This delicious Clam Dip is an easy appetizer made with whipped cream cheese and sour cream balanced off with salty minced clams, and served with potato chips.
![Homemade Clam Dip in a bowl with potato chips around it.](https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Clam-Dip-8-683x1024.jpg)
Usually people who love Clam Dip have enjoyed it for years as part of their annual holiday appetizers, summer BBQ’s or tailgate parties. Whether you’re already a fan or want to try it for the first time, this recipe is really easy with the simplest ingredients that highlight the flavors of the star ingredient: clams!
Ingredients Needed for Clam Dip:
- Cream Cheese
- Sour Cream: may substitute mayonnaise or plain Greek yogurt.
- Clams: canned minced clams, and reserve the clam juice.
- Garlic: freshly minced.
- Worcestershire sauce.
- Parsley.
- Hot sauce: we prefer Tabasco hot sauce in clam dip, but use your favorite kind!
- Additional Flavor Add-In Ideas: paprika, chives, yellow mustard, lemon juice, green onion.
![The ingredients for Clam Dip on individual serving dishes on a tray.](https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Clam-Dip-10-1024x683.jpg)
How to make Clam Dip:
- In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in sour cream, garlic, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce.
- Stir in drained clams. Add reserved clam juice from the canned clams to thin the dip to desired consistency. Chill for 1-2 hours before serving.
- Serve with potato chips or crackers.
![Two process photos for making clam dip in a bowl.](https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Clam-Dip-12-768x1024.jpg)
Make Ahead Instructions:
To Make Ahead: Clams Dip will last stored covered in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.
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Recipe
![Homemade clam dip in a bowl with potato chips around it.](https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Clam-Dip-8-500x500.jpg)
Clam Dip
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese , softened
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 clove garlic , minced
- 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley flakes (or 1 teaspoon fresh chopped parsley)
- 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- Dash Tabasco or favorite hot sauce
- 1 6.5 oz can minced clams drained but juice reserved
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in sour cream, garlic, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce.
- Stir in drained clams. Add reserved clam juice from the canned clams to thin the dip to desired consistency. Chill for 1-2 hours before serving. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
- Serve with potato chips or crackers.
- Clams Dip will last stored covered in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.
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Just reading the recipe I could tell this would be very bland. Adjustments I made, and it was delicious. I have these anchovy tablets, I crushed one half of one and added it alternatively, you could add 1 tsp anchovy paste. I doubled the sour cream, added 1 Tbsp of Lemon Juice, used 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce, added 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika, added 1/2 tsp Old Bay Seasoning, and finally doubled the garlic. As to ratings, I don’t understand how a recipe with some many adjustments by so many people can possibly be nearly 5-star???