Quick Cream Cheese Fiesta Taco Dip (10 Minutes!)
This taco dip is a simple, crowd-pleasing blend of cream cheese and sour cream, bold taco seasoning, salsa, shredded cheese, fresh veggies, and a sprinkle of cilantro, all layered to perfection for the ultimate snack.
Equipment
- mixing bowl for combining the cream cheese, sour cream, and taco seasoning
- electric mixer or whisk to whip the cream cheese and combine with sour cream and taco seasoning
- spatula for spreading the dip evenly in the serving dish
- cutting board and chef's knife for chopping the veggie toppings
- cheese grater if your cheese isn't pre-grated
- measuring spoons and cups to accurately measure ingredients
- 9-inch baking dish or pie plate to assemble and serve the dip
Ingredients
- 1 cup cream cheese softened (8 ounces)
- 1 cup sour cream (8 ounces)
- 3 tablespoons taco seasoning (1-ounce packet)
- 2 cups chopped lettuce (about ¼ head of lettuce)
- 2 Roma tomatoes diced
- ⅓ cup sliced black olives
- 1-¼ cups shredded Mexican cheese
- 2 green onions chopped
- 1 tablespoon cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Add the softened cream cheese to a bowl and whip with an electric mixer for 1 minute. Add sour cream and taco seasoning and mix until combined.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture into the bottom of a 9x9-inch baking dish or 9-inch pie plate.
- Roughly chop 2 cups of iceberg lettuce (about ¼ head of lettuce).
- Thinly slice the light and dark green parts of 2 green onions
- Seed and dice 2 Roma tomatoes. Discard the jelly and seeds.If you have time, it's helpful at this point to let the diced tomatoes sit in a strainer or on some paper towels to drain excess liquid before adding to the dip.
- Roughly chop the leaves and small stems to yield 1tablespoon chopped cilantro.
- Spread the chopped lettuce over the cream cheese layer in the baking dish.
- Layer the chopped tomatoes, olives, shredded cheese, green onions, and cilantro over the chopped lettuce in the baking dish. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate.
Notes
If using a pre-packaged taco seasoning mix, just add the whole packet even if it doesn't come to 3 tablespoons.
If you're planning to refrigerate this dip and serve later on, proceed through step 3 (spreading the cream cheese dip in the baking dish) and add the chopped lettuce and other toppings immediately before serving. Otherwise the veggie toppings may get wilty.
In step 5, make sure to remove as much of the jelly and seeds from the tomatoes as possible to keep the dip from getting soggy. If you have time, let the chopped tomatoes sit in a strainer over a bowl or on some paper towels to drain away excess liquid before adding to the dip.