Easy Gluten Free Crab Dip
This easy gluten free crab dip is delicious hot or cold, as a meal or an appetizer, and it's even dairy-free!
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese I used vegan cream cheese - Kite Hill®, room temperature
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise I used egg-free mayonnaise - Just Mayo®
- 2 tsp. Dijon Mustard I used Annie's Naturals®
- 1 Tbs. lemon juice
- 1 Tbs. gluten-free Tamari like San-J® or coconut aminos
- 1 Tbs. dried minced onion
- 1 Tbs. gluten-free nutritional yeast optional but recommended! - I used Bragg's®
- 1/2 - 1 Tbs. hot sauce I used Tabasco®
- 1/2 tsp. Old Bay® seasoning
- 1 Tbs. fresh parsley chopped, plus extra for garnish
- 8 ounces jumbo lump crabmeat picked and drained -- the higher quality the crabmeat, the better OR jarred / canned artichokes, drained and diced
- tomatoes for garnish optional
- paprika for garnish
Instructions
- Soften cream cheese in a microwave-safe bowl or leave out on the counter for 1-2 hours to soften.
- Using a rubber spatula or electric mixer, stir in the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, tamari, hot sauce, onion and spices. Once no lumps from cream cheese remain and the mixture is smooth, fold in parsley and crab.
- Transfer to serving bowl, sprinkle with paprika and garnish with fresh parsley and cherry tomatoes, if desired. Cover and refrigerate until serving
- If serving warm, preheat oven to 350° F.
- If baking, transfer dip to an oven-safe serving dish, cover with foil and bake in preheated oven for 10-15 minutes, or until heated all the way through.
- To serve, sprinkle with paprika and garnish with fresh parsley.
- Gluten-free crackers recommended and pictured: San-J® Tamari Black Sesame Crackers or Crunchmaster® Multi-Grain Crackers.*
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.