Tucson Dip - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. dairy sour cream
1 jar (2 1/2 oz.) dried beef
1 can (4 oz.) chopped green chilies, undrained
1 1/2 Tbsp. instant minced onion
2 tsp. chopped chives
chopped pecans
tortilla chips

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
In a small mixer bowl at low speed, beat cream cheese and sour cream until well blended and smooth.
Rinse dried beef and pat dry.
Chop coarsely.
Gently stir dried beef, green chilies and onion into cream cheese mixture.
Pour into a shallow 2-cup baking dish.
Sprinkle chives and pecans on top. Bake for 20 minutes or until puffed and edges are bubbly.
Serve hot with tortilla chips.
Makes 2 1/2 cups.
You can hardly make enough of this for a cocktail party, it goes so fast.
The recipe doubles easily.