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Hot and Cheesy Crab Dip

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Appetizer – American
By Southern Living – Serves: 12
Prep Time: 15 Minutes – Cooking Time: 20-25 Minutes – Total Time: ~40 Minutes

Hot and Cheesy Crab Dip is rich and creamy – truly restaurant-worthy! I guarantee this will be a crowd pleaser on your holiday table.

Ingredients

  • 4 Medium Scallions
  • 8 oz. Cream Cheese, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup Mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup Sour Cream
  • 1 tsp. Kosher Salt
  • 2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 tsp. Hot Sauce (like Frank's Red Hot or Tabasco)
  • 1 tsp. Sherry Vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp. Celery Salt
  • 1.25 cups Grated Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese, divided
  • 1.25 cups Grated Havarti Cheese, divided
  • 1 lb. Fresh Jumbo Lump Crabmeat or Claw Meat, drained
  • Sliced Baguette, Crackers, or Endive Leaves, for serving

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

2

Slice the scallions, separate the white and light green parts from the green parts. The white and light green parts will go into the dip, while the green parts will go on top after it comes out of the oven.

3

Add the cream cheese, mayo, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salts, and sherry vinegar to the bowl of the stand mixer and affix the paddle attachment. Cream everything together on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Then add 1 cup each of the grated havarti and cheddar (reserving about 1/4 cup of each cheese for topping the dip before baking). Mix on low just until the cheese is evenly mixed into the creamy dip.

4

Remove the bowl from the mixer and gently fold in the crab meat. Be careful not mix too hard or too much, we want to keep the crab claw meat mostly intact. Then add the white and light green scallion slices. Again, don't mix too hard.

5

Pour the dip into a 1.5 to 2-quart baking dish. Place the whole dish on a sheet tray and top the dip with the remaining grated cheeses.

6

Bake, uncovered, on the center rack in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes – until the dip is bubbling around the edges and the cheese is melted. Then, switch the oven to broil, leave the dip on the center rack, and broil for about 3-5 minutes, until the cheese on top has browned.

7

Remove the sheet tray with the dip from the oven and let it sit for about 10 minutes. Then top with the sliced green parts of the scallions.

8

Serve warm with baguette slices, crackers, and/or endive leaves.