Ingredients in this avocado dip recipe
The most important thing you’ll need for this avocado dip recipe? Ripe avocados. Just as a banana muffins cannot be made without ripe bananas, avocado dip requires beautifully ripe avocados. Other than that, the cast of characters is simple. The difference with guacamole? You’ll add a little yogurt or sour cream and blend it up! Here’s what you’ll need: The meld of avocado, lime, cilantro and cumin is like a heightened version of your favorite guac. Even better: unlike guacamole, it magically stays green in the refrigerator for days! We were immediately hooked and it’s our new go-to dip for friends and parties.
Ripe avocados Greek yogurt (or sour cream; substitute cashew cream for vegan) Lime juice Cilantro Garlic powder Cumin Salt
How to make avocado dip: processor, blender, or fork
This avocado dip works best in a food processor, where it whips up to a smooth green sauce in seconds. You can also use a blender if you like: but you’ll likely want to use a small blender due to the quantity of ingredients. It’s possible you could use a standard blender, but it depends on the exact size and strength of your blender. Don’t have either of these tools? You can make a chunky avocado dip by hand! Simply mash the avocados with a fork and stir in the remaining ingredients. Easy peasy! It just doesn’t look quite as lovely and creamy, but it works.
Storage info & how it stays green
This avocado dip is not only tasty and versatile: it stays green for days. That’s right: no crazy tricks like putting water or plastic wrap on it like you’ll hear to do with guacamole.
How does it stay green? The acidity in the lime juice naturally makes this avocado dip stay green. Avocado dip lasts refrigerated for up to 5 days. You may need to stir to re-incorporate liquid that separates over time.
Ways to serve avocado dip
There are lots of ways to serve this avocado dip: outside of just dipping chips! Of course, that’s the best and easiest way, in our opinion! Here are a few ways to serve:
Tortilla chips (homemade if possible!) Veggies like carrots, celery, bell peppers, broccoli, snap peas, and so forth Taco sauce for salmon tacos, chickpea tacos or tuna tacos Bowl meal sauce, like on a rice bowl, grain bowl, salmon bowl, etc Sandwich spread on a breakfast sandwich, smoked salmon sandwich or egg salad sandwich
How else would you eat it? Let us know in the comments below.
More avocado recipes
Got a few ripe avocados on hand? Here are a few great recipes for using this tasty vegetable (er, fruit):
Try Easy Avocado Sauce or Avocado Crema. Mix up a Avocado Egg Salad, Avocado Salad, or Avocado Corn Salad. Roast up Baked Avocado Fries or blend up Perfect Avocado Smoothie. Make Crispy Avocado Tacos or a batch of Avocado Tuna Salad.
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