I used reduced fat cream cheese/sour cream homemade taco seasoning homemade refried beans and homemade pickled jalapenos. I had some leftover Pace Garlic and Lime Chile Verde which I used in this recipe instead of your usual red salsa. We all loved this dip--it really was one of the best I've made yet. I highly suggest that you make this as early as you can I made mine pretty early and the morning and lemme tell you it was pretty freaking amazing.
I made this exactly as outlined for the Superbowl and it was phenomenal! Much better texture than most 7 layer dips and the layer of cream cheese sour cream and taco seasoning gave it such great flavor.
I was curious about the cream cheese I'd never heard of anything like that for chips. It was great though I made it exactly how the recipe said. I took it to a party and everyone thought it was amazing!
This is actually extremely delicious and well worth the effort. The issues are first, never use lettuce in layered dips because the lettuce wilts and makes the dip unpleasant. Next, mix the taco seasoning in with the beans instead of the sour cream and cream cheese. The reason is if the salsa and jalapenos are spicy then the sour cream with cream cheese mixture is the perfect opposite and adding the taco seasoning takes away from the slightly sour taste. If using chips or pork rinds, slice the tomatoes in thirds otherwise they will be too heavy. If eating this as a salad of sorts then leave the tomatoes in halves. I used yellow cherry tomatoes which was the perfect compliment to the sweet red onion and the heat. You can use whipped cream cheese at room temperature or heat it in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stirring with a spoon works just as good as a mixer. Very tasty!
We use this as a main dish! Omit the cream cheese and sour cream and add the seasoning to the refried beans. We prepare a bed of lettuce on individual plates and top it with the remaining mixture. So if we don't eat it all the lettuce doesn't wilt. Had to search for the pickled jalapeno pepper slices but well worth it. So unique and fresh tasting. Love it!
5 stars for easy for sure. 7 layer dip is one of those dips that is so easy to adapt to what you have on hand. Black olives are a great addition. Afraid of jalapenos? use Ortega green chilies.
Very good! I skipped the beans since I'm not a fan other then that I followed the recipe exactly. I served it at a small party (10 people) and it was the first thing gone. Definitely going to make it again. Thanks for sharing!!!
I made this for a pot luck at work and got great reviews! Everyone loved it! Didn't change a thing.
Love this. Made minor adjustments. Used a cup of guacamole instead of the avocado and skipped the lettuce.
Layered the guacamole on top of the beans and then the cream cheese mixture on top of that. Followed with the rest of the layers but skipped the lettuce and added black olives just because I like them. YUM.
