Our 14 Favorite Nachos, Chips And Dip Recipes For The Big Game

Stretching before strenuous activity, like football, is very important. There are roughly 50 muscles utilized in grabbing a chip and dunking it in dip and bringing it to your mouth, then another 12 muscles to consume said dipped chip. Accounting for more dips than usual this weekend, yeah, you might want to stretch a little. 

That's what Practice Round is for. It's our way of making sure you're completely prepared for the food-centric day ahead, whether it's Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day (ugh, don't start) or the Mother's Day brunch spread that reminds Ma you're still her darling little schmoopie. So knock out a few practices rounds of onion dip, fry up a few batches of potato chips (hint: now is the time to break out the mandoline/V-slicer) and get real friendly-like with blue cheese. Here are our 14 favorite recipes for dips and the chips you love to exercise muscles dipping.

Our 14 Favorite Nachos, Chips And Dip Recipes For The Big Game

Baja Fish Nachos Recipe

Our favorite tacos meet nachos. Mexican showdown!

The thought of folding and frying 20 fried fish empanadas in non-self-adhesive dough and finding five or six photogenic ones made me sad, so I decided to throw the whole concept on top of nachos. Problem solved. Shortly after this photo was taken, the team descended upon this plate like sharks. That's the only measure of success we use in Test Kitchen.

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Chicken Tinga Nachos Recipe

Loaded nachos go even further South of the border

When the FDA finally comes out with their list of Top 5 Most Important Tailgating Foods (should be any day now), I expect to see nachos close to the top. As I demonstrated recently with our other nacho-centric Test Kitchen creation, Baja Fish Nachos, a good topping can elevate a simple party dish into...dare I suggest, a meal?  

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Chili Crab Dip Recipe

A Singapore dish you can dip into, shell-free!

Chili crab is an iconic Singapore dish with the crabs served shell on. I wanted to try and recreate the flavors and experience of scooping up the wonderful sauce without the messy wrestling with shells (which is great fun in Singapore but not always so nice on a date in NYC), so it's made with picked crab meat at Masak.

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Homemade Potato Chips Recipe

Put down the bag and make your own potato chips

Chips and dip might seem like a cop out appetizer, but not if you make the goods from scratch. Easily impress by elevating the most mundane snacks to homemade status. It only takes minutes to fry up potato slices and the results are far superior to any bag of kettle chips we’ve tried.

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Creamy Guacamole Dip Recipe

Take your guacamole obsession to a new level

This creamy guacamole dip recipe features a protein hit from Greek yogurt and total incorporation of both garlic and jalapeño to ensure that every bite is as piquant as the last. If you want a spicier dip, leave the seeds from the pepper in the mix — but don't say we didn't warn you.

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Simple Pita Chips Recipe

Save that pita! Turn it into dippable pita chips

Quick, before that bag of pita bread you're not going to finish gets stale, make chips! Crunchy, salty and highly dippable, pita chips pack way less unhealthy fat than their potato or tortilla counterparts.

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Easy Queso Dip Recipe

So good, you'll be jealous of the chips

About three dips in, you'll realize that you're powerless to resist the charms of classic, creamy queso. Feel free to make your own signature blend by adding a few squirts of hot sauce, crumbled chorizo sausage, cilantro, ground spices, roasted garlic — really anything you can dream up.

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Easy Homemade Tortilla Chips

Got 15 minutes? Whip up a crunchy, no-fry snack

Sure, you could pick up a big bag full of mostly broken tortilla chips, fried in oil of questionable quality. Or, in less time than it takes to head to the store and back, you can bake up a batch of your own easy homemade tortillas with just a touch of healthy olive oil — no deep fryer required.

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Baked Clam Dip Recipe

Briny clams, cream cheese and toasted almonds unite

This addictive baked clam dip is made with canned clams, onions and horseradish and accented with just a touch of tangy buttermilk for good Southern measure. Served hot with salty crackers or potato chips, it’s a creamy indulgence that simply begs for a cold beer enrobed in a koozie emblazoned with your favorite football team’s colors. 

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Easy Baba Ganoush Recipe

A versatile eggplant recipe for fall

Baba ganoush and hummus are pretty much like brothers who could agree on everything except chicks. Well, chickpeas. If you switch out hummus' chickpeas with eggplant, the result is a silky, tangy spread you'll be enjoying by the spoonful. Like hummus and tzatziki, baba ghanoush works as a dip, spread and even just straight up as a healthy side. 

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Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dip Recipe

Don't be blue, be cheesy

Something about blue cheese seems to scream out "don't eat me, I'm moldy!" Unfortunately for the cheese, we're too addicted to the tangy, creamy delicious stuff, which graces both salad and platter of atomic wings alike, to hear its cries.

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Easy Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

Say hi to yogurt sauce, your new go-to condiment

See that jar of mayo in your fridge? You might as well toss it. One second thought, you may as well throw away every bottled condiment in your fridge because while they had a good run, tzatziki works on absolutely everything from doner sandwiches to stuffed burgers and salads. 

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Simple Onion Dip Recipe

Caramelized onion dip for your chips

Put DOWN that packet of instant French onion soup. Step away. You're caramelizing your own onions this time. The key to proper browning is (you're going to like this) leaving them alone. Don't stir them frequently. Don't turn them over. Read on.

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Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe

The best salad dressings are made in-house

When it comes to dip recipes for your party fare, blue cheese is but a peon in the court of the ranch dressing king. This recipe cuts the mayo with Greek yogurt to keep things thick and tangy.

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