Guacamole and Chips

So many people have told me how much they dislike guacamole, then they eat it at my house.  Guess what?  They love guacamole, but never knew it because they'd only ever had it at some restaurant or from the refrigerated aisle in the grocery store.  In fact, they usually ask how to make it before they leave.  That being said, this week's food adventure is for those that "hate" guacamole and those who love it, too.

You will need:

4 avocados                                             1 cup diced tomatoes
1 small onion, diced                                lime juice to taste
1/4 c. chopped, fresh cilantro                  salt and pepper to taste
1 bag white corn tortillas

This one's hard guys, peel and seed the avocados.  Mix first four avocados, onion, cilantro, and tomatoes.  Taste.  Add lime juice, salt and pepper to taste.  Refrigerate.

Heat oil.  Cut a stack of corn tortillas into six pieces.  Fry in hot oil until crispy.  Drain on paper towel before moving to serving bowl.  Repeat until you have enough chips.  Add salt to taste and toss chips lightly.

Put everything in serving bowls, grab some beers, and chow down!

 Notes:

*  Frying the chips is a to-taste thing.  We don't usually cook them for more than 3 - 4 minutes, but that can decrease the longer you have the oil on the heat.  So, check them regularly.  When you get them right, you will never buy a bag of whatever brand corn chips again.

*  We have made this with a little more cilantro than we did this time.  It seems to be good as long as you add just a little.

*  You will want to add at least a teaspoon or two of lime juice to your guacamole.  We usually use squeeze  couple of fresh limes into it, but this time we used a bottle of lime juice we had in the refrigerator.  Lime juice helps keep the guac from turning brown.  And, let's face it, brown guacamole is exceptionally unappealing.

*  Guacamole has consistently been a crowd-pleaser at our house.  It's easy to make and fun to eat.  We had it for dinner with nothing else.  Sinful!

Sandy's review:  4 stars

*  We used a few more tomatoes than usual because we had a bowlful we needed to use.  I think that made this batch a little bit thinner than normal.  But the flavor was perfect and the chips were crunchy.  It made for a delightful dinner after a hard day of work.

Tony's review:  3.5 stars

*  I think I added a few too many tomatoes because I was trying to use a bunch we had from the garden we needed to use.  That made it a bit runny.  I like mine a bit more avocado-y.  I noticed we ate every bit of it.

Cost:

Avocados - about $4
Tomatoes - from the garden
Cilantro - about 80 cents
Lime juice - we had a bottle of it
Onion - about 80 cents
corn tortillas - about $1.50
Oil - hmmm, we had it, but probably about $2-3 depending on the size of the bottle.

Total is less than $10 for us and  probably only about $13 if we had to buy tomatoes, limes and oil.  Really cheap, really fun dinner.

Sandy