Salsa de Aguacate
Ripe avocado blended with lime juice, mayonnaise, onion and cilantro into a pouring sauce rather than a dip. Five minutes, and it goes over anything fried.
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 906kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados they should give under a thumb
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 4 tablespoons lime juice limon in Colombia is the green lime, not the yellow lemon
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ onion
- 2 tablespoons cilantro chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Chili hot sauce optional
Instructions
- Peel the avocados and take the stones out. Chop them and put them in the blender with the oil and the lime juice. Blend.
- Add the mayonnaise, the onion, salt, pepper and the hot sauce if you are using it. Blend again.
- Add the chopped cilantro and give it one more short blend.
Notes
This is a sauce, not a guacamole. It pours, which is the whole point: it goes over patacones, empanadas, chicharron and grilled meat rather than being scooped up.
The lime is doing two jobs. It seasons it, and its acid slows the browning, which is why four tablespoons is not as much as it sounds. Even so, this is best made within the hour of serving.
Press cling film onto the surface if it has to wait. Avocado browns where it meets air, and a sauce with a skin on it looks worse than it tastes.
Nutrition
Calories: 906kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 92g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 35g | Monounsaturated Fat: 42g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 1596mg | Potassium: 1063mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 363IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg