Mexican Layered Dip

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Mexican Layered Dip

Refried Beans

3/4 C onion, finely diced

2 garlic cloves minced

2 teaspoons cumin

1 tsp sea salt

1/2 tsp Pepper

2 cans beans black or pinto (approximately 3 Cups) see notes for using dry beans

Guacamole

4 ripe avocados

4 limes, juiced

1 to 2 garlic cloves

1/4 tsp sea salt

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

Toppings:

1/2 C cilantro, finely chopped

2 C salsa

1 C finely diced tomato

2 C finely diced yellow pepper

1 C sliced black olives

2 green onion, finely chopped

2 C cashew sour cream (see recipe below)

Make the refried beans

Preheat a skillet and add and saute chopped onion and garlic. Add salt, pepper and beans and stir until heated through. Mash the mixture and then spread in the bottom of a glass 9×13.

Make the guacamole

Roll the avocados on the counter until soft, cut the avocados, scoop it out and mash it up with a fork or you could do this in the food processor to make it really smooth. Add the remaining guacamole ingredients and mix until smooth.

Make the Cashew Sour Cream

  • Quick soak the cashews: Bring a few cups of water to a boil. Add the cashews to the boiling hot water. Let them soak for 5 minutes, or 1 hour if you don’t have a high powered blender.
  • Drain the cashews and add to the high powered blender. Now add water, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and salt. Blend until very smooth.

I make the sour cream and keep it on the side because my husband prefers it without sour cream.

Add all of the ingredients in layers. Serve with tortilla chips or tortillas & green salad. This is so versatile, you can add different ingredients and leave out things you don’t like. Customize it as your own recipe.

Notes:

If you would like to use dry beans, soak the beans in water for 24 hours first and then drain and rinse and put in the crock pot and cover with water and cook on low until the beans are soft. It should take about 12 hours. For a quicker method use can beans or cans of refried beans. Be sure to check the ingredients of the refried beans to make sure it doesn’t have any added lard etc.

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