly squeezed (better than jarred lemon juice)
Salt. A pinch of fleur de sel (do not hesitate to read my post What is Fleur de Sel, if you don't know what it is) is a must but if you don't have any, you can use regular sea salt.

For the ingredient quantities for this 4 ingredient guacamole recipe, please see the recipe card below.

🧾 Variations

You can, of course, add some ingredients to this guacamole. Well, it won't be a 4 ingredient guacamole after that, but it will still be delicious! Feel free to add any of the following ingredients:

onions
diced tomatoes
cilantro

Add any or all of these ingredients to your favorite 4 ingredient guacamole recipe for an extra kick of flavor.

🔪 Step by step instructions

Cut the avocado lengthwise around the seed. Open the two halves to expose the pit. Remove the pit. With a spoon, scoop out the avocado flesh and put the flesh in a bowl.
Pour the lemon juice in the bowl, over the avocado flesh. Mash it with a fork and then add ground cumin and salt to taste. And voilà! Your 4 ingredient guacamole is ready!

💭 What can you eat with guacamole?

Guacamole is so versatile you can eat it many different ways:

You can serve guacamole as a dip for an appetizer. But now you're probably wondering what to dip in guacamole? Well, of course, corn tortillas. But also vegetable sticks (carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, celery sticks...) or even cherry tomatoes. Or you can dip (gluten free) crackers.
use it as a taco topping or a filling for a burrito.
have it in your vegetarian taco salad bowl.
spread it on a flat bread to make a wrap.
and why not just eat it with a spoon? Well that's what I do sometimes.

💬 Recipe FAQs

How to store it?

If you have any leftovers, store them in an airtight container in the fridge until the next day.

Can you freeze guacamole?

Yes you can. To do so, transfer your guacamole to a freezer safe airtight container and store it in your freezer.

Is Guacamole healthy?

Yes. This Guacamole recipe is super healthy. You will get all the benefits from the fresh and wholefood ingredients used to make it. A fresh and ripe avocado, a little bit of freshly squeezed lemon juice, a pinch of powdered cumin and a pinch of sea salt. They all have their health benefits.

Is lime juice necessary for Guacamole?

Lime juice (or lemon juice) gives a nice acidity flavor to guacamole. But of course, it's just a question of taste. If you don't like the flavor you can omit it.
But you should know that in this particular guacamole recipe, the lime (or lemon) juice, also prevents the guacamole from turning brown.

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