Classic crab and artichoke dip

Submitted by Hey Jude

"This delicious party snack was adapted from a recipe from Clyde's Restaurant in Washington, D.C."

 

• Ready In: 48mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb backfin crab meat or 1/2 lb lump crabmeat
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• 1⁄2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning or 1/2 teaspoon other seafood seasoning
• 5 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
• 1 (13 3/4 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained,chopped
• 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• cracker, for serving

directions

1. Heat oven to 400°.
2. Pick over crab meat, removing shells; set aside.
3. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; add onion, cook until golden, 3 minutes.
4. Whisk in cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, seafood seasoning and pepper sauce until combined completely, fold in artichoke hearts and crab meat.
5. Pour mixture into a shallow, ungreased 3-cup oven-proof bowl or 8-inch square baking dish.
6. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the top and bake until bubbling and golden, 30 minutes.
7. Serve with crackers.

Reviews

[Kelly-Mom2Girls]

Based on the other reviews, I added a clove of crushed garlic to the onions. I also cut the cream cheese in half. It was still a little bland, so next time I'll probably double the old bay.

 

[Ginny Sue]

Sorry, but this didn't work out for me as well as I had hoped. I found it to be a little bland, and the crabmeat sort of gets "lost" in all the other ingredients.

 

[Cookin4fun]

Really good!!

 

[Mommy2John]

This recipe was awesome! I added more crab than called for. And, instead of using fresh crab I used canned lump white crab meat. It was great!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[EthelP]

Excellent - to only serve a few, I halved the crab, artichoke and cream cheese and kept the seasonings the same (but doubled the Old Bay), along with adding some garlic to sautee along with the onions. Exactly what I was looking for as a hot appetizer for Xmas Eve. Thanks!