BUFFALO SHRIMP DIP

whether you’re partying it up with friends or whipping up a date-night time spread at domestic, this smooth cheesy Buffalo Shrimp Dip makes an appropriate appetizer! hot melty cheese with shrimp, vegetables, and a kiss of hot sauce? Perfection!


One wet afternoon, whilst the pilot and i were feeling greater peckish, I spark off to make us a little snack. some thing brief and smooth that we ought to experience whilst gambling rainy day board video games with our little one, clean enough right? since it became Sunday, Paul fast declared it beer-thirty and cracked open a cold one. I followed suit (peer pressure!) and started tossing things collectively in the kitchen.


I swear some of absolutely the high-quality recipes on this blog are the end result of just goofing off within the kitchen for the heck of it.I try to be all professional, meal making plans and making lists of recipes I’d like to test, then purposefully shopping for the elements I want to cause them to. however the ones that appear to simply organically jump from my kitchen? the ones are usually the ones y’all seem to move bonkers over.


to name a few, my Bell Pepper Pizzas, Buffalo hen Taco Salads, holiday-favourite Honey Roasted Butternut Squash, and Thai Veggie Noodle Salad were all random kitchen concoctions that I made on a whim. No rhyme, no reason, only a hungry blogger and a crisper full of possibilities.

Ingredients


  1. 12-14 oz raw shrimp (cleaned + peeled + thawed if frozen)
  2. 1/2 cup diced onion
  3. 2 jalapeños
  4. 1 cup fresh spinach
  5. 1/2-1 tsp oil or butter for sautéing
  6. 4 oz softened cream cheese
  7. 1/4 cup beer plus extra 1/2 cup as needed
  8. 1 TBSP melted butter
  9. 3 TBSP Frank’s Red Hot sauce extra to taste
  10. 3 oz grated pepper jack cheese
  11. 2 oz grated sharp cheddar cheese
  12. garnish with chopped spinach and red pepper flakes

Instructions


  1. Chop your shrimp into small pieces.
  2. Prep your veggies by dicing/mincing the onion + jalapeño (seeds and stem removed) and chopping your spinach.
  3. Heat a pan or skillet to medium-high heat with a little olive oil and sauté your onion and jalapeños.
  4. You may add the spinach now, or toss it in at the end to ensure it stays bright green and vibrant.
  5. Add your shrimp and and cook for 1-3 minutes until opaque.
  6. Add cream cheese and beer and stir to combine, reducing burner to medium heat.
  7. Add your butter, hot sauce, and grated cheeses.
  8. Stir well until hot and melty, adding extra beer as desired to thin the sauce.
  9. I’ll admit my husband and I wound up adding an entire extra 1/2 cup of beer to ours, (cheers!) but it’s still great with less.
  10. Optional: Garnish with a little extra chopped spinach for a pop of green or some fiery red pepper flakes for an extra kick. You can even add an extra drizzle or two of hot sauce on top. Keep it simple or get fancy, but whatever you do, dive in while it’s nice and HOT!

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