Thaw and squeeze 2 packages – 6 oz of Alaskan King Crab and set aside
12 oz cream cheese
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp butter
1/2 c finely chopped onion
4 dashes garlic salt
Instructions
Whip together and spread on a decorative dish. Spread 1 bottle of cocktail sauce on top of the cream cheese mix. Place chunks of crabmeat on top of cocktail sauce. Serve with wheat thins to scoop.
Toss a brick of cream cheese on a plate and surround with crackers. Flake imitation crab meat and toss on top. Buy a jar of Allied Homemade Chili Sauce and pour that on top. Ready!
Smokey fish dip snack. I’ll put the story in the notes so you can skip right to the recipe!
Scale
Ingredients
6 small fillets of Whitefish (Freshwater preferred such as walleye but cod, hoke or pollack)
Liquid smoke, dash
Cream Cheese, 12 oz
1 tbsp butter
1 shallot, diced
1 tbsp minced garlic
Lemon juice
Worcestershire
Mayo or Miracle Whip
Meara Spice
Crackers or Pringles for serving
Instructions
Marinate fish with a dash of Meara Spice and Liquid smoke 1 hour. Pat dry and leave open on rack in fridge 1 hour (you want to see a “glaze” shine on the fish). Smoke for 1 hour using Cherrywood or Fruit wood 1-2 hours or until almost too done – not flaky and ready to eat, but more dry.
While smoking, dice up the shallot in a bowl and add a tbsp each of lemon juice, worcestershire, 1 tab of butter, and garlic. Microwave 1 minute.
Break up fish when done – checking for bones. Add to the bowl of onion mix and add mayo and cream cheese.
Blend all ingredients with a hand blender and add some ingredients as needed for the taste and consistency you like. Should end up more flaky fish consistency rather than cream cheese.
Serve with Pringles or crackers.
Notes
There’s a place in Northern MI that makes this which is the original inspiration. We were on our way to get ice cream, stopped at a corner store, and sampled this. Bought it on the spot. We never went for ice cream after we devoured the fish pate right there in the store. If you can get kids to pick a fish dip over ice cream, you know its good!