Ingredients
- Nonstick spray
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (4 ounces) grated pepper Jack cheese
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Paula Deen)
- 1 pound lump crabmeat, well drained and picked clean of shells
- 1 cup seeded, diced tomatoes (2 medium tomatoes)
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions (scallions), white and light green parts
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed black peppercorns
- 2 avocados
- Crackers or crusty bread, for serving
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 1 quart baking dish with nonstick spray.
In a large bowl, mix together the cream cheese, pepper Jack, mayonnaise, lime juice, and hot sauce until smooth. Fold in the crabmeat, tomatoes, green onions, basil, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Smooth the mixture into baking dish. Bake until golden and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
Split, pit, peel, and dice the avocados and sprinkle them over the crab dip after it has cooled slightly. Serve warm with crackers or crusty bread.
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By debra's recipes
on March 23, 2013
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A terrible disappointment! I was so excited to make this recipe for Thanksgiving and it was a waste of so much time, energy, and especially the very expensive lump crabmeat! I agree with the other review that the lime juice was overpowering, but more than that, there wasn't enough zip from the pepper jack and hot sauce. Bland, lacking flavor. Not only that, the finished product was too "soupy" to our liking. Wonder if the lime juice was the culprit there, too. I doctored up the leftovers so we didn't have to throw them out, but that's the only way it was edible.
By tomato&basil
Sierra Foothill...
on December 30, 2012
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Perfect amount of spice/heat. I used Tobasco for the hot sauce. Even with seeding the tomatoes, I thought it was a bit wet. I wanted a more 'pully, stringy cheezy' and this wasn't it. The flavor was excellent. I was afraid the crab would be overshadowed with all the other flavors, but it wasn't. Next time I make it I might try a different cheese?
By trialcook
Illinois
on December 16, 2012
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Excited to make it for a party of 18 or so.......disappointed in results, followed the recipe, wasn't cheesy enough, bland and lacking a flavor boost. Don't think more hot sauce would have done it. Will not make again. It did look promising.....
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