The Mountain

5.0(14)

This is a Mexican appetizer that is addicting. When it is completed, it looks like a snowy mountain, thus the name. It is a large appetizer that works great for parties. This does not include time for chilling. I got this from my friend Karen when I lived in California. Update (5/31/2013): I realized after a recent review and myself also making this recipe for a Memorial Day cookout, that I make my own changes to the recipe that I didn't add/edit original recipe when posting, so I have now added corrections to the onion/tomato mixture and amounts of cheese.

by diner524·published 2007-05-18

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Lunch/Snacks

Servings

(12–14)

Total time

20 min

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

291 kcal

Ingredients (10)

serves

2 large tomatoes, dicedtomato
1 onion, mincedonion
1/2 lb monterey jack cheese, shredded or 2 cups monterey jack cheese
1/2 lb cheddar cheese, shredded or 2 cups cheddar cheesecheddar
1 (4 ounce) can green chilies, diced
2 avocadosavocado
lemon juicelemon-juice
1 (16 ounce) container sour creamsour-cream
1 (1 ounce) package hidden valley ranch dressing mix
tortilla chipstortilla-chips

Instructions (6 steps)

01Cut the tomatoes and remove any juice and the seeds, only using the remaining tomato flesh, otherwise, this will be a watery base.
02Mix together tomatoes, onion and use as the bottom layer, shape into a hill.
03Then add the cheeses from the bottom and all the way to the top evenly.
04

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