If you tell me there is incredible guacamole within a 10 mile radius of wherever I am at that moment, I’ll drop everything and go. No shame. All guacamole, all the time! I wrote a whole book on avocados so it’s LITERALLY my job to eat all the guacamole ever created. So when I caught wind of the Loaded Guacamole at the Chicago airport – you bet I made a point of going!
Frontera Grill is somewhere in the giant airport that is O’Hare and the guacamole there comes in little disposable cups loaded with all sorts of ingredients and freshly fried chips that you can take on the plane and then make whoever is sitting next to you extremely jealous! I love it so much I bought the inspiration home and made my own loaded guacamole that is laced with bacon, pepitas, cotija, roasted peppers and sun dried tomatoes. It’s absolutely perfection. But like SUPER perfection because I know I say that about anything as long as it contains avocados.
You’re going to need to throw this on your Memorial Day menu 1000%
Loaded Guacamole
Ingredients
- 4 ripe Hass avocados
- 1/3 cup finely chopped red onion
- 3 tablespoons freshly chopped chives
- 1/2 lemon juiced
- 1/2 lime juiced
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped jalapeño
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Toppings
- 2-3 strips of bacon crumbled
- 1 jalapeno roasted and chopped
- 2 tablespoons pepitas toasted
- 2 sun dried tomatoes finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons cotija crumbled
Instructions
- Cut the avocados in half lengthwise. Remove the pit from the avocado and discard. Remove the avocado from the skin and place the avocado flesh into a bowl.
- Add the lemon juice, lime juice, red onion, chives, salt and pepper. Mash with a fork until half smooth and creamy. Taste and add more salt and pepper if desired.
- Top with all the toppings and serve immediately with tortilla chips
Gimme, gimme, gimme! I would just eat this by the spoonfuls!
haha! I totally always go there in the Chicago Airport and get chips and Guac! this looks amazing!
It looks extra good with that bacon in it!!
Kari
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Yes, please! When you say loaded, you mean loaded! Yum!
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I will look for this next time I am at O’Hare, but in the meantime, I am making this myself!!!!
Excellent Gaby. Will definitely make again. Thank you for the recipe.
Laurie
Just let me know where you get wonderful avocados in Chicago. This looks amazing!
Loaded guac?! Yes please!!!
Remember this from your snapchat episode. Love it!
Oh wow your idea to spike guac with all these other great flavors is genius! Loving this!
Made this last week for dinner. After seeing it on snap chat. Amazeballs. Your recipes never let me down. Thanks! 🙂
I could eat all of this by myself. It looks soo good!! Absolutely love it 🙂
OMG YUM! These toppings look so amazing! You had me at bacon and cotija cheese! Cannot wait to make this
My daughter loves guacamole, I need to try this recipe! She would love this
Ohh, I am flying through there in a few weeks! Did you know you can place an order online for future pick up? I am absolutely doing that for my layover.
WHAAAAAAAAT. Genius
I think i need your avocado book! And woman, why are you not in Texas more? The best GUAC ever. But I will take your word on this loaded one, for sure!
omg, I’m not the only one who uses lemon in guacamole! 🙂 Love this mix, pass the chips please!
Get in my belly!
I would be hovering over this bowl!
Loaded Guacamole….brilliant!
Dear plain guacamole please move aside for “loaded Guacamole,” there’s a new favorite in town! Wow, oh wow, does this look amazing.
One day Gaby can you share how you would make homemade nacho chips ?!
just plain homemade tortilla chips?
Why half lime & half lemon juice is crucial? What’s the difference between that and all lime or all lemon juice? Thank you.
YES! Crucial! I promise.
Sun-dried tomatoes in oil? or dry?
in oil, but drain the oil! that way they are softened
I made this & added grilled shrimp & it was unreal!!!