Blue Crab Dip
like Joe's Crab Shack's®
Hot, creamy dip with crab, onions, peppers, and parmesan.

Recipe Created by: Robbie
Serves: 4
Prep. Time: 0:25

8 oz. cream cheese - softened
6 oz. can lump crab meat - drained
3 green onions - root ends trimmed, dark green ends trimmed, minced
3 Tbls. heavy whipping cream OR evaporated milk
3 Tbls. grated Parmesan cheese - divided
1 1/2 Tbls. diced red OR green bell pepper
2 tsp. dry white wine
2 tsp. shrimp OR chicken soup base (see Notes, below)
2 tsp. diced tomatoes OR drained salsa
1/2 tsp. crab boil seasoning (Old Bay®)

-Fold together all ingredients, except 1 Tbls. Parmesan.
-Spread evenly into an oven-proof baking dish.
-Microwave on 50% power for 4 minutes.
-Sprinkle top with Parmesan.
-Transfer dish to the oven and broil until top is slightly browned.

Notes: Serve with tri-colored corn tortilla chips. Shrimp base is a thick, paste-like bouillon that can be found in the supermarket next to the bouillon and granules. If you can't find it, use chicken soup base OR 2 tsp. chicken bouillon granules.

Make It A Meal: Serve as an appetizer before Stuffed Shrimp Embrochette like Joe's Crab Shack's® and Rice Pilaf like Joe's Crab Shack's® and to drink, Electric Peach Tea like Joe's Crab Shack's®

• This dip is absolutely AMAZING, my husband and I loved it! I used the whipping cream, only 2 large green onions, omitted the bell pepper and used chicken base. I wasn't sure about the dry white wine so opened a bottle of Yellow Tail Riesling and used a couple of tsp of it! It turned out so good and will be a new appetizer for our get togethers! Thanks!

• I tried your Blue Crab Dip it taste just like Joe's Crab Shack's. It was sooo good.

• Well, I tried your recipe for the blue crab dip. At first I thought that it could never be like Joe's Crab Shack, but I gotta hand it to ya, It's pretty damn good!!! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us!!

• Made this to take to a party - multiplied the recipe by 3 - never went - had to eat it all between the two of us. What a shame! It was so good! It was all gone in a couple of days. Delicious!

• Try dipping 1/2 inch slices of French Baguette bread instead of tortilla chips.

• This dip is remarkable! We made it for a dinner party and it was everybody's favorite.

• I tried this last night. I had to use the chicken bouillon because I was unable to find the shrimp base. We loved the dip but it was a bit salty. I will try harder to find the shrimp base for the next batch and see if that eliminates a bit of the salt, otherwise I will cut down on the chicken bouillon amount. We served with pita chips. Delicious! We will make this over and over again. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!

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