This dip has been around in my family for years, I remember getting the open face crab and artichoke dip sandwich at Simon and Seafort's for lunch one day and I was hooked. My Mama decided to create her own and we have made hundreds of batches of this ever since! It's delicious and simple and so easy a non cooking person could make it! :) This has been a hit at work potlucks, and holiday's and pretty much when I have the inkling to make it! Here we go!!
Jo Mama's Mama's Crab and Artichoke Dip
Ingredients:
2 packages cream cheese softened
1 bag shredded Italian cheese
1 bad shredded Parmesan cheese
2 6 oz. cans all white crab meat 9
(obviously you can use cracked crab legs if you want, but this is more cost effective)
1 12 oz. jar marinated artichoke hearts
Preparation:
Open your softened cream cheese and stir in a bowl so it'll be easy to mix the other ingredients
Then add your drained crab meat to the cream cheese and stir
I always drain 1/2 of the liquid from the artichokes into the mix, its flavor and I think it makes it creamier
Then chop your artichokes has coarse or fine as you want, I tend to go coarse.
Add that to the crab and cream cheese and stir in
Then add the Italian cheese and 1/2 the Parm and mix well
Once everything is well incorporated like this
You can put it in a baking dish and sprinkle the rest of the Parm over the top
Bake at 350 until cheese is bubbly and browned on the top!
Serve with sliced baguette (how we usually have it), crostini, crackers or tortilla chips! This can also be made in a crock pot if you need it to stay warm for a longer period of time. Its usually gone pretty fast though!
I will post more pictures of a more put together plate on my Facebook page tomorrow www.facebook.com/jomamacooks
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