Easy Layered Shrimp Dip Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is shrimp dip made of? ›

Some little pink shrimp (they're sustainable and sweet), some cream cheese, a touch of mayo, a little lemon, some chopped herbs, a dash of hot sauce and presto!

The base is cream cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream whipped to a frenzy until smooth and creamy. You can use all lump crab meat or do what I did and mix a combination of chopped shrimp and crab. Some celery adds crunch and fresh dill gives the dip such great flavor.

Sometimes served on soft pretzels and sometimes baked in a skillet, but always a must-have order. We eat it on chicken (usually called “Chicken Chesapeake”) or in quesadillas, but the best way to serve hot cheesy crab dip is with fresh bread, pita wedges, celery, and/or sturdy crackers.

During the canning process the shrimp are packed in water with sugar, spices, and salt. Because the shrimp sit in this brine for a while, the flavor can become very intense, especially the saltiness. That's why it's best to rinse them off and then pat them dry before using them.

Shrimp paste contains ground-up fermented shrimp and salt. It goes by a number of names, including prawn sauce, shrimp sauce, gapi, kapi, trassi or bagoong. Some imported shrimp pastes may have preservatives added as well, but most of the brands packaged and sold in North America contain only these two ingredients.

Tartar sauce can also be enhanced with other herbs, lemon juice, and olives. It is most often served with seafood dishes such as fish and chips, fish sandwiches, fish fingers, fried oysters, and calamari. Tartar sauce is often served with various fried seafood dishes.

Marie Rose sauce (known in some areas as co*cktail sauce or seafood sauce) is a British condiment often made from a blend of tomatoes, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and black pepper. A simpler version can be made by merely mixing tomato ketchup with mayonnaise.

If you have leftovers or want to make it ahead of time for a party, you can freeze hot crab dip. Let it cool completely before storing in the freezer. When you're ready to reheat it, heat it slowly over a low heat to prevent the cheese from separating.

Hearty dips call for sturdy dippers. You need a solid platform to support all that good stuff. Tortilla chips, thicker potato chips, crackers, toasts and bagel crisps, bread sticks and pretzels, slices apples and pears, and raw veggies work best with these dips.

What compliments seafood? ›

This rich, aromatic sauce is made from fresh silver shrimp and is great for marinating, steaming or stir-frying.

It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with salt, and then fermented for several weeks. They are either sold in their wet form or are sun-dried and either cut into rectangular blocks or sold in bulk.

What is Yum Yum Sauce? It is a Japanese Steakhouse Shrimp Sauce with a mayo base, melted butter, tomato and other spices. If you have ever been to Japanese hibachi restaurants, you've had the pale pink sauce, or as some call it white sauce and others just plain Japanese sauce.

The main ingredient in this dip is surimi crab, otherwise known as imitation crab. It's typically made from dense white fish such as pollock, and shaped into the form of crab meat. It's mixed with mayonnaise, green onion, celery, and shredded cheese. That's it!