Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mike's favorite spinach artichoke dip. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Who can deny the popularity of artichokes and spinach blended with cheeses? Try this hot, flavorful dip with toasted bread or tortilla chips. I've tried a few Spinach and Artichoke dips from this site and I've loved them all but this is BY FAR my favorite! It is just perfect, and delicious!
Mike's Favorite Spinach Artichoke Dip is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mike's Favorite Spinach Artichoke Dip is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mike's favorite spinach artichoke dip using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Favorite Spinach Artichoke Dip:
- Get Spinach Artichoke Dip
- Get 1 15 oz Jar Bertolli Or Ragu Alfredo Sauce
- Take 1 10 oz Box Frozen Spinach [fully drained - or, 10 ozs canned]
- Take 2 can 8.5 oz Artichokes [in water - fully drained & rough chopped]
- Get 1 packages 8 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese [room temp]
- Make ready 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese [kraft powdered works in a desperate pinch]
- Prepare 2 cup Shreadded Mozterella Cheese [room temp]
- Get 1/4 cup Fresh Garlic [packed - finely miced - or, 1 large elephant garlic clove]
- Take 1 tbsp Fresh Parsley [or, 1/2 tbs dried parsley]
- Prepare 15 Twists Fresh Cracked Black Pepper [or, 1/4 tsp]
- Get Options
- Get 2 tbsp Sun Dried Tomatoes [softened - fine chopped]
- Make ready 4 oz Real Crab Meat [pull any shells]
- Prepare dash Paprika Or Old Bay Seasoning
- Get Kitchen Items
- Take 1 Length Cheese Cloth Or Sturdy Paper Towels
- Take 1 Warming - Serving Crock Pot
- Get 1 Plastic Mixing Bowl
- Prepare 1 Glass Bowl With Lid
- Prepare 1 Mixing Spoon
- Get 1 Cutting Board
- Take 1 Knife
Creamy, bubbly, cheesy, this dip always disappears fast and is one of our favorite recipes ever! Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip is one of those classic appetizers you can find at many restaurants, football house parties and family gatherings. This Spinach and Artichoke Dip is simple gooey cheesy goodness surrounded by bread rolls, all baked in one skillet. Plop it on a table and let everyone dig in.
Instructions to make Mike's Favorite Spinach Artichoke Dip:
- Here's all you'll need!
- For your Alfredo Sauce, use only bottled Bertolli Alfredo Sauce or, ironically enough, Ragu Classic Alfredo Sauce. A much cheaper option. Any other brands will most likely lend a, "tin," or, "metallic," taste to your dip.
- ° Make certain your artichokes and spinach are fully drained. In fact, use cheese cloth and fully squeeze drain your spinach. This will take several attempts to fully drain out its copious fluids. If you don't have any cheese cloth on hand, use thick paper towels to squeeze fluid. This step is very important since otherwise, you'll have a watery dip. ° Fully dry your artichokes with clean paper towels both before and after rough chopping and mixing them in your dip. ° Also, fine chop your sun dried tomatoes - if choosing to use them. Know they're a unique and fantastic addition!
- Fine mince your garlic. I'll grade mine for ease. Then, rough chop your artichokes and spinach.
- ° Mix all ingredients in anything other than a metal bowl very well. Mix until spinach is fully incorporated. ° A metal bowl can react to your Alfredo Sauce and artichokes and again, inadvertently lend them an odd, "metallic taste."
- In your oven safe bowl with lid - bake at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes. Or, until dip is bubbling. Pull from oven and stir once more.
- ° Authors Notes: You can add many ingredients of your choosing to this dish but one of the most popular is real crab meat. However, be careful in using it. ° #1: Carefully sift through your crab meat for any shells. And #2: Adding more crab meat is not better with regards to this dish. Add meat slowly and taste test as crab can easily overpower your entire dip. ° If choosing this seafood option, garnish dip with Old Bay Seasoning or Paprika if you'd like. - ° Also know that the shelf life of your dip will be much shorter with the crab meat addition than without it. ° Lastly, know that the options of crab meat AND sun dried tomatoes will not work very well together. In my experience anyway. Use one or the other. Or, neither. Your choice!
- If interested in the large chips pictured: Cut 6" fresh, thick tortillas into quarters. Fry in hot vegetable oil with a few dashes garlic oil for 1 minute or less - flipping occasionally until browned. Place on paper towels to drain. Immediately sprinkle with dried parsley first so it'll stick to chips. Then, sea salt, granulated garlic powder and onion powder. That's it! Enjoy!
This Spinach and Artichoke Dip is simple gooey cheesy goodness surrounded by bread rolls, all baked in one skillet. Plop it on a table and let everyone dig in. My favorite way to have spinach artichoke dip is in a skillet with the cheesy dip in the middle surrounded by bread rolls. This Spinach Artichoke Dip recipe is the one recipe everyone looks forward to. Whether it be for the holidays, game day, or a Saturday!
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