How to fix guac with too much lime juice???

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mariadnoca

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My nephew's girlfriend helped out making the food for mom's service on Sunday, but we have lots of leftover guac because it's got too much lime juice (acid). How do I counteract that?

Also, though it has onion, tomato, jalapeno, garlic too...it tastes bland (maybe because it's 9 avocados).

How to we dr this up?

 
First of all, do you really want to save it? Guac is not a great keeper, it gets watery, tasteless

and who wants that. If you really want to save it, go in baby steps, add 1/2 of an avocado first and mix well after each addition...taste

Add salt...taste

Add 1 or 2 tablespoons of a good mayo...taste

If this guac was made for your memorial on Sunday, chances are it is past its prime or will be soon. And adding fresh ingredients to the ones already on the way out is a waste. Good luck and let us know what happened with the save.

 
Add more of all other stuff except avocados... (more)

... because you said it has too many avocados already and tastes bland. Salt usually solves the problem of blandness, by the way.

as far as saving it, a nice trick is to cover it with water - it prevents oxidation and when you want to serve it, pour the water out, whatever small amount left can be mixed in the guac.

no need to add a ton of water, just make sure to completely cover it with a layer of water.

 
If you think it's worth saving and has way too much lime, adding more avocado might be the

way to go. You could work with a small batch of it first. After you get the lime balanced, add the seasonings to taste. Another thing, if it's just a little too much lime, adding a good salsa to taste might do the trick.

 
add baking soda a pinch at a time, mixing well; the too-acit guac will foam. . .

but will subside as the soda neutralizes the acid from the lime juice. Do this just a small pinch at a time and let rest a minute or two after each addition and **taste** it for flavor. The soda will also add sodium (a salty flavor) which may help diminish the blandness.

Also, if it was bland, salt, as others have mentioned, can help to balance out something that is just a little too acid.

 
Sure, he's good at that. However, I should warn that this guy has

one of those pocket Tabasco bottles always with him and he uses it!

 
Some times I use this to balance out spaghetti red sauce when . . .

I have purchased tomato sauce that is too tart. Ya gotta be careful though; put too much soda in and your sauce tasted absolutely insipid and bland.

 
This was fun reading, so many different answers, but adding salt seems to be the most

favored, Let us know what you did Maria and how it turned out.

 
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