Black Bean and Tuna Dip
photo by flower7
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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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
- 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
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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! :)
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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.
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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.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tinkerbell
Boise, 51
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