Glorious Green Dip

Name: Glorious Green Dip
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 5 medium scallions, trimmed; .33 cup drained and rinsed canned cannellini beans; .33 cup roughly chopped chives; .25 cup mayonnaise; 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for pan; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon); .5 teaspoon kosher salt; 2 cups packed baby spinach

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Decadent meets healthy in this easy, creamy spinach dip.

By

Ananda Eidelstein

Updated on September 08, 2022

Though this recipe for glorious green dip is a hit with classic dippers, this would be a no-brainer drizzled over roasted or grilled chicken, fish, or layered into a roasted vegetable sandwich. — Photo: Victor Protasio

Hands On Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

15 mins

Yield:

4 to 6

This veg-forward recipe proves healthy can be delightful, too. You'll start by charring scallions on the grill or under the broiler, which adds unparalleled depth of flavor and crowd-pleasing oniony notes. These are then blended with fresh spinach, mild cannellini beans, punchy chives, and just enough mayonnaise to get a perfectly creamy texture. Lemon juice brightens the mixture up so it's irresistibly dippable.

Ingredients

5 medium scallions, trimmed
⅓ cup drained and rinsed canned cannellini beans
⅓ cup roughly chopped chives
¼ cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for pan
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups packed baby spinach

Directions

Heat an oiled grill pan over medium-high. Add scallions to hot pan and cook, flipping once, pressing down with a spatula occasionally, until grill marks appear and scallions are charred in spots, 1 to 2 minutes per side. (Alternatively, broil scallions in oven on a baking sheet until charred in spots, about 3 minutes.) Transfer to a cutting board and roughly chop; you should have a heaping ⅓ cup.
Add beans, chives, mayonnaise, oil, lemon juice, and salt to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, about 30 seconds. Add spinach and chopped scallions; blend, stopping to push contents down and scrape sides of bowl as needed, until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes.