Reply With QuoteThat has me thinking I need to do that sometime!
Looks delicious!
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Working up a Baked Crappie Dip
I have fillets pile up around here and often look for different ways to prepare Crappie for consumption. I had some rather large fillets in the fridge getting some age so I poured a bottle of ice cold drinking water over them then about 4 tablespoons of Zatrain's Liquid Crab Boil with Lemon and let the fish soak in the Crab boil in the fridge for about 6 hours. Then I drained and baked the fish on parchment paper kinda hard, you could see the flakes separating a bit when I pulled them out to cool. I chose to bake the fillets to remove excess water that poaching adds.
I used 2 cups shredded Baked Seasoned Crappie fillets, 1-1/2 cups sour cream, 1 cup Ricotta cheese, 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese (half in the dip & half on top), about a cup of fresh Baby Spinach chopped, & about 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped parsley. After mixing well I added the packet of Vegetable soup mix and mixed again. Once mixed I placed in a 9in Pyrex Pie Plate then added the other 1/2 of the Mozzarella cheese before popping into the oven to bake. I baked it for 30-35 minutes (I was busy cooking Eggplant) before removing from the oven.
Although very good it lacked salt. The soup mix was lite on salt. Also a pressed toe of Garlic and some Cayenne pepper would take this to the next level.
I tried it 3 ways, hard Toasted white bread, dipping the Eggplant spears into it, and on Tostito's Catania Thins and the latter was almost magic. I think the extra salt on the chip made a difference. The toast looses the flavor I wouldn't bother with dipping with a bread and the Eggplant was a excellent combination too.
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That has me thinking I need to do that sometime!
Looks delicious!
Yes, I was talking to myself; sometimes even I have to ask for expert advice.Rojo LIKED above post
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Extra garlic and cayenne oh yeah I’m sold. I bet my girls would eat this since they like to dip with chips almost anything….lol
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Looks awesome
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Quick update on the dip. I microwaved some in a bowl today and used Tostito's Scoops to eat and not only did the dip reheat in the microwave well but the taste is the same as when it was right out of the oven. The Tostito's Scoops is the best so far eating the dip.
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I could earn the title of apprentice glutton with this!
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You know what my friend, and not to try to steal your dip thread , but I got a lil story for you
Back when I wrote a few sports articles here and there , I went to a spot in ALASKA….
I think it was Ketchikan maybe …..wilderness outfitters if memory serves me right
The host had a hostess , wife helper thing ….thought she was Russian , heavy accent….
Found out she was from Mexico,,,,she whipped up a really tasty Halibut cheeks dip that made me want to jump in it for a swim that trip
Yours looks tasty , pita chips for the win maybe ….
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No worries here, needs more work to me. Any suggestions are always welcome.
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I am thinking her version had a bit of smoke flavor , not sure if it was real or added , she didn't want to give up the recipeOriginally Posted by Rojo
and let me tell ya this as well .....a bit further up the road from there at a road house in those parts was a smoked salmon chowder ....
My bud said we have to stop and get a bowl of it , he said he got it the year before and it was like WOW .....
HE WAS FOR SURE CORRECT my friend , it was just beyond description tasty ....
found out later those folks won the fish chowder competition up in those parts every year with that recipe
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I have Hickory & Mesquite smoke oils I could add. Brining & smoking the fillets with Pecan is a option too. Pecan is certainly softer & sweeter on the side of taste.
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