When I was living in New Jersey, I would frequent the Jewish delis in New York City and I always had to order the whitefish dip. Now that I’ve moved back down south, I wanted to create my own version of the delicious dip. You can find smoked whole whitefish or fillets in the seafood department of most grocery stores.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 20 min |
| Active: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 8 to 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds smoked whitefish (or use mullet, trout or mahi-mahi)
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill, plus dill sprigs, for garnish
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (about 2 dashes)
- Pinch of seafood seasoning
- 1 green onion, cut into large pieces
- 1/2 stalk celery, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- Juice of 1/2 lemon (about 2 tablespoons), plus lemon slices, for garnish
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Celery sticks, carrot sticks, cucumber rounds, radishes and crackers, for serving
Instructions
- Remove the bones from the fish and flake into large pieces. Set aside.
- Combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, hot sauce, dill, Worcestershire sauce, seafood seasoning, green onions, celery and lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until smooth. Add the fish and pulse a few times to combine. Season with salt and pepper
- Transfer the dip to a bowl. Top with dill and lemon slices and serve with celery sticks, carrot sticks, cucumber rounds, radishes and crackers.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 242 |
| Total Fat | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 2 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 1 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 52 mg |
| Sodium | 1098 mg |
Reviews
Loved this recipe! Each ingredient was essential to the outcome! The flavors melded beautifully. Only substitution I made was shallots instead of green onion. Served with baguette toasted with olive oil a touch of salt and pepper. This will be a regular Sunday snack!
Simple but delicious combination of flavors. Adding in the hot sauce andd Worcestershire sauce make a really nice addition to this spread which we used for bagels.
What Makes the recipe “Smoked” – I was thinking Upon Clicking- that at first – I would be Smoking the fish on my Smoker for a bit.. then when I didn’t see that… I thought maybe I would see ” liquid Smoke ” of some kind in the ingredient list… Guess I’m missing the Point of the Name of the Recipe
Excellent. Halved recipe since I had only 9oz of fish. Tasted delicious. Got a little creative and added 1 small can of minced clams to it and pulsed some more. So good!
It was easy and so delicious! How nice to have something new!