Clam Dip For A Party

Submitted by kyks17

"This has been a family recipe for years, always served on New Year's Eve. I love this dip and how it's so different from the kinds you can buy in the store."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 2 3/4 cups
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 6 1⁄2 ounces chopped clams, canned, juice drained and reserved
• 4 1⁄2 tablespoons reserved clam juice
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper

directions

1. Place cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and mix for a few seconds.
2. Add sour cream and mix well, until no chunks remain. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl and mix well again.
3. Add clam juice and Worcestershire sauce, and mix slowly to avoid splashing, until fully incorporating. Dip will be on the thin side.
4. Add salt and black pepper, and mix well.
5. Add clams and mix just to combine.
6. Store in a container and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving. Dip will thicken in refrigerator. Serve with ridged potato chips.

Reviews

[carey28]

this is the clam dip I grew up with however we never used the Worcestershire sauce at all. Love it its the best ever. put in refrigerator for a few hours and it will thicken up. I have been making this recipe for sixty years. If you use the Worcestershire try cutting back to maybe one teaspoon.

 

[Alicia L.]

Wish I had read the reviews first. Did not thicken up, and waaaay too much Worcestershire sauce

 

[sdwydler]

I think that's WAY to much worcestershire sauce. Are you sure u used that much?

 

[Mike S.]

This stuff is awful. There's a block of cream cheese, a cup of sour cream, 6 1/2 oz of minced clams and 20 minutes I'll never get back....<br/>Do not make this stuff - you cannot taste clams, just Worcestershire Sauce. This should be named Worcestershire Dip - or better yet.... Take this recipe down, I've been scraping my tongue for the last day! BLEHHHHH!!!!!!!

 

[TXLonghorn19014]

This is a great basic clam dip! Dropping the worcestershire to 1 tablespoon was an excellent move. I also added an extra can of clams and a squirt of lemon juice and it all came out really well. Something we will definitely use again. Thanks!