Hot Shrimp Dip
This Hot bubbly shrimp dip with chunks of shrimp, green onion, cream cheese, sour cream, cheddar, and mozzarella is outrageously delicious. Tossing shrimp with Old Bay seasoning adds a ton of flavor. My trick to avoid grainy cheese at the end is to add a bit of flour to mix. Serve this on you next Holiday party along with crusty bread, pita chips, or crackers.
One can’t go wrong with the flavors when you have shrimp and cheese in a recipe. Every scoop of this dip has juicy shrimp and melty cheese with a hint of smokiness from paprika. If you are looking for dip inspiration for your next party, then this hot shrimp dip will be something your guests will devour. This definitely qualifies for a recipe that fits in every occasion
Baked Shrimp Dip Recipe and Variations
Shrimp and bacon work together like a charm. This dip has tons of flavor from the cheese, chives, garlic, and a hint of heat from cayenne pepper.
For the dip, Shrimp is first seasoned and sautéed, which enhances the overall flavor so much.
This baked shrimp dip recipe is also versatile and you will have different variations every time you make it. Toss Shrimp with some old bay seasoning or Cajun seasoning instead.
Add some finely chopped red pepper and onion to it. If adding Onion or red pepper, add to the pan after 2 minutes of adding shrimp.
Swap Chive with green onion or parsley for a change.
Steps To Make Shrimp Dip
- Use a small ovenproof cast Iron skillet for minimal cleaning. You can also serve as it is in the pan. Or use a serving baking dish.
- Start with sautéing the shrimp. You could use frozen shrimp but fresh shrimp is even better. Shrimps have to be cleaned and deveined. Saute until it is completely cooked.
- Once cooled down, roughly chop the cooked shrimp. The bite-sized pieces are absolutely delightful in the shrimp Dip.
- Make sure the sour cream, cream cheese, and cheddar are at room temperature.
- Mix all the ingredients, chopped shrimp along with its juices if any in a bowl.
- Spread the shrimp mixture in the skillet or prepared baking dish and bake until bubbly. And your Dip is ready.
Storage Suggestion
Any leftovers once cooled down can be stored in the refrigerator for 3 days. Freezing and reheating the shrimp dip might make the cheese mixture curdle.
Serve with
This cheesy dip is best served with toasted bread, crackers, nachos, all kinds of chips, mozzarella sticks, grilled meat, or pita bites.
This also goes well with sliced veggies like carrots and cucumber which I like a lot as a healthy snack.
Hot Shrimp Dip
Ingredients
- ½ pound Shrimp cleaned
- 2 teaspoon Old bay seasoning
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon Pepper (or adjust as per taste)
- ½ teaspoon Salt (or adjust as per taste)
- 6 ounce Sour Cream (at room temperature)
- 6 ounce Cream Cheese (at room temperature)
- 2 cups Cheese (blend of cheddar and mozzarella)
- 1 teaspoon flour
- 3 tablespoon chopped Chiv/green onion
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a small cast iron skillet or heatproof dish with non-stick spray.
- Roughly chop shrimp into medium-sized pieces. Each shrimp into 2-3 pieces.
- Heat butter in a small ovenproof cast iron skillet pan. Add chopped shrimp and old bay seasoning.
- Cook shrimp for 3-4 minutes or until shrimp are pink and opaque.
- In a bowl add Cream cheese, shredded cheese, sour cream, garlic powder, smoked paprika, flour, pepper and chopped green onion. ( Add very little salt as rest of the ingredients already have salt in them). Mix everything (use a hand blender to whisk well). Fold in the cooked shrimp along with any liquid in it.
- Use the same Iron skillet used to cook shrimp or a small ovenproof casserole dish, shift the shrimp cheese mix.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes until bubbly around the edges.
- Garnish with chive/green onion and a good sprinkle of old bay seasoning while serving.
Notes
- Variations – You can also add chopped bell peppers to the mix. I also add crispy bacon pieces to it.
- Instead of Old Bay seasoning, you can also use Cajun seasoning.
- Shrimp – I sometimes increase the quantity of shrimp. If using frozen shrimp, thaw it completely before cooking.
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