Obvious but Delicious 8-layer Taco Dip
vegan refried beans (1-2 cans)
soy taco filling ( I use 1-2 boxes Fantastic Foods mix)
1-2 containers vegan sour cream (1 container per seasoning packet)
1-2 taco seasoning packets - make sure its vegan!
shredded lettuce
a couple of chopped tomatoes
green onions
sliced black olives
some chopped avocado
Prepare the taco filling according to package directions. In another bowl mix the taco seasoning packet with the Sour Supreme (1 packet per sour supreme container). I usually use a 9x13 casserole dish to layer the stuff in the following order: beans, meat, sour supreme mixture, lettuce, tomatoes olives, onions, avocado.
NOTE: If you use 1 each of the first 3 ingredients, the layers are a little thin, but if you use 2 you will have some extra (I usually make a mini layered dip out of this for my own private vegan use, since the carnivores inevitably will devour this dip in the first 5 minutes of any social function!) Serve with tortilla chips.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
This recipe was great! I made it this year for Christmas Eve. and since I had a ton left over, I took it again to the family get-together on Christmas day. I have to say, maybe this would be a good one to make ahead of time. I did mix the vegan sour cream (I used Tofutti) and the taco seasoning together the day before I served it on Christmas Eve. because I know that the tastes needed to meld together a bit. Even so, I think it was a lot better Christmas day (two days after I made the mixture). My sister is a big fan of the regular version of this, and no one in my family is vegan or vegetarian, but it received rave reviews by all. The only other thing I might change about this, though (and maybe it was just because of the brand of refrieds I bought), was that the refried beans didn't really "dip" well. It was hard to get them off of the bottom of the dish I put it in. Does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking maybe even mix some of the sour cream together with the beans or something else in order to give the beans more of a creamy/dippier consistency. Overall, though, great! ;D
Made this for THanksgiving with my husband's rather large family. (Truthfully, I made a dairy and non-dairy version.) The fantastic foods taco mix isn't that bad but sort of bland. No matter--in this dip it worked great. I think the taco seasoning mix did a fair job of covering up the beany taste in the tofu sour cream. Both versions were good. No one minded the fake meat even though they were a bit suspicious at first. Adding fresh avocado is key. My husband liked the ND one but said he thought it would have been a lot better hot. I'm not sure how you would do that with the lettuce and tomatoes on top. I will probably make this again.