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Taco Dip!

Melissa Jo
This festive Fourth of July Boat Day Taco Dip is the same creamy, crowd-favorite taco dip you already love with a patriotic twist! Simply decorate the finished dip with blue corn tortilla chips, shredded mozzarella cheese, halved cherry tomatoes, and crumbled Cotija cheese to create an American flag that's perfect for cookouts, pool parties, and Independence Day celebrations.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 8-ounce tubs Temp Tee whipped cream cheese, softened sometimes I use two tubs, sometimes three. But it's so good, go ahead and use 3! I used three for the Patriotic version.
  • 8 ounces Cheddar cheese freshly shredded
  • 12 ounces salsa If you make this as the patriotic (flag) version and/or you use 3 tubs of cream cheese; use 24 oz of salsa.
  • Handful of sliced black olives
  • ½ cup chopped green onions
  • 3 handfuls shredded lettuce
  • 1 packet taco seasoning divided (half of it sprinkled over the cream cheese layer; half of it sprinkled over the shredded lettuce)

For the Patriotic Flag Decoration

  • Blue corn tortilla chips for the Union
  • Shredded mozzarella cheese for the stripes
  • Cherry tomatoes halved (for the stripes)
  • Crumbled Cotija cheese for the stars

Instructions
 

Step 1

  • Spread the softened whipped cream cheese evenly into an 11¾ x 9¼ x 1½-inch disposable foil pan. or in any size dish you'd like. As long as it's a rectangular shape if you are making the flag version.
  • Sprinkle about half of the taco seasoning evenly over the cream cheese.

Step 2

  • Spread the salsa evenly over the cream cheese.

Step 3

  • Sprinkle the freshly shredded Cheddar cheese over the salsa.

Step 4

  • Scatter the sliced black olives evenly over the cheese.

Step 5

  • Sprinkle the chopped green onions over the olives.

Step 6

  • Top everything with an even layer of shredded lettuce.
  • Sprinkle the remaining taco seasoning evenly over the lettuce.

    • Fourth of July Flag Decoration

    Step 7

    In the upper left corner of the dip, arrange several blue corn tortilla chips to create the blue section of the American flag.
    Sprinkle crumbled Cotija cheese over the blue chips to resemble the stars.

    Step 8

    Cover the remaining surface of the dip with shredded mozzarella cheese.

    Step 9

    Arrange rows of halved cherry tomatoes across the mozzarella to create the red stripes of the American flag, leaving the mozzarella showing between each row for the white stripes.
    Serve immediately with tortilla chips and enjoy!

Notes

 
 
Keyword best dip, cheddar cheese, easy, taco dip
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