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Mexican Layered Dip
Mexican Layered Dip <p>Mexican layered dips come in all shapes and sizes - 4 layers, 6 layers, even 10 layers! There are about 4 layers, give or take an ingredient, in this version. No exact measuring needed. Make sure you get an industrial-strength chip to dig through the layers. You want to get to the very bottom and scoop up all the flavors. Add a nice cold <a href="/videos/beverages/margarita">Margarita</a> and life is good.</p>

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Mexican layered dips come in all shapes and sizes - 4 layers, 6 layers, even 10 layers! There are about 4 layers, give or take an ingredient, in this version. No exact measuring needed. Make sure you get an industrial-strength chip to dig through the layers. You want to get to the very bottom and scoop up all the flavors. Add a nice cold Margarita and life is good.

Ingredients

  • 15-oz can refried beans
  • ½ jar salsa (mild, medium or hot - your choice)
  • 3 green onions, white part only, sliced
  • ½ tomato, seeded & diced
  • 2 each small yellow & red sweet peppers, diced
  • 2 medium avocados, mashed with a fork
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 3-4 sprigs fresh cilantro, minced
  • 15-oz carton sour cream
  • ¼ - ½ tsp mayonnaise divided to mix with avocado & sour cream
  • juice of 1 lime wedge
  • 1 cup shredded white cheddar cheese (or cheese of your choice)
  • small sweet red & orange peppers for garnish

Serve With

  • chips of your choice
  • also try sliced apples, pears and/or cooked shrimp

Special Equipment

  • glass pie plate

How-to

First Layer

  1. Spread refried beans on the bottom of a clear pie plate with a spoon or a spatula
  2. Add ½ jar of salsa and mix well with refried beans

Second Layer

  1. Sprinkle diced tomatoes, red and yellow sweet peppers, and sliced green onions over the refried bean/salsa layer

Third Layer

  1. In a separate plate, scoop out the meat of 2 medium avocados and mash with a fork
  2. Add ¼ tsp mayonnaise and mix well
  3. Add 1 garlic clove, minced
  4. Spread over Layer 2 with a spoon or a spatula
  5. Sprinkle chopped cilantro
  6. Squeeze juice of ½ lime over the surface of the layer

Fourth Layer

  1. In a separate bowl, add about ¼ tsp of mayonnaise to sour cream and mix well.  Place dollops around the top layer and then use a spoon or spatula to smooth the sour cream toward the center
  2. Sprinkle cheese generously over the top
  3. Garnish with yellow and red small sweet peppers
  4. Serve with heavy-duty chips to scoop through all the layers

Comments (6)

  • Posted Friday, April 22, 2011, at 2:03 am by danny hernandez:
    doing the dip this football season
  • Posted Friday, February 6, 2009, at 12:15 am by Donna Viera:
    Mom made my dip. How nice!
  • Posted Saturday, January 24, 2009, at 6:07 pm by Bea Viera:
    Looks delicious. Make enough for Sue and me.
  • Posted Friday, January 23, 2009, at 9:13 pm by Brooke Toubeau:
    Great idea of mixing the salsa and the re-fried beans together as the bottom layer.. it makes it so much easier to scoop up and get a full bite of all the layers.. and I did not break a single chip! Delicious :)
  • Posted Friday, January 23, 2009, at 1:11 pm by Sue:
    Donna, if you make this you can come to our Super Bowl Party. ;)
  • Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 11:30 pm by Carol Viera:
    Yum!!!

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