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Red Bean & Chipotle Dip

We've all been there, but how often does a cooking error turn into a success story? Food writer and book author Sally Sampson shares a kitchen misstep that turned into a keeper of a recipe. This dip is so good that she included it in her book, party dips! 50 zippy, zesty, spicy, savory, tasty, tempting dips. Just goes to show you, we do learn from our mistakes.

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Red Bean & Chipotle Dip

We've all been there, but how often does a cooking error turn into a success story? Food writer and book author Sally Sampson shares a kitchen misstep that turned into a keeper of a recipe. This dip is so good that she included it in her book, party dips! 50 zippy, zesty, spicy, savory, tasty, tempting dips. Just goes to show you, we do learn from our mistakes.

About Sally Sampson

Sally Sampson is the author and co-author of numerous cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-nominated The $50 Dinner Party, Throw Me a Bone (with Cooper Gillespie) and The Olives Table (with Todd English). She has contributed to Self, Bon AppÉtit, Food & Wine, The Boston Globe, Boston magazine and The Boston Phoenix. She lives with her family in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Recipe

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Ingredients

Makes 1½-2 Cups

  • 1 15½ oz can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • ¼ cup orange juice (fresh recommended)
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ¼-½ tsp chipotle chili powder (or to taste) (can substitute cayenne powder)
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro leaves (reserve some for garnish)

How-to

  1. Place the beans, garlic, orange juice, cumin, salt, chipotle, lime juice and 1 tbsp of the cilantro in a food processor and process until smooth
  2. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve immediately garnished with the remaining 1 tbsp of cilantro, or cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days

Serving Suggestions

  • toasted pita bread
  • corn chips
  • vegetable slices

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  1. BrookeToubeau:

    I tried this and it was reeeal good. if you love garlic as much as i do.. its a perfect match. (Jan 28, 2009 11:06:54 AM)