Our easy Salsa Dip Recipe will be the hit of your fiesta. Made with basic kitchen ingredients, you’ll have a tasty party dip on the table in just minutes.
Serve this easy appetizer recipe with chips or your favorite vegetable dippers and kick off your Cinco de Mayo celebration.
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Easy Salsa Dip
What do you do when it’s Cinco de Mayo and you need to make a quick appetizer to start your fiesta?
You make a simple sour cream and salsa dip that will taste so delicious you’ll wish it was a bottomless bowl.
Add in taco seasoning for a kick of flavor and lime juice and zest for that tangy citrus note and you’re all set.
Now you can serve it just like that, with the four easy ingredients of sour cream, salsa, taco seasoning and lime, and trust me, your taste buds will be oh so happy.
Add a colorful and tasty garnish of chopped tomato, scallion and cilantro on top, for the crowning glory.
Try serving the tortilla chips in brown paper bags. It will be fun and festive when everyone gets their personal bag of chips!
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Decorations for a Cinco de Mayo party
Cinco de Mayo calls for a fiesta! And every fiesta needs decorations and brght colors.
Start with hanging this Taco About A Party Banner (this makes me crack up every time!), add a colorful Serepe Plastic Tablecloth, or this set of hand woven serape table runners in fextive colors (or both!) and these adorable Fiesta Paper Striped Party Straws with Tacos, Sombreros and more on them.
A taco serving plate with all the sections is an ideal way to serve your taco recipe and all your favorite toppings and be sure to don your let's taco about it t-shirt (again, cracking up here!) and let the fiesta begin!
How to make a salsa dip
This is a quick overview of how to make this recipe. Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Combine sour cream, salsa, taco seasoning, lime juice and lime zest.
- Top with tomato, scallion and cilantro sprigs.
- Serve with tortilla chips or your favorite vegetable dippers!
Recipe Tips
- You can make this dip ahead and refrigerate it until you are ready to serve.
- Both tortilla chips and vegetable dippers pair well with this dip.
Substitutions
- You can substitute chili powder and cumin for the taco seasoning
- I used my homemade taco seasoning but storebought taco seasoning can be used instead
- Greek yogurt is a good substitute for sour cream
- Pico de gallo can replace the salsa
- Salsa verde is a good replacement for salsa
- Make this dip and stir in my homemade pineapple salsa instead of jarred salsa
Ingredients
Ingredients for a salsa dip for nachos
- sour cream
- salsa
- taco seasoning
- lime
- tomato
- scallion
- cilantro
Cinco de Mayo Recipes
Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread starts with a corn muffin mix. Add in a few stir-ins, top with jalapenos, scallions and cheese, pop in the oven and in minutes you’ll be ready to serve up a mighty fine cornbread!
Jalapeno Cucumber Margaritas are a twist on the classic margarita cocktail. Spicy jalapenos and refreshing cucumbers flavor a margarita mixture lending the perfect balance of heat and coolness to our easy margarita recipe.
Spiced Skirt steak Tacos are a party in your mouth with a burst of flavor in every bite! Seasoned slices of juicy skirt steak are nestled in a crunchy corn shell and topped with a lime-scented fresh heirloom tomato salsa.
With a creamy chocolate ganache on top and a hint of spice inside Chipotle Brownies Chipotle Brownies will be the grand finale at your Cinco de Mayo fiesta!
Salsa Dip Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 pint (2 cups) sour cream
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 Tablespoon taco seasoning
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- ½ cup chopped tomato
- ¼ cup sliced scallion
- cilantro sprigs
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Instructions
- Combine sour cream, salsa, taco seasoning, lime juice and lime zest.
- Top with tomato, scallion and cilantro sprigs.
- Serve with tortilla chips or your favorite vegetable dippers!
Notes
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