how do you keep quacamole from browning (avocado, tomatoes, cream)

[NJ Chutzpah]

how do you keep guacamole from browning

[NicoleJ]

I add a little Fruit Fresh to mine. It keeps fruits and guac from browning without affecting taste.

[sevenofsix]

also lemon juice

[azoria]

Guacamole contains lime juice, that helps.

But if you're making it in advance and need to keep it for a while, cover the bowl with plastic wrap that is stretched across the surface of the actual guacamole, not the top of the bowl. The adherent plastic will keep air from the guacamole and it won't turn brown.

I've actually kept guacamole for a couple of days this way. It works.

[movingtohouston]

Another tip I heard is to keep an avocado pit in it until you serve it. Supposed to help.

[7G9C4J2]

My usual trick is cream of tartar. A quarter-teaspoon or so, well mixed in, keeps it looking fresher. The lemon juice helps, too, and the trick with the plastic covering the surface is a good one.

Of course, the BEST way to keep guacamole from turning brown is to eat it before it gets to that point! Be sure that you have plenty of chips on hand, and the bowl will be empty before you know it.

[Ohiogirl81]

I've never had guacamole sit around long enough for it to get brown.

[Maine Writer]

Originally Posted by movingtohouston

Another tip I heard is to keep an avocado pit in it until you serve it. Supposed to help.

It does work. That's what we do.

[Lakewooder]

Fruit in gucamole? Maybe if you call tomatoes a fruit. Otherwise, that is heresy!

[Debsi]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Fruit in gucamole? Maybe if you call tomatoes a fruit. Otherwise, that is heresy!

You are also forgetting chiles - they're a berry, you know! Not to mention lime juice...

The best way is to put saran wrap directly on the guac, not just over the top of the bowl, like azoria said.