Classic crab and artichoke dip

Hey Jude's Note:

This delicious party snack was adapted from a recipe from Clyde's Restaurant in Washington, D.C.

• Total Time: 48 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 33 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• ½ lb backfin crab meat or ½ lb lump crabmeat
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 small onion , minced
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese , room temperature
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• ½ teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning or ½ teaspoon other seafood seasoning
• 5 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
• 1 (13 ¾ ounce) can artichoke hearts , drained,chopped
• ¼ cup parmesan cheese , grated
• cracker , for serving

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400°.
2. Pick over crab meat, removing shells; set aside.
3. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; add onion, cook until golden, 3 minutes.
4. Whisk in cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, seafood seasoning and pepper sauce until combined completely, fold in artichoke hearts and crab meat.
5. Pour mixture into a shallow, ungreased 3-cup oven-proof bowl or 8-inch square baking dish.
6. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the top and bake until bubbling and golden, 30 minutes.
7. Serve with crackers.

Reviews

[Kelly-Mom2Girls]

Based on the other reviews, I added a clove of crushed garlic to the onions. I also cut the cream cheese in half. It was still a little bland, so next time I'll probably double the old bay.

[Ginny Sue]

Sorry, but this didn't work out for me as well as I had hoped. I found it to be a little bland, and the crabmeat sort of gets "lost" in all the other ingredients.

[Cookin4fun]

Really good!!