Cheesy Chipotle Bacon Guacamole. {Video!}
I’m doing it again!
Putting bacon and cheese in your guacamole. AGAIN..
It was one of the best decisions I made before soooo… why not repeat that behavior?
It probably comes as no surprise that this is one of my favorite times of the year.
And yes, I feel like I find myself saying that CONSTANTLY, but there are really a lot of times that I love and as cliché as it is, some seasons are just so much more fun now that Max is in our lives!
Enjoying a plethora of Mexican food isn’t necessarily one of those times… I mean, yes I love the week or two before Cinco de Mayo when I can share an obnoxious amount of tex-mex recipes, many of which bastardize my favorite traditional recipes… but Max isn’t really into eating all this yet. He does love tortilla chips… and he actually likes traditional guacamole.
And I’m pretty sure I passed on my penchant for cheese quesadillas, so there is that.
So this is super cheesy, as in, filled with lots of crumbled queso fresco cheese. I can’t really do cheddar or something like that in my guacamole. Unless it’s grilled cheese.
Goat cheese is okay, but for awhile now I’ve been loading ours up with the crumbly white cheese that is so freaking good. It’s mild and FRESH but creamy and cheesy.
I’ve been doing this ever since we had the tableside guac at Oyamel in DC a few years ago, because it was the first time that Eddie ate guacamole like he couldn’t stop. He LOVED it.
And while I’m sad to say that it might have had to do with the multiple mojitos he drank while we waited two hours for a table, that hasn’t stopped me from throwing the cheese in it and on top in hopes that maaaaaaybe he will decide he loves it again.
Trickery. You know.
I cannot get OVER how delicious this combination is. I love traditional guacamole the most. I really do. I make it more than any other trashed up version I have on this site. But sometimes my millennial brain craves a change – a smoky, crispy bacon change.
This guac is spicy and smoky, filled with crunchy bacon and creamy cheese, but also some of the regular old guacamole flavors that we love: lime, sweet onion and cilantro. I just want to dive in there with a big old spoon.
Cheesy Chipotle Bacon Guacamole
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 4 ripe avocados
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo diced
- 1/3 cup crumbled queso fresco cheese plus extra for topping
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 tablespoons diced sweet onion
- 2 teaspoons adobo sauce from the can of chipotles in adobo
- 1 lime juiced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- tortilla chips for serving
Instructions
- Cook and crumble the bacon first to get it out of the way!
- Place the avocados, chipotle peppers, about 3/4 of the bacon, the cheese, cilantro, onion, adobo sauce, lime juice, salt and pepper to a bowl and mash it! Mash and stir until everything is combined. Make it as smooth or as chunky as you’d like! Taste and season with additional salt, pepper or lime juice if needed.
- Scoop the guac into a bowl and top it with the remaining crumbled bacon, some extra crumbled queso fresco and a drizzle of adobo sauce (if you’d like!). Serve immediately with chips.
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39 Comments on “Cheesy Chipotle Bacon Guacamole. {Video!}”
I don’t know how you did it….but you just put my 4 favorite words into one title with Cheesy. Chipotle. Bacon and Guac. Bring. It. On!!!Â
thanks tom!
This sounds divine!
thanks pinky!
I still haven’t tried cheese in my guacamole! Â I’ve gotta get on this!Â
oh you must try it!
I’m not sure how queso fresco never made its way into my guac before. This looks like dinner.Â
you gotta try!
i didn’t think there was anything prettier than a bowl of guacamole…& then you put bacon on top of it. <3 xx!
thank you jess. :)
Jess! This looks so delicious. I’ve been following the blog for years and i love your enduring passion and innovation. I always get excited about food when i visit this blog. love it girl. Keep it up!
thank you so much! this means the world to me!
Omg! This dip. I don’t think I’ll be able to go back to a simple guacamole dip after trying this. Â How can I say no to bacon?
riiiiight?!
This looks so delicious!! I need this in my life now!
thank you annie!
This looks phenomenal! I didn’t think guacamole could get any better but clearly, it can!
thanks alyssa!
This looks awesome, Jessica!!
thanks girl!
Its like you’ve discovered my deepest desires… this guac sounds amazing! I wish the queso fresco I am able to get here crumbled like that! The only stuff I’ve managed to find that is called “queso fresco” at my local stores is more of a firm cheese. :( my quest for some continues simply so that I can make this!
hmmm i hope you can find it! it’s similar in texture to feta? so it looks like a block, but crumbles easily!
hey girl- this looks awesome!
thanks!
Wow. Â This. Â Is. Â Wonderful. Â I. Â Love chipotle. Â I could even do without the bacon. Â But still… a marvelous guac!!!
thank you mimi!
Yikes, that looks soooooo good :) I’m vegan so the bacon is a no-go, but there IS vegan bacon, and I’ll be using that :)
Thanks for this.
thank you!!
Oh. My. Word. I need this in my life. I love trashed up anything especially if it includes chipotle AND bacon!
me too ryan!
This. Looks. AMAZING. Can’t wait to give it a shot!
thanks kate!
ahhh gosh I want this right now. Love love love the idea of bacon and queso fresco in guac. I can’t wait to make this :)
thank you beth!
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