Nine Layer Greek Dip Recipes

Steps:

• In a shallow glass bowl or baking dish, begin layering in the ingredients in the following order: hummus, roasted red bell peppers, tzatziki, diced cucumbers, olives, feta and cherry tomatoes.
• Squeeze over the lemon juice and garnish with the parsley.
• Serve with the pita wedges.

Steps:

• For the pita chips. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Slice the pita in half through the pocket, then into chip-size triangles. Lay the pita wedges in a single layer on a baking sheet. Brush with the melted butter, then season with the sumac and some salt and pepper.
• Bake, rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until browned and crispy, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to cool on the baking sheet.
• For the dip: Combine the picante peppers, olives and red and yellow bell peppers in a small bowl. Season with the oregano and toss with the olive oil and vinegar.
• Spread half of the Baba Ghanoush on the bottom of a 10-inch square baking dish. Top with half of the pepper mixture. Top the pepper mixture with half of the Tzatziki. Repeat with the remaining Baba Ghanoush, pepper mixture and Tzatziki. Top with the tomatoes, feta and parsley. Sprinkle with the sumac and serve with the pita chips.
• Preheat the oven or a grill to 400 degrees F.
• Roast the eggplant, rotating once or twice during roasting, until soft, 30 to 45 minutes in the oven or 20 to 25 minutes on the grill. Transfer to a bowl, cover and let cool until cool enough to handle. Peel off the skin and discard.
• Combine the eggplant, mayonnaise, feta, garlic and salt and pepper to taste in a food processor. Blend, while streaming in the olive oil, until pureed and smooth. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate.
• Combine the yogurt, cucumber, dill, mint, lemon juice and salt in a bowl and refrigerate until serving time.

Steps:

• In a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate, layer first 6 ingredients; top with olives, if desired, and pepperoncini. Sprinkle with feta cheese. Refrigerate until serving. Serve with pita chips.

Steps:

• Spread the hummus in a smooth layer in an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Layer the feta cheese, cucumber, tomato, and Kalamata olives on top.
• Whisk together the olive oil and oregano in a small bowl, then drizzle over the Kalamata olives. Refrigerate up 24 hours before serving.

Steps:

• Place the chicken, 1 1/2 tablespoons of cilantro, and vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat, and pan-fry the chicken breasts until lightly golden brown, no longer pink in the middle, and the juices run clear, about 5 minutes per side. Remove the chicken and set aside. When cooled, cut into cubes.
• Place the bacon in the same skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Mix the refried beans into the skillet with the bacon, and cook, stirring frequently, until the beans are hot and bubbling, 5 to 10 minutes. Mix the taco seasoning and sour cream together in a bowl.
• To assemble, spread the hot bean and bacon mixture into the bottom of an 8x8-inch glass dish. Sprinkle the chicken cubes over the bean mixture, then follow with these layers: 3/4 cup of Cheddar cheese, guacamole, sour cream mixture, and sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle the top with 1 1/2 tablespoons of cilantro, black olives, green onions, and 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese.

Steps:

• Spread hummus evenly in a pie dish and sprinkle with Greek seasoning. Layer feta cheese over humus, breaking up any large pieces. Layer Kalamata olives and diced cucumber on top. Spread tzatziki sauce carefully on top. Top with tomatoes and green onions. Chill until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Grate the cucumber on the large holes of a box grater into a bowl. Toss with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pour into a fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl. Let stand for 10 minutes. Using your hands and working with a bit of the cucumber at a time, squeeze the excess liquid out of the cucumber and place the cucumber in a large bowl. Add the yogurt, feta, garlic, 1/4 cup of the chopped mint, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to the bowl with the cucumber. Stir to combine and add more salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a shallow serving bowl.
• Toss the tomatoes, red onion, olives and remaining 2 tablespoons mint together in a medium bowl. Sprinkle the mixture over the cucumber mixture. Serve the dip with warm pita or vegetable chips.

Steps:

• 1. Roast one whole bulb of garlic in the oven at 400 degrees until each clove is golden brown and tender. (To roast garlic peel off the loose outer skin, chop off about 1/4 inch of the top of the bulb, rub with olive oil, wrap in foil or place in garlic roaster and bake for 30-35 minutes). While the garlic is roasting chop all the vegetables, sundried tomatoes, avocado, olives, and artichokes and place in prep dishes.
• 2. Remove the individual garlic cloves from the garlic bulb. Mix the roasted garlic with the OPA Feta and Dill Greek Yogurt Dressing and set aside. You can also make this a day or two ahead before adding to dip to enhance the flavor even more.
• 3. Layer all the ingredients in a festive dish or container of your choice beginning with the roasted red pepper hummus.
• 4. Then follow with the OPA Feta and Dill Greek Yogurt Dressing infused with the roasted garlic.
• 5. Then layer the remaining ingredients in any manner you wish.
• 6. I like alternating the colors. This can be served right away or made the night before and refrigerated. Making it the night before really allows all the flavors to meld together. You can serve this with pita bread, pita crackers or flatbread crackers.