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Guacamole Tapatío
Created by Chef Lupita
Guadalajara's cantina guacamole, smashed by hand with chile serrano, cilantro, lime, crumbled chicharrón de cerdo, and queso Cotija añejo. Chunky, salty, and nothing like the smooth green paste.
Jalisco first. Guadalajara, specifically, where tapatío food knows how to sit on a cantina table without apologizing. This guacamole is a botana from Occidente, not a generic bowl of mashed avocado. It belongs beside tostadas, cold beer, lime halves, and the sharp little crunch of chicharrón de cerdo.
The avocado is only the base. The character comes from the molcajete: chile serrano, white onion, cilantro, and sal de grano ground first into a rough green paste. Then the avocado is folded in, not whipped. You want ridges, chunks, and places where the lime catches. Smooth guacamole is for people afraid of texture.
The crown matters: crumbled chicharrón and queso Cotija añejo. The chicharrón brings pork fat, salt, and crunch. The Cotija brings that dry, aged bite from the borderlands of Jalisco and Michoacán. I learned this style from a señora near Mercado Libertad who tapped the molcajete with her spoon and told me, 'No lo hagas crema.' Don't make it cream. She was right. Así se hace y punto.
Ingredients
ripe Hass avocados
Quantity
3
halved and pitted, preferably Mexican
fresh chile serrano
Quantity
2
stemmed and roughly chopped
white onion
Quantity
1/4 cup
finely chopped
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| ripe Hass avocadoshalved and pitted, preferably Mexican | 3 |
| fresh chile serranostemmed and roughly chopped | 2 |
| white onionfinely chopped | 1/4 cup |
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