This was a bigger hit an anticipated
When the national news called for a snow storm and everyone got ready to get snowed in I prepared… to make crab dip.
When the storm didn’t deliver as much precipitation as anticipated, people came over for a movie and it turned into a party.
Crab Dip
Another great idea from Tastes Better From Scratch, this crab dip will be a people pleaser at parties or as a light meal. Variations include a crockpot version of the recipe.
- ▢ 24 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
- ▢ 0.75 cup mayonnaise
- ▢ 0.75 cup sour cream
- ▢ 6 cloves garlic, minced
- ▢ 0.75 cup chopped green onion
- ▢ 4.5 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning (see substitute below)
- ▢ 0.75 teaspoon salt*
- ▢ 3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ▢ 1.5 of a lemon, juiced
- ▢ 3 cup freshly shredded cheddar cheese,
- ▢ 1.5 teaspoon hot sauce, , or more, to taste
- ▢ 3 pound fresh jumbo lump crab meat
Mixed together and heat for 1 hour until cooked through in a crock pot.
Get all the details in the link below.
https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/crab-dip/
Kick it up:
For my rendition, which people go crazy for I substituted Old Bay seasoning for…
For 3 regular eating spoons full of paprika (couldn’t find measuring spoons).
Then 1 eating spoon of ground black pepper
And 1 eating spoon of chilli powder.
In fact, anytime it said teaspoon I did an eating spoon amount instead.
I also only used 3 cans of shredded white crab meat. So you don’t have to spend a fortune on pounds of fresh lumped crab meat to make this a crowd pleaser folks.
Instead of shredded cheddar (which I had lots of) I used a finely shredded 3 cheese blend that needed to be used up. I added extra by topping it with cheese in the crock pot, it melted nicely and added a bit of extra visual appeal for guests.
TIP: Instead of beating the cream cheese, I left it to sit at room temperature, removed it from the foil, added it to a microwave safe bowl and zapped it for a few seconds (use your best judgement), that softened it enough to stir in with everything else.
A added the wet ingredients to the soft stirred cream cheese little by little and then added the dry and chopped items.
This saved time and effort.
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