This page on how to make quick Super Bowl party dips will teach you how to whip up several simple and delicious dips for your Super Bowl party.
Throwing a Super Bowl party is a great way to spend time with your family and friends, so you can enjoy the event together. Sometimes you don’t have much time to cook for the party. Even with limited time for cooking and preparation, you can serve delicious food to your guests if you plan ahead and be creative.
Making party dips can be an excellent way to serve food that your guests will enjoy without slaving all day in the kitchen. Some of the best party dips can be prepared within minutes, with minimal preparation. You can also make some recipes in advance, because they can last for a few days if you keep them in the refrigerator. Some of the dips are served chilled, so you don’t have to warm them up after you take them out of the refrigerator. For the dips that should be served at room temperature, simply put the dish to your microwave and reheat it.
Serve your party dips with store-bought crackers, tortilla chips, chunks of crusty bread or vegetable sticks. Arrange the dippers in a large dish with the dip in the middle of the plate. Don’t forget to serve beer, soda, or any other favorite drinks to accompany the food.
Below you can find 3 quick and simple party dips recipes that you can serve at your Super Bowl party.
Spicy Guacamole
Ingredients:
- 2 avocadoes
- 1 medium ripe tomato
- 1/4 white onion
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepperhttp://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/guacamole-recipe/index.html
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 clove garlic
- Juice of 1 lime
- A bit of salt, to taste
Directions:
- Scoop out the avocadoes with a spoon.
- Chop the tomato, onion, and garlic coarsely.
- Put all the ingredients in the food processor or a blender and process for 30 seconds or until it resembles chunky sauce.
- Let it sit for an hour.
- Serve on the same day with tortilla chips.
Note: You can substitute the cayenne pepper with 1 tsp Tabasco sauce; but if you use Tabasco sauce, omit the garlic and the cumin.
Ben’s Seafood Dip Recipe
This video shows you how to make a seafood dip with a chunky texture. The main ingredient for this recipe is shrimp, which you can substitute with artificial crab meat. The other ingredients are cream cheese, unflavored gelatin, cream of mushroom soup, celery, green onions, and water chestnuts.
To make the dip: blend together the cream cheese and gelatin and put it in the microwave. Add cream of mushroom soup, celery, green onions, water chestnuts, and shrimps. Put in the refrigerator for an hour and serve.
Easy Blue Cheese Dip
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sour creamhttp://southernfood.about.com/od/cheesedips/r/bl30408v.htm
- 4 oz blue cheese
- 1 tbsp white vinegarhttp://www.recipe.com/spicy-blue-cheese-dip
- 1 clove garlic
- A pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
- Salt, to taste
Directions:
- Crumble the blue cheese.
- Mix the blue cheese and white vinegar in the sour cream by stirring it with a spoon or use hand mixer at low speed.
- Grate the garlic on top of the mixture and add the salt and cayenne pepper, if using.
- Put in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving.
- Take it out of the refrigerator and warm it to the room temperature with a microwave.
- Serve this blue cheese dip with crackers or vegetables of your choice.
Note: You can add dried herbs to the blue cheese dips if you want.
Tzatziki
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of yogurt
- 2 tsp of lemon juicehttp://greekfood.about.com/od/appetizerssalads/r/tzatziki_sass.htm
- 1 tbsp fresh dill or minthttp://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2007/07/worlds-best-tzatziki-sauce-recipe-greek.html
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
- Grate the cucumbers and garlic with a cheese grater. Chop the herbs finely.
- Mix the lemon and the olive oil.
- Fold all the ingredients into the yogurt.
- Chill for at least 2 hours to let the flavors blend.
- Served chilled with vegetables sticks.
The best yogurt for this dish is Greek yogurt, but if you can’t find it you can substitute it with regular yogurt. Drain the yogurt for several hours to let it thicken before using.http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2007/07/worlds-best-tzatziki-sauce-recipe-greek.html You can omit the fresh herbs altogether or substitute with dried herbs if it is more convenient for you. Make the tzatziki a day ahead and keep it in the refrigerator until serving time.
