Guacin’ and rollin’ today! It’s the best day ever; my favorite dip has become a salad! This chunky, bite-sized deconstructed guacamole salad is sure to be on repeat in our house this summer. Think about it: buttery diced avocados, minced onions, generous sprinklings of cilantro, and bright, juicy tomatoes. All my favorite summer produce tossed in a bowl and served drizzled with a cumin-lime dressing. But also, how good would a guacamole salad be with crushed tortilla chips added in there? Or wait, even better – you can use tortilla chips as a utensil. Okay, I digress. Consider this permission for us all to eat guacamole salad as a chunky guacamole dip. I’m not mad about that.
Guacamole is an essential food group for me. Basically, anything with avocado is a go in my book. So one evening when I was putting dinner together and had a craving from guac (but really, when do I not) I chopped up a few avocados, plum tomatoes, through in some cilantro leaves and minced onions. That’s when I knew that what I deemed the best salad in the world was, in fact, a deconstructed guacamole salad.
What do you need to make guacamole salad?
large Haas avocados plum tomatoes (cherry tomatoes will work too) minced red onions cilantro leaves
What do you need to make a guacamole salad dressing?
olive oil freshly squeezed lime juice ground cumin garlic minced or grated jalapeño or serrano pepper big pinch of salt + a shake of cayenne pepper
How to make guacamole salad:
I’m worried my guacamole salad is going to be too spicy, how can I make it milder?
You can make my guacamole salad as mild as you like! Here are a few ways how:
omit the grated jalapeños or serranos leave out the cayenne pepper all together don’t use cayenne pepper or the grated jalapeno peppers, swap it all out for black pepper instead
What can I serve this salad with?
chicken carnitas chicken fajitas steak fajitas steak fajita bowls ancho chicken tacos and basically with anything you’d serve guacamole with!
Other avocado recipes:
Mexican shrimp cocktail stuffed avocados 5-minute creamy avocado dip Avocado shrimp salad with citrus dressing Mexican street corn salad Creamy guacamole dip Healthy Texas cowboy caviar Black bean tomato avocado salad Southwestern Egg Rolls with Avocado Cilantro Sauce Street Corn Rice Salad with Avocados
Serious question: Is it obvious I realllllly love avocados? This deconstructed guacamole salad has summer 2019 written all over it. ✅
Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
