Italian Sausage & Cannellini Bean Dip
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By
Carol Reams
@CarolReams
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Hubby drives buses for Sarasota County Area Transit, best known as SCAT. Every 4-6 weeks they like to have a potluck lunch for the drivers on duty on Sunday as a treat since a lot of local restaurants the drivers like are closed, and Sundays there aren't as many drivers on duty as the routes are modified to the most used routes.
There are people who make up 'to go boxes' at the main transfer center for drivers that have their lunch break out on another area of their route.
There are people who make up 'to go boxes' at the main transfer center for drivers that have their lunch break out on another area of their route.
Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote5
Comments:
Serves:
A lot! I'd guess this is about 2 quarts of dip
Prep:
1 Hr
Cook:
20 Min
Ingredients
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2 lbbulk italian sausage, cooked, drained, and broken into bite size pieces
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1 mediumonion, chopped
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1red bell pepper, chopped
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1 6 ozcan black olives, drained and sliced
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2 15.5 ozcans cannellini beans [white kidney beans] drained
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1 7 ozcan chopped green chile's
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2 10 ozcans rotel diced tomatoes, mexican lime & cilantro flavored, undrained
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4 8 ozpackages cream cheese, softened
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1 16 ozpackage sour cream
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2 tspminced garlic, or to suit your taste
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2 Tbspfresh ground black peppercorns, or to suite taste
How to Make Italian Sausage & Cannellini Bean Dip
- Brown, and break apart while cooking, the Italian sausage in a heavy skillet on medium heat to prevent burnt meat. If you prefer something spicier, get the Hot Italian bulk sausage. Or, you can use regular bulk sausage. Once the meat is cooked through, drain fat off by letting the meat cool on paper towels.
- While the sausage is cooking, chop the onion, red pepper, slice the drained black olives into a medium bowl to add later.
- Put the 2 cans of drained cannellini beans in a large bowl with the can of chopped green chilies. I used my metal potato masher [not a small squared shapes plastic masher] to start mixing the beans and the chilies.
- Add the two cans of undrained Rotel diced tomatoes, and 1 block of cream cheese at a time, and blend it in with the potato masher until roughly smooth. Blend in the sour cream, garlic, and black pepper with the potato masher until the mixture is fairly smooth.
- Add the cooled, drained, sausage as you break the meat apart into smaller pieces. Add the bowl of chopped veggies and fold it all into the mixture until well blended. If you have a lid for your large mixing bowl, just snap it on, and chill several hours before serving. I had to divide my batch between two large rectangular containers with tight fitting lids.
