6 Quick and Easy Dips for Barbecue and Parties
Outdoor parties usually mean barbecue, and barbecue mean dips.
Food and snacks are important part of a successful party, and so are the dips. It’s very important to make a number of dips to go with the dishes and snacks. While it may sound like a lot of work, but actually it’s not. There are a lot of quick and easy dips for parties and barbecue. And today we’ll be sharing with you some of our favourites — 6 easy homemade dips.
BBQ dips are easy to make and often require only a few ingredients.
Quick and Easy Dips: Recipes
1. Guacamole
Guacamole is an avocado-based dip, originating in Mexico.
This dip is really easy to make, it uses fresh ingredients and is one of the best quick and easy dips you can make at home. You can eat it with tortilla chips or grilled veggies, or spread it on toast.
Ingredients:
- 3 ripe avocados
- 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 small onion, finely diced
- 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeño pepper without seeds, finely diced (or a pinch cayenne pepper)
Directions:
Slice the avocados in half, remove the pit and put them in the bowl. Mash the avocado with a fork. Add the remaining ingredients and mix them together.
2. Salsa
Salsa is easy to make and delicious.
Enjoy this fresh dip with tacos or nachos!
Ingredients:
- 2 to 3 medium sized tomatoes
- 1 small red onion (or 1/2, if it’s medium sized)
- 1 whole jalapeño pepper from a jar (or 8-12 slices, if you are using sliced)
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- A pinch dried oregano
- A pinch of ground cumin
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Roughly chop the tomatoes, chilli peppers and the red onion.
Remove the seeds from chilli peppers and set them aside.
Put all the ingredients in the food processor and pulse a few times until the ingredients are finely diced. Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Taste it. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add some of the chilli seeds if the dip is not spicy enough. For a better taste, let the salsa sit for an hour (room temperature or in the fridge).
3. Sour Cream, Dill and Garlic Dip
This creamy garlicky dip is perfect for potato wedges, chips and grilled veggie strips.
No cooking required. Just mix together these 4 ingredients and serve.
Ingredients:
- 200 ml sour cream
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons finely shopped dill or dried dill
- A pinch if black pepper
Directions:
Add ingredients to a bowl and mix until well combined. That’s it!
The dip is ready for serving.
For a better taste, leave it in the fridge for 1 hour.
Sour cream can be substituted with Greek yogurt. You can add a pinch of chilli powder for heat.
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4. Sour Cream and Spring Onion Dip
A great dip to make when you are short on time.
It’s easy to make and it tastes great. Just like the sour cream, dill and garlic dip, this dip is perfect for nachos, potato wedges, chips and grilled veggie strips.
Ingredients:
- 200 ml sour cream
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 3-4 tablespoons finely shopped spring onions (depends on how strong you want)
- A pinch if black pepper
Directions:
Add ingredients to a bowl and mix until the mixture is even. The dip is ready for serving. For a better taste, leave it in the fridge for 1 hour.
Sour cream can be substituted with Greek yogurt.
For a bit stronger taste, use both mayonnaise and sour cream. We recommend to use 1:1 sour cream to mayo ratio.
5. BBQ Sauce
BBQ sauce is one of our favourite dips for a BBQ party.
It’s perfect for dipping chicken wings and strips, giving the meat sweetness and spice.
Ingredients:
- 160 ml ketchup
- 120 ml vinegar
- 50 grams brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon fine table salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Directions:
Put all ingredients in a small saucepan, bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes. That’s it! The dip is ready for serving.
6. Hummus
Hummus (alternative names: hommos, houmous) is a Middle Eastern dip which traditionally is made from blended chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, garlic and spices. There are also several variations of the traditional hummus, such as the beet hummus, avocado hummus, sweet potato hummus and pumpkin hummus.
But our absolute favourite is the traditional hummus.
It’s a very simple recipe that can be made in 10 minutes.
What are your favourite quick and easy dips?
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