🌮🎉🧡 Layered Beef Taco Dip is the good old fashioned FAST and EASY layered taco dip everyone ADORES! Made with seasoned ground beef, cream cheese, sour cream, black beans, cheese, tomatoes, and more! Perfect for your next FIESTA and a guaranteed WINNER with everyone!
The BEST Taco Dip with Ground Beef
- If you’re in need of an easy Cinco de Mayo party recipe that’s ready in 15 minutes, this layered taco dip with meat has got you covered. I guarantee it will be a hit with your family and friends.
- Keep it in your repertoire for all of the summer holidays coming up, including Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. This taco dip has summer picnic, party, and potluck written all over it. I can assure you that if I ran into this layered taco dip at an event, I would babysit it all night long and not leave its side.
- Because of the layers in this ground beef taco dip, you’re getting the best of all worlds. The cool cream cheese and creamy sour cream spiked with taco seasoning is a perfect contrast to the warm beef and tender black beans.
- The bits of onions and green chiles add extra flavor and texture. Even though the chiles are fire-roasted, we didn’t find the dip spicy. Super flavorful indeed but not spicy.
- The shredded cheese, juicy tomatoes, and cilantro are welcome bursts of freshness in contrast to the salty tortilla chips. They’re the perfect scoopers to help you savor this satisfying, filling, and comfort food dip.
Ingredients in Ground Beef Taco Dip
To make this layered taco dip recipe with ground beef, you’ll need:
- Sour cream
- Cream cheese
- Ortega Taco Seasoning Mix – For a spicier dip, use a spicy taco seasoning or add a pinch of cayenne to the ground beef as it’s browning.
- Lean ground beef
- Vidalia onion
- Olive oil
- Ortega Fire-Roasted Green Chiles
- Ortega Black Beans
- Shredded Mexican cheese
- Roma tomato
- Fresh cilantro
- Medium Taco Sauce
- Tortilla chips
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Ground Beef Taco Dip
It doesn’t get easier than this ground beef taco dip! Here’s an overview of the recipe:
- First, combine cream cheese with sour cream and stir in a packet of Ortega Taco Seasoning Mix before adding it to a casserole dish for your first layer of the dip.
- Next, brown ground beef with an onion before adding Ortega® Fire-Roasted Green Chiles, Ortega® Taco Seasoning Mix, and Ortega® Black Beans. Add this juicy beef and bean mixture over the cream cheese and sour cream.
- Top with shredded cheese, tomatoes, cilantro, and Ortega® Medium Taco Sauce to really bring out the Mexican-inspired flavors in this easy layered dip.
Garnish Ideas
I garnished this layered taco dip with tomatoes, cilantro, and taco sauce, but you can get super creative here. Try:
- Green onions
- Bell peppers
- Chiles of any kind
- Salsa
- Shredded lettuce
- Avocado
- Guacamole
- Black olives
- Red onions
Recipe FAQs
If you’re vegetarian, I bet you could sub an extra can of beans for the ground beef. Be sure to season the beans with the taco seasoning so you still pack in all that delicious taco flavor.
If you don’t mind making the taco dip with meat, you could also sub ground chicken or turkey. Note that both are far leaner than ground beef, so you’ll need to add more oil to the pan to prevent the meat from drying out.
I recommend eating this taco dip with beef the day it’s made. Leftovers will keep up to 3 days in the fridge, but the veggies will become soggy over time.
Yes, but make sure to use brick-style cream cheese and not the whipped kind that comes in a tub.
Pair the layered ground beef dip with one or more of the following:
Baked tortilla chips
Pretzels or pretzel thins
Ritz crackers
Celery sticks
Potato chips
Layered Ground Beef Taco Dip
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 ounces sour cream
- 8 ounces brick-style cream cheese, softened
- two 1.25-ounce packets Ortega Taco Seasoning Mix
- 1 pound lean ground beef, I used 85% lean
- 1 small/medium sweet Vidalia onion, diced small
- 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil, if necessary
- one 4-ounce can Ortega Fire-Roasted Green Chiles
- one 15-ounce can Ortega Black Beans
- 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
- 1 Roma tomato, diced small
- fresh cilantro, for garnishing
- Ortega Medium Taco Sauce, as desired for serving
- corn tortilla chips, for serving
Instructions
- Spray a 3-quart baking dish (or high-sided 9×9-inch pan) with cooking spray; set aside.
- To a medium mixing bowl, add the sour cream, cream cheese, and beat on high-speed with a handheld electric mixer.
- Add 1 packet taco seasoning and beat to incorporate.
- Turn mixture out into prepared pan; place pan in the fridge.
- To a large skillet, add the beef, onion, oil if necessary, and cook for about 5 minutes over medium-high heat, or until beef is cooked through and onion is soft and translucent. Crumble beef while it cooks to ensure even cooking.
- Add the green chiles, remaining 1 packet taco seasoning, and stir to combine.
- Add the black beans and stir to combine.
- Turn mixture out over sour cream-cream cheese layer.
- Evenly top with the cheese, tomato, cilantro, taco sauce, and serve immediately with tortilla chips.
Notes
- Dip will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Substituted refried beans for black beans.
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