Grilled Guacamole

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December 5, 2011

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Avocados were on sale…can you tell? 🙂

I stock up when they’re a good price and then try to come up with some brilliant new recipe idea, but always resort to guacamole. Why? Because {1} I may be slightly addicted to the stuff {2} it’s super easy to make {3} what else are you going to make with 17 avocados? {4} I may be slightly addicted to the stuff.

I may or may not have a problem.

Raise your hand if you’re on team GUAC. {And before you raise your hand, I’m gonna let the cat out of the bag and say that this is the winning team…HOLLA!}

So instead of whipping up my usual Guacamole, I decided to grill all my ingredients first. Avocados? On the grill? YES, I did!! Truth be told, I’ve always wanted to be a rebel and grill a ripe avocado {it’s a messy and delicious business} plus I got a new gadget in the mail!! {One of the many fun things you’ll get to win starting next Monday! BE EXCITED.}

This recipe is just like any other guacamole recipe, except you char up the ingredients first. After that, you chop and mush it all together and voila–> Grilled guacamole! It’s really a beautiful, simple, mouth watering, calorie laden snack. However, it’s da bomb.com and you won’t be able to shovel it into your mouth fast enough. *Consider yourselves warned*

Ready? Here we go….

All these ingredients shouldn’t look too foreign if you’re a guac addict such as myself.

Start out by preheating an outdoor grill or an indoor grill {or a panini press that turns into a grill ;)…yup, I’m giving away a panini press next week!}

Slice all your avocados down the center, remove the pit and scoop out the flesh, preferably in one big piece.

Quarter up some tomatoes and slice some red onions too.

Brush all your veggies with some olive oil to make sure they don’t stick. *Important* {Also, see that gorgeous silicone brush? Giving away a big set of Le Creuset utensils next week too!}

Then, just place everything on the grill and leave it all alone for a good 5 minutes or until you start getting some color.

In the mean time, grate a big fat clove of garlic into a bowl. Microplanes work amazingly well for this. If you don’t have one, I recommend getting one! This has been an unpaid endorsement for Microplane.

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After 5-ish minutes, turn your veggies {or fruits?}. You’re looking for a deep brown/black. If I was using a BBQ, I’d want a little char action going on. An indoor grill doesn’t quite work as an outdoor one, but you get the idea.

Also, tomatoes are tough little buggers to char because their water content is so high. This is as good as I got.

Once your avocados are looking happy and delicious with some lovely grill marks, plop them into that bowl with the grated garlic.

Squeeze some lime juice over top…

and mash the whole thing together. Is it just me, or do you want to dive head first into this photo?

Chop up the grilled tomatoes {removing the seeds and skins}, cilantro and onions and throw those on top of the mashed avocados.

Of course add in some S&P too.

And stir the whole thing together. See? Not hard at all! My husband could even make this!

Spoon it into a bowl and serve with chips.

Come to momma.

Feel free to switch this recipe up and adjust it to your liking. Here are some yummy variations you’re gonna want to check out!

Grilled Guacamole from Savory Sweet Life
Grilled Guacamole from Two Peas and Their Pod
Grilled Guacamole from Civilized Caveman
Grilled Corn Guacamole from The Pioneer Woman

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