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Crab and Artichoke Dip

This dip has evolved over the years with input from the whole family; our take on Maryland Crab Dip.  A favorite with Friday night finger foods. Layered dips can be a bit tricky carb counting so we’ve shown CHO for both components and the whole dip.

Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword Artichokes, Crab

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (115 gr) cream cheese 7.66 CHO
  • 1 can (170 gr) Ocean’s Crab 0 CHO
  • 213 ml (225 gr) can Hunt’s Tomato Sauce 8.52 CHO
  • 6 oz. (170 ml) Scarpone’s Marinated Artichokes, drained and chopped (7 CHO/1/2 cup/125 ml). 100 gr after drained 5.6 CHO
  • ½ cup (38 gr) grated cheese 0 CHO

TOTAL CHO 21.78 CHO

  • TOTAL WEIGHT COOKED 493 GRAMS
  • 21.78 DIVIDED BY 493 GRAMS = .044 CHO/GRAM
  • 1 TBSP = 17 GRAMS (.044 CHO x 17 GRAMS) .748 CHO/TBSP
  • ¼ CUP = 4 TBSP (.748 CHO x 4) 2.99 CHO/1/4 CUP

CREAM CHEESE MIXTURE ONLY = 288 GRAMS

  • 13.26 CHO DIVIDED BY 288 GRAMS = .046 CHO/GRAM
  • 1 TBSP = 15 GRAMS (.046 CHO x 17 GRAMS) .78 CHO/TBSP
  • ¼ CUP = 4 TBSP (.78 CHO x 4) 3.12 CHO/1/4 CUP

TOMATO SAUCE ONLY = 205 GRAMS

  • 8.52 CHO DIVIDED BY 205 GRAMS = .041 CHO/GRAM
  • 1 TBSP = 15 GRAMS (.041 CHO x 15 GRAMS) .615 CHO/TBSP
  • ¼ CUP = 4 TBSP (.615 CHO x 4) 2.46 CHO/1/4 CUP

Instructions

  1. Drain artichokes and roughly chop. Rinse and drain crab, pressing down to remove any liquid. Mix crab and cream cheese then fold in artichokes.
  2. Spread tomato sauce in bottom of oven proof dish and mound crab mixture in centre, leaving some tomato sauce around the edges uncovered. Sprinkle crab mixture with grated cheese.
  3. Pre heat oven to 350. Bake dip for 15 minutes and then broil for a couple minutes until cheese starts to get some golden color.
  4. Serve with taco chips (CHO will depend on product you buy).