Even if you're a guac purist, you'll love this mango guacamole. Sweet goji berries, mango & lime cut through the avocado, making for a light, fresh dip.
Hi everyone, Jack here again. Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner and you know what that means? Dip! Even though I’m not traditionally in love with avocado, I love the way Jeanine makes guacamole, and plus, nothing says “go team” like go-ji, right? Right?
Now you may be thinking “oh, Jeanine has Jack writing this because he’s a football man or something.” Well, I have to admit, team sports are not my thing. Three things that ARE my thing, and the reasons I’m manning this post, are Super Bowl parties, food dipped in other food, and goji puns.
This mango guacamole is as stealthily healthy as a Super Bowl snack gets. The goji berries are a bit of a secret weapon here, as they plump up and become really tangy and sweet. Along with the mango and lime, they also really cut through the thickness of the avocado, so everything still feels light. Plus, the goji berries help to turn your Super Bowl snack into a Super Bowl super food.
Love those puns.
If you’re a fan of this mango guacamole recipe…
Try my mango salsa, mango rice bowls, or mango tacos! Or if you’re looking for classic guac, head over to this post.
Goji & Mango Guacamole
- 3 ripe avocados
- juice of 1-2 limes
- coarse sea salt
- 1 ripe mango, diced
- ⅓ cup dried goji berries
- ⅓ cup diced red onion
- ½ - 1 jalapeño, chopped
- handful of chopped cilantro
- tortilla chips
- Place goji berries in a small bowl with a bit of water for just a few minutes until they plum up.
- Remove the avocado pits and scoop each avocado into a medium bowl. Add generous squeezes of lime and plenty of sea salt. Lightly mash the avocado with the back of a fork.
- Stir in chopped mango, goji berries, red onion, jalapeño and cilantro. Add salt and pepper (and more lime if necessary), to taste. Serve immediately.
This looks like the perfect way to add some freshness and sweetness to a Superbowl spread. Good fresh mango could be hard to come by this time of year where I live, but I’m thinking I could defrost and use frozen. Anyone have any experience doing that with a recipe like this?
Are you just trying you make everyone have super healthy glowing skin? You are aren’t you, I knew it! And your ploy is making an absolutely delicious dip. All the men are going to leave your super bowl party looking fabulous. They won’t even know what hit them. I love it.
Haha, love the puns!! The only super bowl I want is one full of super food. Like this guacamole! Love the addition of goji berries!
I’m so excited to try this recipe. So delicious! So inspirational!
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Love guacamole and mango, but I’ve never added goji berries! Sounds super yum! I always add some pomegranates, but will definitely try with goji berries next!
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I love guac with pomegranates too 🙂 (that’s sort of how I got the idea for this one…)
I never would have thought of adding goji berries to guac – it’s such a neat idea but I bet it tastes great! I’ve only recently started branching out into adding other ingredients in guacamole. I mean, why mess with a good thing? But this seems like it could be a way BETTER thing. Can’t wait to try!
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YUM!
This sounds AAAAmazzingggg!!!
aw, ok, great. Thanks for the speedy reply!
hahah, I love your puns too! But where do you buy goji berries? I’ve never seen them at the regular grocery store.
Hi Heather, I get them at Whole Foods or any other natural grocery store. I usually get this brand: http://navitasnaturals.com/product/449/Goji-Berries.html (Looks like you can search here by zipcode: http://navitasnaturals.com/locations.html)
Yum! I love mango salsa and goji and guacamole and never would’ve thought to combine them! YUM 🙂
This guacamole looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it!
I love the thought of mango and goji in this! Looks great!
I love guacamole, well, in fact I think I’m addicted to anything with avocado. I must try this version with goji berries because it sounds delicious. Enjoy your Superbowl Party!!!
Oh this sounds awesome. I have only used goji berries in smoothies so I am excited to try them in another way. Thanks for sharing. Have a super super bowl party!
Jack, I love your posts. You guys make a good team. Now this is a unique guacamole, which I happen to love. My husband isn’t big on avocados either either, but he loves a good guacamole. Thanks for a new spin on the original!
definitely want to try this twist on regular guac – love the addition of mango and gogi berries
I usually like my guacamole straight up, but this tricked out version is tempting, a Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride of a dip. Thanks for the gogi tip!
This looks delish! would have never thought of putting goji berries in guac but will definitely give it a try now.
Ha! This is so awesome. I always enjoy a post from Jack to switch things up a little bit. I would ideally ALWAYS have mango in my guacamole, but I love that you also added goji berries. Very cool! I’m on the same page about the super bowl … I only care about food (and kind of ) about commercials.