Seafood layered dip
This dip is savory with a delicious tangy seafood sauce over a cream cheese base and topped with cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg cream cheese room temp
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- ½ tbsp dill
- ½ tbsp smoked paprika
- ½ tbsp cumin
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 jar your favorite seafood sauce
- 1 can cocktail shrimp
- 1 can crab meat
- ⅓ cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- in a large bowl add cream cheese, Mayonnaise, and seasonings.
- using a hand mixer beat all the ingredients until creamy.
- in either an 8x8 or 8x5 baking dish add the cream cheese mixture and spread it out evenly to create the bottom layer.
- open the seafood sauce and pour a small layer to cover the cream cheese layer by about ½ and inch.
- open and drain the liquid from the can of cocktail shrimp and sprinkle over the seafood sauce gently not disturb the layer too much.
- open a can of crab drain the liquid and sprinkle over the shrimp layer carefully again to make sure you do not disturb the previous layer
- using the small side of the cheese grater grate sharp cheddar cheese to cover the whole dish
- cover and chill in the fridge for 1 hour or over night
- remove from fridge 20 min before serving if you have chosen to chill over night.
Notes
shrimp and crab are optional you can do one or the other or both as I like to do
use your favourite cocktail sauce as it is the main flavour you will taste in the dip. you can also customize the flavour by choosing different spice levels to suit your taste.