Name: Easy Nacho Dip Recipe
Ingredients: 500 mL Sour Cream; 250 g Cream Cheese; 2 tbs Chili Powder (adjust for person taste, and heat of chili powder); 1 cup Salsa; 1.5 cups Cheese (graded)

Dip, Dip, Dip, I love DIP! Nacho Dip is a staple in our house, not just for special occasions, but just about any time. I will make up this Easy Nacho Dip recipe for Hubs to snack on during the week or for us to enjoy together if we are sitting down to a movie night, or it is also the perfect game day snack. The cold taco dip doesn’t have any secret ingredient, just a tasty recipe to enjoy with your favorite crackers or nacho chips.

This is a perfect snack when you need a last minute dish to take to a friends. With just a handful of ingredients, you likely have everything you need already at home. No need for baking the stove top or using a slow cooker for this dip, it is quick to prepare and served cold. It is the best dip to make and keeps well in the fridge for up to 5 days, if it lasts that long!

It is no surprise that this recipe is one of my most popular recipe posts on my blog since I originally posted it a few years ago before a super bowl party.

This is a vegetarian Nacho dip recipe, of you are looking for one with ground beef then check out out Beef Taco Dip. When serving any cheesy nacho dip make sure you place the corn chips on the platter after you take it out of the fridge or you will end up with soggy chips.

We have lots of other easy recipes for dips for a family game night including easy layered nacho dip, cheesy dip, and many other dip recipes that will revival what you would find at authentic Mexican restaurants.

You can adapt this recipe to make it as spicy as you like by adding simple ingredients like more chili powder, hot sauce, cayenne pepper or using hot salsa instead of a mild or medium. Have some green onions, green chiles, green bell pepper in the fridge? Dice them up to add to the dip as well.

Ingredients Needed for this Easy Nacho Dip

Here is what you need to make this Easy Nacho Dip:

Easy layered nacho dip recipe ingredients

500ml of sour cream
250 g of cream cheese – softened
2 tablespoons of Chili Powder or Taco Seasoning
1 Cup of Salsa – choose your spiciness or make your own homemade salsa
1.5 cup of grated or shredded Mexican cheese (pepper jack cheese or cheddar cheese is recommended)
Green onions are optional
Tortilla Chips

How to Prepare: Easy Nacho Dip Recipe Steps

How to make easy layered nacho dip recipe

1. Beat together sour cream and mix cream cheese. To reduce the lumps in your mixture, remove these 2 ingredients from the fridge 30 mins before mixing and bring to room temperature before combining.

2. Add in chili powder or taco seasoning a little at a time, until you reach the desired level of spiciness, into the cream cheese mixture.

3. Spread mixture into the bottom of your shallow dish, pie plate, or casserole dish to create a layer approximately 1cm thick.

How to make easy layered nacho dip recipe steps

4. Layer on salsa and graded cheese. For best results, chill for 1 hour before serving.

5. Serve with tortilla chips or pita bread. If you do happen to have any leftovers, however unlikely, you can cover and refrigerate for 4-5 days in an airtight container.

Go ahead, give this easy Nacho Dip recipe a try and let me know what you think. I bet your family loves it just as much as mine!

Additional Ingredients you can Add:

The best part about Easy Nacho dip is you can customize to your families likes and add anything you want especially fresh vegetables including:

avocado
tomatoes
green chilies
black olives
red onions

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