Seafood Dip

This easy and fast seafood dip comes together in just minutes. Then give it a quick bake in the oven to serve a delicious and beautiful dish to your family and guests.

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Seafood Dip

Servings: servings

Calories: 401kcal

Author: Wendi Spraker

Cost: $12

Equipment

1 bowl
1 spatula
measuring cups and spoons
2 quart baking dish
1 oven

Ingredients

½ Cup Cherry Tomatoes Diced
8 oz Cream Cheese Softened to room temperature
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 cloves garlic minced (or two teaspoon minced garlic in oil)
1 Cup Mayo
1 teaspoon Hot Sauce
1 pinch salt and pepper (to taste)
¼ teaspoon cayenne optional
1 Cup cheddar cheese shredded
1 Tbs Old Bay Seasoning
16 oz Crab Meat
3 green onions chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325.
In a large bowl, mix together the chopped tomatoes, room temp cream cheese, lemon zest, garlic cloves, mayo, hot sauce, salt and pepper, cayenne, shredded cheese and old bay. Mix until blended well.
Gently, using a rubber spatula, fold in the crab meat being careful not to break up the pieces.
Pour gently into a 2 quart baking dish and place on the center rack of the oven in the middle of the oven. Bake for 20-30 minutes until bubbly throughout.
When done, remove from the oven and allow to cool for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle with the chopped green onion and serve hot.

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Notes

- The amount of tomatoes is optional, they add a lot of color to the dish and so you might want to use more but if tomatoes isn't your thing, then you might want to use less.

- If using a tomato other than cherry tomatoes, scoop the seeds and gelled part of the tomato out so that your dip doesn't become soupy.

- It is a lot easier to mix this if you use room temp cream cheese.

- The lemon zest is optional and you can also add the juice of the lemon, it all depends on how much you enjoy lemon flavors with your seafood dip.

- Let's don't get into the mayo argument, but we find that Dukes Mayo works best for recipes (we like Hellmans for sandwiches).

- Cayenne is optional, it adds some heat.

- You'll get the best results if you shred the cheddar cheese yourself and use the best quality of cheese you can find, however, if you need to use pre shredded cheese, that will work.

- Use lump crab meat or claw meat in large chunks, drain any liquid off of the can before using.

- We like to use the crab meat that you find in the meat case in a yogurt size container.

- The green onion is a garnish but it does add a nice fresh flavor to the final dish.

PRO TIP: Crab is delicate. Add the crab after you have mixed up the rest of the ingredients and then add the crab by gently folding it in with a spatula. This helps keep the crab pieces of breaking up and gives the dish some larger pieces for people to enjoy.

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