Best Guasacaca Sauce Venezuela Recipes

Venezuelan Guasacaca image

Provided by Beth Renzetti

Categories Dips

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 avocados, pitted & scooped from shell
1 tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 onion, small, minced or grated
hot chile peppers, finely chopped, to taste (as many as you want!)
2-3 clove garlic, minced
1/2 c extra virgin olive oil
1/4 c vinegar
salt & pepper to taste

Steps:

1. Mash the avocados well with a potato masher or fork, leaving them slightly chunky.
2. Stir in the rest of the ingredients, adjust seasoning to taste and serve.
3. Guasacaca Variations **Mix in some chopped parsley or cilantro if you like. **The tomato is sometimes eliminated from the recipe.

Guasacaca Sauce (Venezuela) image

Provided by Daniel Aguilar

Categories Sauces

Time 15m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 ripe avocados
3 tomatoes
1 onion
1/2 red chili pepper
1/2 green chili pepper (jalapeno)
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tablespoon chopped coriander (cilantro)
1/4 cup wine vinegar
1/2 cup oil
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Steps:

Peel tomatoes and dice them, along with the chili peppers and the onions.
Mix the tomatoes, onions, chiles, the parsley and the cilantro with the vinegar, the oil the salt and the pepper, mixing with a wooden spoon.
Peel the avocados, puree the most ripe one, cut the other one into dice.
Add to the other ingredients and place the avocado pip in the sauce, so it does not go black.
Before you serve remove the pips.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 289.7, Fat 28.2, SaturatedFat 3.8, Sodium 978.5, Carbohydrate 10.6, Fiber 5.7, Sugar 3.2, Protein 2.3