I {HEART} Cooking - Layered Taco Dip

I made this today for a family get together at the beach and let me tell you it went out in a second, everyone LOVED it!!! (I really enjoy seeing people eating and liking what I cook, is such a pleasure for me :).

Here in Dominican Republic we call it Cielito Lindo (beautiful small heaven), this is also like saying sweetheart to someone you love, anyways the name comes from a popular mexican song, I've seen similar recipes for this and they also call it Layered Taco Dip.

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The first layer is Cream Cheese, just spread it at the bottom of your pirex or bowl.

Then you will need the meat layer, you could use ground beef with taco seasoning, but I used shredded chicken, for this I boiled 1 pound of skinless, boneless chicken breasts with 6 cups of water, 1 onion, salt and pepper (I put this much water to get some chicken stock to use for other recipes), after it is cooked I put it in my food processor and it goes to a pan with half a cup of water and seasoning until the liquids are gone. If you dont feel like complicating yourself this much just use the chicken breast that comes in a can (like tuna) and add the taco seasoning.

Add some veggies to the next layer, I like to do a picadillo, I use the same amounts of chopped lettuce, fresh cilantro (coriander), diced tomato and onion.

Then comes the mexican salsa layer, I like Tostitos, but you can use any brand.

And top it with shredded cheddar cheese or the 4 mexican cheese mix they sell already shredded and pack (I used the first choice).

This are some layers of perfection...

I even made a smaller one with hot salsa (because the other one was mild) for those who like it spicy :)

You can add or substitute some of the layers, get creative!!! You could use Guacamole, Rotel, refried beans, take the meat out for a vegetarian delight!

But always put the cream cheese in the first layer.

Serve it with tortilla or corn chips, Tostitos or the scoop ones to get more dip in :D

ENJOY!!!

I {HEART} Cooking

I’ve been wanting to post photographs of the making process of some of my recipes, and I finally remembered to take my camera down to the kitchen, first there are 3 things you NEED to know:



1) I’m not a pro photographer, I have a point and shoot camera and stink at taking good, nice pictures –I have my sister for that ;)- plus remember I’m a doctor so I have a right not to be artsy :p

2) I don’t have a nice kitchen with nice kitchen stuff; I have a plain old kitchen with old not at all sassy thing :(

3) I don’t make fancy recipes, most of them I invented or copied somewhere from a magazine or the internet, BUT they are YUMMY and you can impress some guest with them!!!


With that being said here are two great dips for you to enjoy:


Tuna Dip

First get these ingredients

1 can of tuna in oil
½ onion
½ green pepper
2 lemons
½ red pepper (the canned one)
½ spoon of dry parsley
¼ package of leek or green onion
¼ cup of mayonnaise
1 spoon of ketchup
½ spoon of mustard
½ of Chinese sauce

Drain the tuna, and cut the onion, green pepper, red pepper and green onion into small pieces.

Take it to the food processor –mine is broken so I used the blender.

You may need to move it so it won’t get stuck and you get the nice dip consistency you need.
Put a little fresh parsley garnish and it should look like this.

Serve it chilled.

Cheese Dip

Get these ingredients:

½ pound of cream cheese
½ package of leek or green onions
¼ spoon of garlic
¼ of evaporated milk (save some more to use later)
½ red pepper (the canned one)
salt and pepper

If you use fresh cream cheese get it into crumbles –if you use the Philadelphia type you don’t have to- and cut the red pepper and green onion into pieces.

Put it all in the food processor, I used the blender –remember mine is broken.

Again you may need to move it with a spoon so it won’t get stuck and you get the dip consistency you need.
Add some green onion as garnish.

Serve it chilled with some tortilla chips and cracker (I used Pesto crackers) on some nice fishy plates :p

You could also use this to make little sandwiches or get creative!!!!