Sunday, February 23, 2014

El Famous Taco Dip Recipe

Mmmmmm, taco dip! Everyone loves dip, especially on a sports game day, when at a gathering with your friends, a party, etc. If you're wondering where this recipe came from, as well as my other ones, I would basically just google a recipe to use it as a baseline and go ahead and invent it from there! Other times (like this one), I literally just make it up on the fly. It is basically everything that you'd want in a taco in dip form... minus sour cream because I'm not a fan of it!

Base (hold onto these until meat and guacamole are complete):
1 can (black bean or vegetarian) refried beans
10 diced jalapeno slices
1/3 cup chopped red onion
2 cups shredded (reduced fat sharp cheddar) cheese
3 tbsp taco sauce
7 shakes Tabasco sauce
1 cup (tomato or corn/black bean) salsa

Meat:
3 tbsp taco sauce
1 lb lean ground beef (ground turkey works too)
1 package reduced sodium taco seasoning
5 tbsp salsa
1/3 cup (reduced fat sharp cheddar) cheese
1/4 chopped red onion
3 shakes garlic powder
Salt and Pepper to taste
Brown the meat in the skillet pan, follow directions on the back of the seasoning packet for adding the taco sauce - once the meat is browned and the sauce is starting to soak into the meat, add the rest of the ingredients until the cheese is melted and the onions are sauteed (look like they have added flavor in them)

Guacamole:
3 avocados, taken out of the skin, un-pitted, and mashed
1 diced tomato
3 large squirts of lime juice
1 squirt lemon juice
3 tbsp fresh cilantro ripped into tiny pieces and taken off the stem
Salt and Pepper to taste
3 shakes garlic powder
3 shakes onion powder
1/4 cup red onion
3 diced jalapeno slices
Mash the avocado and stir in a bowl!

When all of these are done, grab a giant dip bowl and add to bowl in the following order (from the base, meat, and guacamole):

Refried beans, guacamole, salsa, taco sauce, meat, red onion, jalepeno slices, Tabasco sauce, cheese

Microwave for 4-5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Enjoy! Best served with nacho chips or Doritos!


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