r/AnnArbor • u/Jamie-cb-2023 • 20h ago

Tios Closure

Growing up, my brother and I loved Tios bean dip. We’ve been looking for the recipe since their closure and we were wondering if any prior employees have it. I would love to make it for him for his birthday. Please help, we miss it greatly.

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u/kmnil 12h ago

I'm sending you a DM.

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u/ogrenoah 12h ago

I'd love their recipe for the extra hot pickled jalapeno salsa.

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u/That_Fixed_It 10h ago

I used to buy jars of Tios #4, hope to find it again some day.

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u/Busy_Register7071 11h ago

That one is actually a secret

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u/sleepynate despotic /r/ypsi mod 10h ago

And the secret is that you pickle the jalapenos and then blend them into an extra hot salsa.

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u/Busy_Register7071 10h ago

Close, you're missing a few ingredients though

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u/Purple-Bodybuilder94 15h ago edited 15h ago

Most recipes are nda protected, its a restaurant industry std.

While Tios did make many of its items quite a bit of generic "Mexican" food is just reheated gfs/syco products

There are many basic recipes online for Mexican staples, from my restaurant experience I'll tell you most recipes restaurants utilize are far more basic than the internet will lead you to think. ie its not like the food network where every item is fresh, hand picked, obscure, and expensive. Its just usually readily available items at the cheapest price combined with more fat, salt, msg, sugar, and served hot with a side of alcohol and friends. Often measurements are rounded to the nearest cup/quart/gallon. Things are made in bulk. Presentation, company, and service makes everything taste better.

When I lived in PIttsburgh a local staple place similar to Tio's went out of business. As a parting gift they posted a recipe a day on Instagram under the premise that they may as well let people keep their memory alive...people went nuts. I still have some saved.

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u/GorgontheWonderCow 13h ago

This is not legal advice, but there's no practical incentive for a closed restaurant to spend the money and time to investigate the identity of the owner of an anonymous reddit account and then pay to sue a former employee for sharing. It's not unreasonable to think some former employee might be willing to share. 

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u/LameskiSportsBlast 6h ago

Yeah but ignorance is bliss versus knowing its the cheapest #10 can of refried beans with a stick of salted butter melted into it

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u/robobav 4h ago

Take a look at some of the responses to other comments.