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This 5-ingredient spicy chipotle white bean dip is creamy, smoky, spicy, and ready in just minutes—perfect for dipping and spreading at a moment’s notice. Gluten-free, dairy-free, oil-free, vegan!
Creamy, Spicy White Bean Dip In Just 5 Minutes
When it comes to dips, we love recipes where less is more. By that, we mean recipes with the least amount of ingredients, time, and effort—but with maximum flavor and crowd-pleasing ability – just like this spicy bean dip! Whether it’s for a special occasion, holidays, taco night, or a Thursday afternoon snack, this spicy chipotle white bean dip is ready to impress!
With just 5 ingredients and about 5 minutes to prep and blend, this white bean dip recipe is ready to impress and perfect for those who want something with a bit of a smoky, hot kick to enjoy with their chips and vegetable sticks. Plus, this easy bean dip recipe works with several types of beans!
We love it so much that you’ll even find us smothering it onto bread and in wraps for a delicious and nutritious addition to any meal. Plus, it’s meal-prep and freezer friendly.
Looking for more ways to use up those cans of white beans? Check out our recipes for white bean burgers, Vegan Lemon-Garlic Mediterranean Quinoa (Salad OR Warm), or even slow-cooker baked beans. You might also enjoy scrolling through this list of 59 ways to use a can of beans!
Estimated Cost Per Serving: $0.29
The Ingredients and Substitutions
Rely on just 5 simple, inexpensive, and pantry-friendly ingredients to pull together this delicious spicy white bean dip recipe.
- Beans: We used a can of white beans (like cannellini beans) for this recipe. However, this spicy bean dip will also work with black beans, pinto beans, or even refried beans. Use regular or reduced-sodium canned beans.
- Chipotle pepper: Use chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, as you’ll need the pepper and some sauce for this chipotle dip recipe. This is the star ingredient of this recipe, containing wonderfully flavorful smokiness and heat.
- Garlic: Fresh garlic is best, though you can use garlic powder in a pinch.
- Lime juice: Fresh lime (or lemon juice) works best, but use bottled in a pinch.
- Cumin: Just a small amount wonderfully pairs with the smoky, spicy flavors in this spicy white bean dip.
- Cilantro: (optional) Add to taste. Alternatively, green onions could work.
You’ll also need a small amount of water to bring the chipotle bean dip to your desired consistency.
What Else Could I Add To Chili Bean Dip?
- Smoked paprika: To enhance the smokiness in this spicy dip further, add a dash of smoked paprika.
- Chili powder/cayenne powder: To enhance the spice further, add to taste.
- Herbs: For more of a herby, spicy white bean dip, you could add some dried oregano or dried thyme to taste.
- Olive oil: For a smoother, silkier mouthfeel, add a drizzle of olive oil to the chipotle dip.
- Vegan cream cheese: For a richer, creamier white bean dip.
- Vegan cheese: If you want to serve the spicy bean dip warm, you can sprinkle it with vegan shredded cheese (like vegan ‘cheddar’) and warm it in the oven until bubbly.
How to Make Spicy White Bean Dip?
With minimal hands-on prep and a food processor, you can whip up a batch of this spicy cannellini bean dip in just minutes.
- 1) First, drain and rinse the canned beans and peel the garlic cloves.
- 2) Then, transfer all the ingredients to a food processor and process until smooth.
Add both the lime juice and cilantro incrementally, to taste. Omit the cilantro if preferred.
- 3) Give the spicy bean dip a taste and adjust any of the seasonings to taste, then enjoy!
Top Recipe Tips and Notes
- Adjust the texture: Pulse the food processor for a chunky dip with texture OR puree to your desired consistency.
- Tweak the seasonings: Taste it after blending and adjust any elements (spices, adobo sauce, lime juice, etc.).
- To thicken/thin the dip: Adjust the amount of water you add to the vegan white bean dip.
FAQs
You can enjoy this white bean dip chilled, at room temperature, or warmed for some time in the oven/microwave. If doing the latter, you could even add a sprinkle of vegan shredded cheese before heating it.
Aside from white beans, this spicy vegan dip recipe would also work well with pinto beans, refried beans, and possibly even chickpeas. Our favorite second option is making chipotle black bean dip.
Absolutely. Just cook them until tender, drain and rinse them, and go ahead with the recipe as written.
Serving Recommendations
Like most dips, you can enjoy this vegan chipotle bean dip with:
- Crackers
- Crusty bread or flatbread
- Pita chips or tortilla chips
- Pretzels
- Crudites (carrot, cucumber, celery, etc., sticks)
You can also use it as a white bean spread within sandwiches and wraps (including burritos), dollop it into salad/grain bowls, or even thin it out to use as a drizzly dressing over veggies and salads.
Storage Instructions
You can store any leftover chipotle white bean dip in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. It tastes even better on day two.
Alternatively, you can freeze leftover chili bean dip in an airtight container (with headspace) for up to 3 months. Then allow it to thaw in the fridge overnight when needed.
More Vegan Dip Recipes
- Vegan curry white bean dip
- Yellow lentil hummus
- Pinto Bean Dip
- French Onion Dip
- Spinach Dip
- Lentil Kalamata Spread
- Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
- Spiced Bean Dip
Photos by Alfonso Revilla
Spicy Chipotle White Bean Dip
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can of white beans rinsed and drained
- ½ teaspoon of cumin
- 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons of water
- ½ teaspoon of adobo sauce
- Cilantro, to your taste
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a food processor. Process until the mix is smooth.
Notes
- Adjust the texture: Pulse the food processor for a chunky dip with texture OR puree to your desired consistency.
- Tweak the seasonings: Taste it after blending and adjust any elements (spices, adobo sauce, lime juice, etc.).
- To thicken/thin the dip: Adjust the amount of water you add to the vegan white bean dip.
Nutrition
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White bean dips are soo good!
They’re the best for all things dipping!
Love the smokey flavor and richness of this dip. Delish!
Right?! So tasty!
Love how fast and simple it is to make! And the flavor is delicious!!
Right?! Such a simple and tasty flavor for all things dipping!
Love the chipotle pepper in adobo sauce in this dip! So good!
so simple, great idea!
Gotta love the simple recipes!