Easy Appetizer Recipes: Baked Clam Dip - How To Feed A Loon

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheddar

💰Cheaper: monterey jack

Monterey jack is often less expensive and melts well.

Melt 3/4 stick of unsalted butter in a skillet.

Add diced yellow onion, diced red pepper, and chopped celery to the skillet and sauté for about 8 minutes until soft and translucent.

Add 2 cloves of minced garlic to the skillet and sauté briefly.

Pour in the clams with their juice into the skillet.

Add the juice of 2 lemons to the mixture.

Drizzle in hot sauce to taste.

Sprinkle in 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt and stir to combine.

Turn off the heat and add 3/4 to 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs to the mixture, stirring until well combined.

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Prepare a casserole dish with baking spray or butter.

Transfer the clam mixture to the prepared casserole dish and spread it evenly.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes until the top is nice and brown.

Optionally, broil for a couple of minutes to achieve a crustier top if desired.

Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple of minutes before serving.

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