Whip up a batch of chip dip with this easy homemade chip dip recipe. Made with caramelized onions and bacon, once you learn how to make chip dip, you'll never buy it again! Dip your favorite chip from our sponsor, Cape Cod® Potato Chips, for an unbelievable snack.
Chip dip is one of those dips that everyone loves. Dips are so great for so many things – parties, potlucks, game day, or just an afternoon snack. Easy Beer Cheese Dip is a favorite with adults. And everyone loves a good chip dip.
This homemade potato chip dip recipe is easy but it does take time because you need to caramelize the onions. This is basically an onion chip dip but then we added a little bacon because bacon just makes everything better! So the bacon is optional if you don't have any on hand. The onions are a must.
Homemade Potato Chip Dip Recipe
Start by slicing the onions. You want to make sure they are sliced thin. A mandolin is the best kitchen tool for thin slicing vegetables. If you leave the onions sliced, they end up being pretty stringy, which is just not a good texture in a potato chip dip. So slice, and then finely dice the onions.
Next, cook the onions in butter on low heat and slowly until they reach a nice dark brown color. These onions weren't diced so the diced ones will look much smaller as they will diced and ready to go in the dip. If you want a short cut – cook the onions in a slow cooker overnight the night before you want to make the chip dip. They'll be ready to go.
The hard part is done. Finally, just mix all the ingredients together and it's ready. We used more sour cream than mayo in the recipe because we prefer that, but adjust to your own tastes. The dip can be eaten right away, but it's so much better the longer it sits. So try and make it a day ahead. Just refrigerate until you're ready to eat it.
If you really want to go all out, serve your homemade chip dip with homemade potato chips. They are amazing! Or serve with your favorite chip. These waffle chips from Cape Cod are amazing and work great for dipping. They are nice and sturdy so they hold a lot of dip.
Homemade Potato Chip Dip Recipe
Ingredients
- Cook bacon in a large skillet until nice and crispy. Remove bacon from the pan leaving the drippings. Finely dice bacon and set aside.
- Saute the onions in the same frying pan over a low heat until they are a deep golden brown. This will take at least an hour. I covered the onions to start and stirred occasionally to coat in the bacon grease. I left the cover off for most of the cooking.
- Let the onions cool to room temperature.
- Mix the sour cream, mayo and Italian seasonings together in a bowl. If you don't want to make the seasoning mix, just add in the spices to taste. Stir in the onions and bacon.
- Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours before serving for best flavor.
- Serve with Cape Cod® Potato Chips.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cape Cod® Potato Chips.
Julie Pollitt @ Back To My Southern Roots
January 11, 2018I love that this is an easy dip. This would make a great dip for a football game!
Petra
January 8, 2018Dips are always great and the added bacon sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing with us at Fiesta Friday!
Miz Helen
January 7, 2018This dip and the potatoes look awesome and so yummy! Happy to see you here at Full Plate Thursday and thanks so much for sharing with us.
Miz Helen
Shelbee on the Edge
January 7, 2018So delicious! I make a very similar homemade French Onion Dip, but I have never added bacon! Now I must add bacon. Because bacon makes everything better, doesn’t it? Thanks for sharing and for linking up On the Edge!
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Crystal
January 6, 2018I love chips and dip and this dip looks so good! The chips do too I haven’t tried them before.
frugal hausfrau
January 6, 2018I haven’t had those chips, they sound great! And way to rock the dip – my mouth is watering and my knees are weak at the sound of it! Well I love love love onion dip!!
Thanks for bringing this to Fiesta Friday this week!
Mollie
Abbey
January 5, 2018This sounds delicious!!!
Amanda
January 3, 2018So much yum – thanks for linking up to this weeks Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesday, I can’t wait to see what you share with us next week!
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome
January 3, 2018Oh my Camille that looks so so good! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner Party!
Kelli
March 25, 2015You had me at onions! Deeeeeelish. Definitely trying this out soon! 🙂
Camille
March 25, 2015Don’t forget the bacon! Enjoy!
Karly
March 22, 2015So delicious! This is right up my alley! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Julie
March 20, 2015Yum love this recipe
Julie
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Camille
March 20, 2015Thanks, Julie! It’s delicious.
Ashleigh
March 19, 2015Happy Thursday and thank you so much for linking up with OMHG WW! Please come and share with us again next week! xx Ashleigh @SimplyWright
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