7-Layer Dip is a classic dish layered with all your favorite taco ingredients (let’s say, 7-ISH), ready to be scooped up with your favorite chips. My personal favorite is Frito scoops, but any tortilla chips are great! This recipe is very flexible and can be made in any size dish because you can easily adjust the quantity of ingredients to fit. Just remember to not make any single layer too thick because all those layers really add up and I think the best 7-layer dips have a very thin layer of each so you can easily get a little bit of everything on each bite!
Ingredients Needed (Yep, more than 7!)
- Canned refried beans
- Guacamole
- Sour Cream
- Pico de Gallo
- Shredded Cheese
- Taco Seasoning
- Green Onions
- Chopped Cilantro
- Lime
- Queso fresco or cotija
- Olives, optional
How to Make 7 Layer Dip
- Spread refried beans on the bottom of your dish
- Top with a layer of guacamole.
- Combine sour cream with taco seasoning and spread on top of guacamole, making sure to cover all of the guacamole to prevent browning.
- Layer on Pico de gallo and squeeze lime juice over it evenly. |
- Lastly, sprinkle on shredded cheese, green onions, olives (if using), and chopped cilantro.
Serving Tip:
Another fun way to serve this dip is in individual cups. Depending on the type of gathering, you might find this easier and cleaner! Layer ingredients into clear plastic cups and top with a few tortilla chips. I’ve done this for baby showers, parties, etc.
Layered Taco Dip (7-ish Layer Dip)
Ingredients
- 14 oz can refried beans any flavor
- 1 cup prepared guacamole
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 1 cup prepared pico de gallo
- ½ – 1 cup grated cheddar cheese jack or pepper jack are also great
- ½ cup sliced green onions
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
- ¼ cup crumbled cotija cheese or queso fresco
- 8 oz can sliced olives (optional) drained and chopped
Instructions
- Note: Ingredients are approximate, feel free to eyeball as your heart desires! Spread refried beans in an even layer in the bottom of a 9×13-ish dish. (You can vary the size of your dish as you please!). Spread guacamole evenly over beans.
- In a separate dish, mix sour cream with 1/2 the packet of taco seasoning (you can do this to taste) and then spread mixture over guacamole layer making sure to cover it completely to avoid browning.
- Sprinkle pico de gallo over the sour cream layer and then top with cheese, onions, cilantro and cotija. Also olives if you are using.
- Serve with tortilla chips.
Questions & Reviews
I’m not usually a huge fan of 7 layer dip… but this looks amazing… and Kate… when I was about 10 my parents decided to remodel our entire first floor. We ate of the master bathroom for 9 months with a mini fridge, toaster oven and microwave. We ate out a lot, so I feel your pain!
adding lime and cilantro will make ANY recipe better! thanks for the idea! i’ll be making this for our football watching this weekend!
Oh my word, this totally has me craving that dip and some football. Last weekend was pretty intense for college football, am I right?? And congrats on the calendar!
I don’t like refried beans much, but I saw Ellie Kreger’s 5 layer dip used black beans mashed up, so maybe I’ll try this but with y’all’s black bean recipe pureéd. Also, I can’t stand sour cream, so I use 1/2 sour cream, 1/2 cream cheese along with a taco packet in my 7 layer dip. Also, it seems to last longer at parties when I make it in a jelly roll pan and just make it super thin layers… LOVE this idea with the pico instead of boring old styrofoam tomatoes in the winter!!
This looks yummy! And I appreciate doctored-up-by-kate-and-sara classic recipes. I know they’ll DEFINITELY be more delicious than the “usual”.
This looks so awesome!!! I make 7 layer dip all the time for get togethers and I can’t wait to try this! You guys are wonderful!
This looks great!! And I personally think 8 1/2 Layer Dip with a Twist of Lime is an extremely catchy name 🙂 Also, the colours on your site make me happy every time I visit.
A calendar?! What a fantastic idea!
Holy cow yum…I always forget how much I love 7 layer dip and then something reminds me and it’s the only thing I can think about. This looks exactly like what I’ll be having for dinner!
This looks so good! I’m excited to try it!