As all college students know, a party can happen at any minute. You may be walking home from class, marinating in your studiousness when suddenly the group chat fires up and your friends are meeting at your humble abode in a hot minute.
“How can I please my comrades’ taste buds with something other than a generic salsa and tortilla chips combo?” you may ask yourself.
The answer, my friends, is the easy and affordable hot pepper dip!
Ingredients:
1/2 red, yellow or green bell pepper
8 oz cream cheese
2 to 4 garlic cloves (adjust to taste preference)
3 to 4 pickled jalapeño peppers
Flour tortillas (1 tortilla yields 8 chips)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
Olive oil
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Mix the garlic and peppers together until blended to desired chunkiness.
3. Add in 4 oz cream cheese and process until blended before adding the remaining cream cheese. Cover and set dip aside in fridge.
4. Cut or tear desired amount of tortillas into triangle chip-shapes and place on cookie sheet. Drizzle olive oil over the tortilla and sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
5. Place the tortillas in the preheated oven for seven minutes.
Allow chips to cool for two minutes before setting out and you have got yourself a flavorful hors d’oeuvre perfect for a party!
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