This amazing bean dip recipe with smoked cheese and assorted vegetables is the perfect appetizer for your next get-together.
Servings: 10
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 30 minutesminutes
Total Time: 45 minutesminutes
Ingredients
6strips of chopped thick-cut bacon
½peeled and small diced yellow onion
3clovesof finely minced garlic
2 15-ouncecans drained and rinsed Cannellini Beans
1 15-ouncecan drained and rinsed pinto Beans
2cupsshredded mozzarella
2cupsshredded smoked white cheddar cheese
¼cupof sour cream
½cupof mayonnaise
sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
optional garnishes: sliced green onions, and roasted peppers and onions
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400°.
Add the bacon to a medium size pot over medium heat and cook until crispy. Once they are brown and crisp, remove the bacon and set it aside.
Next, add the onions and garlic to the pot with the rendered bacon fat and cook until browned.
Drain the beans in a colander and place them into the pot along with a ¼ cup of water and cook over medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes or until they begin to break down a bit.
Mash with a hand masher and fold in half of the cooked bacon, cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
Transfer the mixture to a cast iron or enamel pan and top off the remaining shredded cheese. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and golden brown.
Garnish the top of the bean dip with optional garnishes and serve with crudité options.
Notes
Make-ahead: This recipe is meant to be eaten as soon as it is done cooking. However, you can cover it and keep it warm at low temperatures (200°) in the oven for 1 hour before you serve it.How to Store: Cover them and keep them in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. To freeze, cover with plastic wrap or place it in a plastic container and keep it in the freezer for up to 2 months. Thaw it in the refrigerator for 1 day before reheating.How To Reheat: To reheat, add it to a small baking dish, cover it with foil, and bake in the oven at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until hot.This is meant to be a quick recipe, but you can use dried beans that are soaked in water overnight.Soaked dried beans will then need to be boiled in water until soft, which will take 1 to 2 hours. From there, drain them and proceed with this recipe.Feel free to use whatever cheeses you’d like. Some other good cheeses would be gouda, smoked gouda, regular cheddar cheese, cotija, or queso fresco.