There are traditional dishes for a Super Bowl party, and you don’t have to veer too far to make them surprisingly different – and delicious. Wow your football-loving crowd with these five dips.
Caramelized Five-Onion Dip
Move over onion dip, this is the way to eat onions in dip form now! Thanks to Food and Wine magazine, everyone can make and eat this recipe for game day.
Ingredients:
- 3 TBL extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 TBL unsalted butter
- 1 large sweet onion
- 1 medium size yellow onion
- 1 medium size red onion
- 4 medium shallots
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 6 scallions, thinly sliced
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 ½ cups sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- Black pepper
For dipping: toasted bread, pita chips, veggies like broccoli, celery, carrots, etc
Instructions:
- Heat oil and butter in a deep skillet over medium-high until butter melts. While butter melts, thinly slice the onions. Add the onions, shallots and salt to the pan. Cook onions until barely softened and just starting to brown. Once onions are starting to brown, reduce to medium-low to caramelize onions. This will take about thirty minutes. Add scallions in about 15 minutes into caramelizing onions. If onions stick to the pan, add a splash of water to release the onions from the pan. Transfer onions to a large bowl and place cream cheese on top, and place bowl aside letting onions cool. Once the onions are cool, mix onions until cream cheese. Add sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder, and cayenne to the onion mixture, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill for at least 3 hours. Before serving, let dip stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
This dip can be made a day ahead.
Sweet Potato Queso
It isn’t a football party without queso – but this one is with a twist – a veggie twist!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion, divided
- · 1 tablespoon canola oil
- · 2 large garlic cloves, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
- · 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- · 1 teaspoon chili powder
- · 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- · 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
- · 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- · 1 cup mashed peeled cooked sweet potato (or pureed in a food processor)
- · 1 (10-ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as Rotel), drained
- · 4 ounces Colby-Jack cheese, shredded (about 1 cup), divided
Instructions:
Set aside one tablespoon of chopped onion for garnish. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium. Add garlic and rest of onions to pan, cooking until softened. Add cumin, chili powder, and kosher salt. Whisk together evaporated milk and cornstarch in a separate bowl. Add milk mixture to onion mixture; cook, stirring often, until bubbly and thickened, about 4 minutes. Add sweet potato; whisk until smooth. Fold in diced tomatoes and chiles and half of cheese.
Turn on broiler. In a shallow 3- to 4-cup baking dish, add onion-cheese mixture and top with remaining cheese. Broil until cheese melts. Top with reserved chopped onion. Dip with any of your chosen accompaniments.
Bacon Guacamole
Guacamole is a traditional dip to accompany many football games. But for the Super Bowl – amp it up a bit with bacon! Make your traditional guacamole and add pieces of smoky bacon to it, or follow along with this recipe.
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe avocados, halved, pitted, and scooped out
- 3 strips bacon, cooked crisp and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1/4 medium red onion, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher or sea salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
- 1 medium tomato, seeded and diced
Instructions:
Mash avocado and stir in bacon, red onion, lime juice, paprika, chipotle and salt and pepper. Once the mixture is combined, fold in tomatoes.
Smoked Salmon Dip
Ingredients
- 1 large (2 ounces) shallot, quartered
- 8 ounces cold-smoked salmon
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest plus 2 tablespoons fresh juice (from 1 large lemon)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives, plus more for garnish
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill, plus more for garnish
- 2 teaspoons drained non-pareil capers, coarsely chopped
- Kosher salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Pita chips or bagel chips for dipping
Instructions
In a food processor, add shallot and pulse until finely chopped. Then add salmon and pulse until mixture is finely chopped. Take half the onion-salmon mixture and add it to a bowl. Add mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese, lemon zest, and lemon juice to the remaining salmon in a food processor and pulse until creamy smooth.
Transfer the creamy salmon mixture to the bowl with the finely chopped salmon mixture. Fold in the dill, chives, and capers. Salt and pepper to taste. You are now ready to dip with the pita or bagel chips!
Pizza Dip
Who doesn’t love pizza? If you are gonna order it, might as well give this dip with a nod to the Pioneer Woman a try!
Ingredients
- Hard salami, chopped
- 2- 8 ounces cream cheese blocks
- 1 cup grated parmesan
- 1 TBL Italian seasoning
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 2 cup grated mozzarella
- ¼ cup sliced olives
- ¼ cup diced red onion
- Toasted baguettes or pita to serve
Instructions
In a medium bowl, stir to combine the cream cheese, 1/2 cup parmesan, and Italian seasoning. Once mixed, layer this in the bottom of a 9-inch deep pie dish. Over this layer, spread ½ cup of marinara. Sprinkle with 1 cup mozzarella, 1/2 cup parmesan, and 2 tablespoons each of pepperoni, black olives, and red onion. Repeat with the remaining marinara, mozzarella, parmesan, pepperoni, black olives, and red onion.
Bake dish in a 350 degree oven until the cheese is melted, then turn on broil to get color on the cheese mixture. Let cool before serving.
