Cheesy Bean Dip
Simple 4-ingredient baked dip recipe
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz. can refried beans
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 16 oz. jar salsa (you don’t need to use that much, so if you have a partial jar, use it!)
- 1 cup grated cheese (cheddar or Monterrey jack or something similar)
- tortilla chips for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- Spread beans in a 9x9 glass baking dish.
- Top with cream cheese. To make it easy, I usually microwave it for 20-30 seconds before hand and then just “slice” it into pieces and lay the pieces on top of the beans. No need to be exact – it’ll melt and spread in the oven.
- Dump salsa on top. You don’t need to use a whole jar if it looks like too much salsa. I’m not very precise when it comes to this recipe.
- Top with shredded cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake for another 5-10 minutes so that the cheese is totally melty.
- Serve with chips!
Notes
I often make this dip ahead of time (like early in the morning) and store in the refrigerator until I'm ready to cook it. If you do that, it will take longer to bake – maybe closer to an hour. Just look for it to be warm in the middle. (You can always microwave it for a few minutes before baking just to get it started – I won’t tell people you cheated!)