Editing Guacamole (section)

{{Short description|Mexican avocado-based dish}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| image            = Guacamole IMGP1271.jpg
| caption          = Guacamole
| alternate_name   = Guac
| country          = [[Mexico]]
| region           =
| creator          =
| course           =
| type             = [[Dipping sauce|Dip]]
| served           =
| main_ingredient  = [[Avocado]]s, [[salt]], [[lime (fruit)|lime juice]], [[onion]]s, [[jalapeño]]s
| variations       =  [[Sour cream]], [[basil]]
| calories         =
| other            =
| similar_dish     = [[Avocado sauce]]{{br}}''Mantequilla de pobre''{{br}}Venezuelan [[wasakaka|guasacaca]]
}}

'''Guacamole''' ({{IPA|es|ɡwakaˈmole|lang| GuacamolePronunciation.ogg}}; informally shortened to '''''guac''''' in the United States<ref name="Oxford Dictionary">{{cite web |title=Oxford Dictionary |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/guac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901230311/http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/guac|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2013|access-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref> since the 1980s)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/guac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074726/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/guac |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |title=guac {{!}} Definition of guac in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> is an [[avocado]]-based [[dip (food)|dip]], spread, or [[salad]] first developed in Mexico.<ref name="zeldes">{{cite web |last=Zeldes |first=Leah A. |title=Eat this! Guacamole, a singing sauce, on its day |website=Dining Chicago |publisher=Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. |date=November 4, 2009 |url=http://blog.diningchicago.com/2009/11/04/eat-this-guacamole-a-singing-sauce-on-its-day/ |access-date=November 5, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323081500/http://blog.diningchicago.com/2009/11/04/eat-this-guacamole-a-singing-sauce-on-its-day/|archive-date=23 March 2010}}</ref> In addition to its use in modern [[Mexican cuisine]], it has become part of international cuisine as a dip, [[condiment]], and salad ingredient.<ref name="beard">{{cite book |last1=Beard |first1=James |author-link1=James Beard |last2=Bittman |first2=Mark |title=Beard on Food: The Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom from the Dean of American Cooking |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9Q7PTP-GdgC&pg=PA86 |access-date=March 14, 2012 |date=September 4, 2007 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-59691-446-9 |pages=86–87}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Andrew F. |title=The Oxford companion to American food and drink |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoWlCmNDA3QC&pg=PT171 |access-date=March 14, 2012 |date=May 1, 2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-530796-2 |pages=144–146}}</ref>