Any time can be guacamole time if you know how to ripen avocados in minutes. We all know how frustrating it can be to watch your avocado sit on your counter for a week before it ripens.

So, how do you avoid dealing with a green rock for days on end and make your avocado ripen faster? Fortunately, there are a couple of ways to make the internet's favorite food ripen faster.

Here are some quick ways to make your avocado ripe.

1. Let The Avocado Get Some Sun

Avocados ripen faster under warm temperatures. You should place the avocado in the sunlight, and you can do this by placing it on the window sill or any other place with sunlight.

For faster results, you can put the avocado in a bag to keep the ethylene gas from escaping so the fruit ripens faster.

2. Ripen An Avocado Using An Apple Or A Banana

One of the best ways to ripen an avocado faster and naturally is to place it in a brown paper bag with an apple or banana.

However, this process can take between one and three days, which makes this one of the best ways to ripen an avocado overnight in a natural way.

In this case, ethylene, a plant hormone found in apples and bananas, helps speed up the ripening process. The brown bag traps the gas, ensuring that the avocado ripens faster.

For the best outcome, you should use apples that are red or golden. These older apple varieties produce more ethylene gas than newer apple varieties such as Gala or Fuji.

3. Ripening Avocados Using Rice

Rice can help speed up the time it takes to make an avocado ripe. You just have to submerge the fruit in uncooked rice, so it is covered on all sides.

The rice will act as a great trap for ethylene gas, forcing the avocado to ripen faster.

4. Ripen Avocados In The Microwave

If you can't wait to eat the avocado and can't afford days of waiting, you can try putting it in the microwave. To begin with, you should cut the avocado in half and remove the pit.

That also means this is a great way to ripen an avocado you have cut up and found out it was not ripe enough. This method will ripen it in an instant.

After that, wrap the avocado in microwave-safe plastic wrap. An avocado produces ethylene gas, and it is typically released very slowly.

However, as the avocado heats up in the microwave, this gas is released much faster, causing the avocado to ripen by the second. Therefore, a process that should take days is usually completed within a few minutes.

After wrapping the avocado in tinfoil, you should microwave it on "high" for two minutes and then run cold water under it to keep it from cooking.

However, even as you use the microwave to ripen the avocado, make sure it was in the process of ripening. A completely unripe avocado may get softened by the microwave, but it will still taste unripe.

5. Ripen Avocados In The Oven

The oven can also make an avocado ripen faster, especially if it is hard as a rock. All you have to do is wrap the avocado in foil and place it in a 200 degrees F oven for about 10 to 30 minutes.

However, that should depend on how hard the avocado is. If the fruit is too hard, it might take up to an hour before it ripens.

If the avocado is too hot when you get it from the oven, you can put it in the fridge for a couple of minutes.

As with the microwave ripening process, make sure the avocado was a couple of days from ripening before sticking it in the oven. Otherwise, the fruit might lack the buttery, creamy flavor we all love in these fruits.

A Few Final Tips

It is important to understand that avocados don't ripen at the same rate. Greener avocados take longer to ripen, while dark-skinned avocados ripen much faster.

Also, if you have a ripe avocado and don't intend to eat it right away, you can put it in the fridge to slow down the ripening process. If the avocado has not been cut, it can last for up to 3 days in the refrigerator before going bad. If the avocado has been cut, then 2 days is the most it can stay in the fridge before going bad.

However, don't put a hard avocado in the fridge. That can result in your having a permanently unripe avocado or an avocado that never ripens perfectly, making it completely inedible.

Finally, keep in mind that the best-tasting avocados ripen naturally. So, if you have the time, you can give the avocado a day or two before it's ready.

Fortunately, you can still ripen an avocado naturally in just 24 hours.

However, if you want to ripen avocados in 10 minutes or right away, then using an oven or a microwave is your best option.