Which Mexican sauce made from avocado is often served with tacos?

Which Mexican sauce made from avocado is often served with tacos? Guacamole.

Guacamole is a Mexican avocado-based dip, spread, or sauce commonly served with tacos and many other foods. Traditional preparations mash ripe avocado with salt, often using a molcajete and tejolote. Lime juice, onion, cilantro, and jalapeño are frequent additions, though recipes vary by region and household.

The name comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacamōlli, meaning “avocado sauce,” combining words for avocado and sauce or mole. Avocados have deep Mesoamerican roots: seeds found in Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley date to roughly 9000–10,000 years ago, while cultivation developed later among Indigenous peoples.

Guacamole is not the same as pico de gallo, which is a chopped fresh salsa usually based on tomatoes, onion, chile, and lime. Nor is every green avocado sauce traditional guacamole; some commercial or restaurant versions are blended, thinned, or made with substitutes. Exposure to air can turn mashed avocado brown through enzymatic oxidation.