How to Make Spinach Dip

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Make Spinach Dip Make Spinach Dip

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This party favorite is quick to fix. If you want to be really fancy, serve it in a hollowed-out round of sourdough bread and use the extra bread for dipping. Makes 1 1/2 cups.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Groceries
  • Saucepans
  • Serving Bowls
  • Wooden Spoons
  • 2 tbs. butter or margarine
  • 2 tbs. chopped onion or green onions
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 24 oz. soft cream cheese (two 12-oz. containers)
  • 2 tbs. milk
  • 10-oz. box frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce, or to taste
  • few drops hot-pepper sauce
  • 1 c. minced red bell pepper

Step1
Melt butter or margarine in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat.
Step2
Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is tender, stirring occasionally.
Step3
Add cream cheese milk and cook, stirring, until smooth.
Step4
Stir in the spinach, lemon zest, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and if using, the hot pepper sauce. Heat through.
Step5
Stir in half of the red bell pepper.
Step6
Transfer to a serving bowl, sprinkle with remaining bell pepper and serve with vegetable dippers.

Tips & Warnings

  • If you're tired of the same old spinach dip, well, there's something wrong with you. But in any event, you can try substituting 4 slices of crisp-cooked, drained and crumbled bacon for the red pepper.
  • To lighten this dish, you can also use a reduced-fat cream cheese. Nonfat cream cheese isn't recommended - it tastes like glue.

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ashna said

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on 4/26/2008 wow the dip was great

sk8er said

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on 3/27/2008 EWWWWWWWWW

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on 12/16/2007 Spinach Dip is super easy! I usually skip on the mayo, I like to use half cream cheese, half sour cream. It won't harden, and it will still keep the cream cheese sort of flavor, ya know? :)

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on 11/22/2005 Instead of cream cheese, substitute 2 cups of mayonnaise. That way the dip won't harden while sitting out.

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