Hot Chipped Beef Dip

• 1/2 cup (125 ml) coarsely chopped pecans
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) butter
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml). salt
• 11 oz (308 grm). cream cheese, softened
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) milk
• 1 cup (225 ml) sour cream
• 1 2-1/2 oz (70 grm). jar dried beef, cut into pieces
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) chopped green bell pepper
• 1 small onion, grated
• pepper
• melba rounds or other small toasts or crackers

1. Oven toast pecans in butter and salt.
2. Mix cream cheese, milk, beef, green pepper, onion and pepper.
3. Fold in sour cream and half the nuts.
4. Place in baking dish and sprinkle remaining nuts on top.
5. Bake at 350 degrees (175 C.) for 20 minutes.
6. Serve in chafing dish with Melba rounds.

pecans, butter, salt, cream cheese, milk, sour cream, beef, green bell pepper, onion, pepper, melba

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000E45 (may not work)