Apron Free Cooking - Party Crab Dip

By Noel Lizotte

The New Year is com­ing and so are the par­ties! Pretty much every­body I know is hav­ing some kind of New Year’s Eve Party. Some folks are plan­ning a big blowout with all the bells and whis­tles. Some are plan­ning a small gath­er­ing. I even have a few friends who are plan­ning their own stay at home party.

In years past, I’ve attended all three kinds of par­ties. Enjoyed them com­pletely too! This year we’ll be attend­ing a small gath­er­ing early in the evening, with a cou­ple of friends. One recipe that I have that is always requested for New Year’s par­ties is Party Crab Dip.

This recipe is ideal for a large group, since it makes a whole crock pot full of dip.

Party Crab Dip

2 cup Cheddar/ Moz­zarella Cheese shredded

4 pack­age cream cheese

3 pound Crab chunked

1/2 cup Mustard

2 table­spoons Worces­ter­shire Sauce

2 table­spoons Soy Sauce

1 can sweet­ened con­densed milk

Com­bine all ingre­di­ents in medium sized crock pot, heat and stir until well blended. Add a sprin­kle of milk if the con­sis­tency needs smoothed out. Heat on low for an hour and a half or on high for 45 min­utes. Keep on warm set­ting for serv­ing at the party.

Nutri­tional Info: Serv­ings 24; Calo­ries 204, Total Fat 15g, Cho­les­terol 39mg, Sodium 601mg, Total Carbs 12g, Dietary Fiber 0g, Pro­tein 7g

Make it a Meal: Serve with crack­ers, bagel chips or veg­gies for dip­ping at the party. If you have left­overs, spread some cold dip on a toasted Eng­lish muf­fin for an easy breakfast.

Vari­a­tions: If you wanted to change up the fla­vor just slightly, you could replace the shred­ded cheese with swiss. Another alter­na­tive is to replace the crab meat with smoked salmon. A sprin­kle of bacon bits or chopped green onion would add some fla­vor and color to the dip.

As always with recipes intended for a large group of peo­ple, keep in mind the size of your gath­er­ing and deter­mine if you should halve this recipe.

The other food items on the menu will have an impact on how much food your guests eat. For instance, if you intend to serve just snacks, guests will eat more dip than if you have sand­wiches avail­able also.

If you’re inclined to start your New Year’s plan­ning while munch­ing on this dip, that’s a good thing. My sug­ges­tion if you want to set some goals though is to write them down. I seem to have some really great ideas at times, that get lost in the shuf­fle of the party and then forgotten.

Of course, one goal I can man­age to keep is going back for another help­ing of this crab dip…

Noel Lizotte is break­ing free of cor­po­rate stress with con­ve­nience cook­ing! www.apronfreecooking.com

Posted by Noel Lizotte on Dec 27 2011. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.