Saturday, October 07, 2006

¡Muy Delicioso!

Try this. Go out and buy corn tortillas. Cut them into rectangular strips. Fry them in corn oil until they are crispy, but be careful not to let them get too dark. Drain the the chips on paper. Do not just buy tortilla chips. If you do, I will hunt you down and . . . (I'll leave the rest to your imagination).

Make guacamole. Here is the best recipe I know. It is not a Chiapanecan recipe, as the following recipe is much better than any guacamole I have had here in Chiapas.

2 large ripe avocados
1 large tomato
3-4 tbsp. onion diced very small
1 serrano chile chopped fine (if you dare)
1-2 garlic cloves chopped very fine *
2 tbsp. olive oil
2-3 tsp. fresh lime juice
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
salt

Peel and mash avocados, but keep the pit. Add the rest of the ingredients. Mix well and salt to taste. Serve immediately. (Put the pit in the guacamole to keep it from turning brown.)

* The garlic is my own addition to an otherwise authentic Mexican recipe. I strongly believe it improves the taste of the guacamole. Perhaps they use garlic somewhere in Mexico, so maybe it is still authentic.

2 Comments:

Blogger Rick said...

Cilantro should be punishable by death! Other than that, seems like this'd be a good guac'.

9:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Au contraire! Cilantro and lime make life worth living!
But really, Glenn, how are you going to know about the tortilla chips? I'm not about to start frying at 12:30am! Ü

1:48 AM  

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