Bacon and Blue Cheese Guacamole
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Category
Snack
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Cusine
TexMex
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
5 slices bacon, preferably thick cut
3 large ripe avocados
2 to 3 teaspoons red or white wine vinegar
1/4 cup minced red onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Dash hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese, divided
Salt to taste
Tortilla chips
Pretzel chips
Saltines
Directions
Lay the bacon strips in a large skillet. Turn the heat to medium and cook, turning frequently, until the bacon is crisp, 5 to 10 minutes. Lay on a paper towel-lined plate to drain. When the bacon is cool enough to handle, crumble it and set it aside.
Cut the avocados in half pole-to-pole and twist them open. Remove the pit. With a large spoon, scoop the avocado flesh into a medium bowl. Mash it with a large fork until it’s chunky-smooth.
Add 2 teaspoons vinegar, the garlic powder, and the hot pepper sauce; mix well. Reserve 1 tablespoon each bacon and blue cheese for garnish, and gently fold the rest into the guacamole. Taste the guacamole on a chip or cracker, then adjust seasoning with salt. If it tastes flat, add another 1/2 to 1 teaspoon vinegar.
Transfer to a serving bowl, then garnish with reserved blue cheese and bacon. This guacamole is best enjoyed within 2 hours, but you can refrigerate leftovers up to a day.
