This easy guacamole dip is a quick avocado recipe that even kids will love! Serve with baked tortilla chips sprinkled with Himalayan salt and cracked pepper.
Tonight for this Mitten Movie Night, instead of a food and beer pairing I’m doing a super easy snack that kids and parents will both enjoy while watching their favorite family show or movie.
Jump to:
- Kids’ TV shows that the whole family will love
- Ingredients
- How do you make sure that the avocado is ripe enough to use for guacamole?
- How to make this easy guacamole dip step-by-step
- How to make flour tortilla chips in the oven
- Serving Suggestions
- Storage
- More recipes kids will love
- Easy Guacamole Dip {with Baked Tortilla Chips}
Since this recipe is mainly for the kids, I kept this appetizer simple to four basic ingredients and made it without cilantro. While traditional guacamole recipes include cilantro and other ingredients like tomatoes and onions, I added them to separate bowls so the adults can add these ingredients to their own bowls.
Then, to pay homage to tonight’s television selection, we oven-baked flour tortilla ‘dog bones’ for chips with a simple salt and pepper seasoning. These chips came out crispy and held up to all the dunking.
Kids’ TV shows that the whole family will love
Today is the season finale of one of our favorite family shows to watch, Turner & Hooch on Disney+. This show has something for everyone: laughter, romance, special family bonds, and a whodunit all centered around the big and messy main character, Hooch.
I really think that Disney did a wonderful job of updating this classic, which I remember watching as a kid, into a modern-day series.
Ingredients
For this simple avocado dip recipe-
- Two ripe avocados. See below for how to find the perfect avocado!
- 1-2 cloves of garlic. Adjust the amount on how much your family likes it, mine LOVES it!
- Juice of 1 lime
- Flour tortillas
- Spray olive oil and seasonings like cracked pepper and pink Himalayan salt
How do you make sure that the avocado is ripe enough to use for guacamole?
Place the avocado in your hand and use your pointer finger and thumb and gently press the sides. Is it hard? Then it’s not ready. Is there a slight give to the skin? Then it’s just right. Is it mushy? Then it’s too ripe.
Only using half of the avocado? Cut in half and use the half that does NOT have the pit in it. Leave the pit in the remaining half and cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Use within 3 days.
Visit YouTube for a video of how to make this
Easy Guacamole Dip and Tortilla Chips
How to make this easy guacamole dip step-by-step
Using a pestle and mortar, add two heads of garlic. Use the mortar to mash the garlic heads until they make a slight paste. Add pink Himalayan salt to the garlic to soften the garlic and bring out the flavor.
If you do not have a pestle and mortar, check out this video of how to make it with just a knife.
Add the avocado halves to the garlic and mash using the mortar.
Finally, squeeze the juice of a lime and stir everything together.
How to make flour tortilla chips in the oven
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Stack 3 flour tortillas on top of each other.
Press down with the dog bone cookie cutter, then place the chips onto a 9×13 baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat until you have around 20 cut-out dog bones.
What to do with the extra tortilla pieces?
Save them and make this delicious Salsa Chicken Skillet!
Spray the tops of the tortillas with olive oil.
Sprinkle with pink Himalayan salt and cracked pepper.
Bake for 6-8 minutes.
Serving Suggestions
Not only is this great as an appetizer, but it’s also good on top of these double-decker tacos, buffalo sloppy joes, and pork and bean nachos.
Storage
Place any leftover guacamole in a container. Place a piece of plastic wrap on top and press it down so that it’s completely covering the top. This keeps it from turning brown. Cover with a top and refrigerate. Eat within 3 days.
For the chips, add them to a covered container or Ziploc bag and place them on the counter or cabinet. Eat within 3 days.
More recipes kids will love
As I said, you can make this like a guacamole bar by serving it with sides of diced tomatoes and red onions. And here you are…….
From our home in the Bottom Left of the Mitten to yours ~ Enjoy!
Easy Guacamole Dip {with Baked Tortilla Chips}
Equipment
- pestle and mortar
- 9×13 baking sheet
- parchment paper
- small dog bone cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1-2 cloves garlic
- 1 juice of lime
- 8 flour tortillas
- olive oil spray
- 2 teaspoons pink Himalayan salt
- 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
- diced tomatoes and red onions
Instructions
Easy Guacamole Dip
- Using a pestle and mortar, add two heads of garlic. Use the mortar to mash the garlic heads until they make a slight paste. Add pink Himalayan salt to the garlic to soften the garlic and bring out the flavor.1-2 cloves garlic
- Add the avocado halves to the garlic and mash using the mortar.2 ripe avocados
- Squeeze the juice of 1 lime, then stir everything together.1 juice of lime
Oven-baked Tortilla Chips
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Stack 3 flour tortillas on top of each other.8 flour tortillas
- Press down with the dog bone cookie cutter, then place the chips onto a 9×13 baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat until you have around 20 cut-out dog bones.
- Spray the tops of the tortillas with olive oil.olive oil spray
- Sprinkle with pink Himalayan salt and cracked pepper.2 teaspoons pink Himalayan salt, 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
- Bake for 6-8 minutes. Enjoy!
- Serve with sides of diced tomatoes and red onions. Enjoy!diced tomatoes and red onions
Video
Notes
Tips for making this recipe:
- This dish can be made in a food processor to make it easier to mash the avocado and mix the ingredients.
- To store: Place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap pushing it down directly on top of the guacamole to keep air out, should help with keeping it from browning too quickly.
*Affiliate links are included in this post. Please read my Discloser Policy.
Last Updated on June 9, 2023 by Erin@BottomLeftoftheMitten
Leave a Reply