The Very Best Crab Dip Mold Food

CRAB DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add cream cheese to a mixing bowl and beat until smooth. Stir in mayo, sour cream, garlic, green onion, Old Bay seasoning, salt, Worcestershire, and lemon juice.
• Add ¾ cup cheddar cheese and hot sauce and mix until smooth. Stir in crab meat.
• Spread into a 9″ pie dish or similar size baking pan and sprinkle remaining cheddar cheese on top. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the top is golden and bubbly.
• Serve warm, with slices of sourdough bread, crackers, tortilla chips or chopped cold veggies.
• Leftover crab dip will keep, stored covered in the fridge, for up to 5 days. Rewarm in the microwave.

CRAB MOLD

Steps:

• Place 1 pound of crabmeat in bowl. (The other 1/2 pound is used for garnishing) Add all the remaining ingredients to crabmeat and mix thoroughly. Form the mixture into the shape of the top shell of a crab. Place on your serving dish. Spread cocktail sauce over crab. Sprinkle remaining crabmeat on top of cocktail sauce. Garnish with olives, crab claws and parsley. Serve with crackers.

BEST HOT CRAB DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x8 inch square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, combine crabmeat, sour cream, cream cheese, buttermilk, mayonnaise, Monterey Jack cheese, Cheddar cheese, capers, artichoke hearts, garlic, black pepper and dill. Stir until well mixed. Spoon dip into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and Old Bay Seasoning TM.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is crusty, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Cut the top off the loaf of bread. Hollow out the loaf and cube the top and the removed pieces so that they may be used for dipping. Spoon hot dip into hollow bread loaf. Serve immediately with bread pieces for dipping.

CRAB /SHRIMP DIP OR MOLD

Steps:

• Combine the first eight ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend well.
• IF MOLDING mix the gelatin as instructed above and add to the bowl after microwaving.
• Add 1/2 cup of the crab/shrimp liquid to the bowl and mix.
• Mix in the celery and onions.
• Add the crab/shrimp.
• Refrigerate until well chilled or molded if necessary.
• NOTE*** You can also make this recipe with imitation crab or shrimp but the flavor will not be as strong since you will not be able to add the canning liquid.

CRAB APPETIZER MOLD

Steps:

• In a small microwave-safe bowl, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand for 1 minute. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 20 seconds. Stir; let stand for 1 minute or until gelatin is completely dissolved., In a large saucepan, combine the soup, cream cheese, mayonnaise and gelatin. Cook and stir over medium heat for 5-7 minutes or until smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in the crab, celery and onions., Transfer to a 5-cup ring mold coated with cooking spray. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until set. Unmold onto a serving platter; serve with crackers. ,

CRAB MOLD / SPREAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over heated soup.
• Stir to dissolve.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Pour into lightly greased jello mold.
• Refrigerate until set.

SEAFOOD MOLD

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water and let sit.
• Mix liquid crab boil (vary amount according to taste) with 1/4 cup water in small bowl. Soak seafood in crab boil mixture. (If using shrimp, cook until done first, then let soak.)
• Chop onions and pepper in food processor or blender. Slowly melt butter in skillet and sauté onion and pepper mixture until soft and onions are clear. Remove from pan and set aside.
• In the same pan used to cook the onions, add soup and cream cheese and melt over low heat until the cream cheese is melted and the mixture is smooth. Cream cheese burns easily, so stir constantly. Add dissolved gelatin and Worcestershire sauce to taste. The mixture will thicken as you stir. Turn off heat.
• Remove seafood from crab boil mixture, drain, and chop in food processor until smooth. Add to cream cheese mixture. Add onion mixture and mix well. Add Creole seasoning to taste.
• Pour in mold or shallow dish and refrigerate overnight or at least 3 hours, until thickened (it will set just like Jello).
• Release mold onto serving platter and garnish with cilantro. Serve.