Cactus Recipe ✓ Guacamole with Nopales (Mexican Cactus)

Guacamole is served in many variations in Mexico - here it is combined with nopales, Mexican cactus paddles. [Recipe originally submitted to Allrecipes.com.mx]

Ingredients

• ½ cup diced nopales (Mexican cactus)
• 1 large ripe avocado, halved and pitted
• ½ lime, juiced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt to taste
• 1 plum tomato, seeded and chopped
• 1 fresh jalapeno pepper - seeded, deveined, and minced, or to taste
• 4 sprigs fresh cilantro, chopped

Cooking Directions

1. Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add nopales and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Let cool.
2. Mash avocado in a bowl with lime juice, olive oil, and salt. Stir in tomato, jalapeno, cilantro, and cooked nopales.

Nutrition Facts

• calories152.7
• carbohydrateContent8.3 g
• fatContent13.9 g
• fiberContent5.7 g
• proteinContent1.9 g
• saturatedFatContent2 g
• sodiumContent49.2 mg
• sugarContent1.2 g