Black Bean and Tuna Dip

"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."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
12
Yields:
2 cups
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ingredients

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directions

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

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Reviews

  1. 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! :)
     
  2. 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.
     
  3. 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.
     
  4. 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.
     
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