Black Bean and Tuna Dip

Submitted by Tinkerbell

"An unusual combination of ingredients comes together to make a delicious dip or cracker spread. Quick and easy to prepare, it can be made a day in advance or served immediately. Created for the Fall 2010 Dining on a Dollar Contest."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 2 cups

ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 tablespoon dried onion, minced
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 -2 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (5 ounce) can tuna, packed in water (drained)
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons mayonnaise (or more to taste)
• cracker, for serving

directions

1. Combine first 8 ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
2. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese then add tuna and mayonnaise, stir well.
3. Add black bean mixture to cream cheese mixture and combine.
4. Serve with whole wheat or saltine crackers.
5. Can also be spread onto flour tortillas, rolled into spirals and sliced for appetizer sandwiches.

Reviews

[flower7]

I made this exactly to the recipe (except for subbing parsley for cilantro) and enjoyed it quite a bit. The beans were certainly an unusual addition, but as beans (particularly black beans) are a favorite of mine, I liked the addition. I just realized I forgot to toast the sesame seeds - whoops! Well regardless, I'm looking forward to enjoying this on crackers *and* rolled into tortillas. (Having tried it both ways for the photo, I think I like the additional crunch from the crackers more though). Thanks for sharing your recipe creation Tink! :)

 

[Leggy Peggy]

Every week I take a couple of dips to Friday night drinks at work. The crowd surprised me and enjoyed this dip much more than I expected -- they usually like more heat. I used the food processor to 'beat' the cream cheese mixture. And then pulsed in the black beans, which I think vastly improved the overall texture and blending of the flavours. I made this quite a few hours in advance. Thanks for your creative efforts.

 

[LucyS-D]

I did think the ingredients were unusual, but I liked them all. It didn't quite work as a final product, however. I did not like the tuna with the beans. The flavor definitely improved after letting the dip sit for a while and mature.

 

[evelynathens]

Pretty good. The flavours were not bad, but we all thought it was missing a little 'zing' and maybe some chopped jalapeno to take it on a tex-mex journey, or a dash of curry to go in another direction, would have really added some nice spice. I think, also, the beans would have been easier to handle in a dip if they had been coarsely fork-mashed, just enough to show they're still beans, but also to blend them into the tuna dip part better.