Crab Dip

This is one of the best things I've come up with in a long time, in my opinion,and I've made it about 5 times in the last 2 weeks. But you first have to like crab, or Surimi.

Surimi is also known as fake crab, although it is made with real fish products - it's just a fraction of the price of real crab.

You can find Surimi in the seafood section at your supermarket, usually in small portions (possibly 6-10 "crab legs", which might be about a cup of meat.) I also found a 2.5 pound bag of it at Sam's Club for less than $7.00 - a great deal, since that makes about 6 batches of this dip. (I separated it out into 6 batches and then froze 5 of them.)

1 to 1.5 Cup of Surimi (or real crab if you want to splurge) chopped into small pieces

A generous half cup of Mayonnaise

1/4 Cup sour cream

1 or 2 Tbsp onion, finely chopped (I have used white, red and green onions at different times and they all were good.)

1 or 2 tsp lemon juice

1 Tbsp dill weed

1/8 to 1/4 tsp cayenne

1/8 tsp coarse black pepper

Mix it all up - it is ready to serve immediately, however, if you let it sit for awhile in the fridge, the onion flavor will come out more.

I use this with all kinds of crackers, crostini and party breads.