{"id":7180,"date":"2026-08-23T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:53:26","slug":"southern-4-ingredient-hot-crab-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/southern-4-ingredient-hot-crab-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern 4-Ingredient Hot Crab Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Southern 4-Ingredient Hot Crab Dip<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature<\/li>\n<li>8 oz lump crabmeat, drained<\/li>\n<li>1 cup garlic-and-herb soft cheese<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup sliced almonds<\/li>\n<li>Chopped fresh chives or parsley, for garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat your oven to <strong>375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Place the softened <strong>cream cheese<\/strong> in a large mixing bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Add the <strong>garlic-and-herb soft cheese<\/strong> and mix until the cheeses are smooth and creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold in the <strong>lump crabmeat<\/strong>. Be careful not to break the crab into very small pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the mixture to a small baking dish and spread it evenly.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle the <strong>sliced almonds<\/strong> evenly over the top.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>20\u201325 minutes<\/strong>, or until the dip is hot, bubbling around the edges, and lightly golden on top.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with freshly chopped <strong>chives or parsley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0How to Serve<\/h3>\n<p>Serve this crab dip <strong>warm<\/strong> with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crackers<\/li>\n<li>Toasted baguette slices<\/li>\n<li>Crostini<\/li>\n<li>Pita chips<\/li>\n<li>Tortilla chips<\/li>\n<li>Fresh vegetables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Keep it warm while serving because the cheese becomes wonderfully creamy and the crab flavor comes through best when the dip is hot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Southern 4-Ingredient Hot Crab Dip Ingredients 8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature 8 oz lump crabmeat, drained 1&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7182,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions\/7182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}