This beautiful, tasty eight-ingredient, rich, and creamy Avocado Dip is always a family and friend party favorite. It is similar to guacamole but without tomatoes and with a texture that is very similar to hummus. Eat it as a snack with tortilla chips, crackers, carrot sticks, celery sticks, and bell peppers. It tastes delicious as a spread on sandwiches, nachos, tortillas, fajitas, burritos, eggs, enchiladas, and tacos.
How to make Avocado Dip
Add the fresh cilantro, fresh lime juice, jalapeno, sour cream, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and avocados to the bowl of a food processor or a blender. Then process on high until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Finally, garnish with a few cilantro leaves before serving.
How to pick the perfect avocado
For ripe, ready-to-eat avocados, look for dark green to nearly black skin. The flesh should yield slightly to gentle firm pressure but should not feel mushy. A dark black mushy avocado is overripe. If you pop the stem off with your thumb, you should see a nice green spot indicating a healthy avocado, but if you see a black moldy spot, then the avocado is overripe.
Avocado Dip Recipe notes and helpful tips
- If you are new to choosing ripe avocados, pick up a few extra ones. Sometimes, when you open an avocado, you may find that it is slightly overripe and that it is necessary to cut the dark blemished areas off and discard them.
- Peel, seed, and chop your avocadoes after you have the other ingredients in the bowl of your food processor. This will help prevent premature browning of the avocado flesh.
- If you like things with a little more heat, leave the veins and seeds in the jalapeno. Or add a few dashes of hot sauce.
- It takes several minutes to blend this dip smoothly in the food processor. Don’t give up hope!
- Make this more of a chunky dip by smashing the avocados with a fork. Then add the rest of the ingredients and stir with a spoon.
- This dip is best served shortly after it is prepared. Avocados turn brown when they react to the oxygen in the air. Lime or lemon juice slows this down drastically but err on the side of caution and serve fairly promptly. This dip will not brown as quickly as traditional guacamole, but still place it in an airtight container with a piece of plastic wrap right on the top of the dip.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge until ready to serve.
How to chop cilantro
Cilantro is sold in bunches. While keeping it in a bunch wash it under cold water and shake gently to remove the water. Then gently dry it with paper towels. Now cut the bulk of the leaves off the stem. Roll the leaves up in a bunch like a cigar and chop finely with a sharp knife. Chop only the cilantro that you will use in a couple of hours as fresh herbs start to lose their flavor as soon as you cut them. If not used right away store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to use.
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Avocado Dip
Ingredients
- ½ cup cilantro leaves coarsely chopped
- 2 limes juiced
- 1 small jalapeno seeds and veins removed roughly chopped
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon onion powder
- 2 large avocados peeled pitted, halved
- Assorted veggies
- Tortilla chips
Instructions
- Add cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno, sour cream, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and avocados to the bowl of a food processor. Process on high until smooth.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish with a few cilantro leaves before serving.
Notes
- If you are new to choosing ripe avocados pick up a few extra ones. Sometimes when you open an avocado you may find that it is slightly overripe and that it is necessary to cut the dark blemished areas off and discard them.
- Peel, seed, and chop your avocadoes after you have the other ingredients in the bowl of your food processor. This will help prevent premature browning of the avocado flesh.
- If you like things with a little more heat leave the veins and seeds in the jalapeno.
- It takes several minutes to blend this dip smooth in the food processor. Don't give up hope!
- This dip is best served shortly after it is prepared. Avocados turn brown when they react to the oxygen in the air. Lime or lemon juice slows this down drastically but err on the side of caution and serve fairly promptly.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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kushigalu
Love avocado in any form and this dip sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Beth Pierce
My pleasure!
tweenselmom
Avocado dips are so tasty! Thank you for sharing this with us. 🙂
Kat
thank you for another healthy recipe! I love avocados – it helps protect us against heart disease and lower blood pressure. I am trying this recipe later to day.
Jennifer L Prince
I pretty much only make guac, so I need to try this dip. I love avocado so much. This sounds delish!
Edgar
Whew! Avocado dip is the deal! How can anybody ever get tired of it? Thanks for sharing your recipe.
jen
Yes. Love this! Another way to use avocados. And spice up the routine. thank you! I love to serve this with homemade tortilla chips.
Gervin Khan
First of all, Avocado is my favorite fruit to eat. This dip is on my avocado recipe list. This dip was absolutely delicious plus the texture and color make it so enticing and beautiful!
Angelica
I’ve never thought to add sour cream. It makes it taste nice and creamy! Great recipe.