Blue Cheese & Bacon Hot Dip Recipe

"No shortage of blue cheese or bacon for this recipe. You'll be using your fingers to dig into the bowl when the chips run out. The servings for normal people would be 8, a few guys reduced to 2 or 3 :)"

Original is 8 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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8 slices bacon, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

4 ounces crumbled bleu cheese
2 tablespoons minced chives
Cayenne pepper

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (76.3 g)
Calories 184.5
Total Fat - 15.5 g
Saturated Fat - 9.2 g
Cholesterol - 57.7 mg
Sodium - 474 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 2.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 0 g
Sugars - 1.5 g
Protein - 9.1 g
Calcium - 37 mg
Iron - 0.7 mg
Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, then grease a small baking dish (2 cup).

Step 2

Place bacon in a cold skillet, then turn the heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes until bacon chunks are crisp. Add garlic when there are about 2 minutes left on the bacon. Drain on paper towels.

Step 3

Place the bacon and garlic in a food processor then process until coarsely chopped.

Step 4

Beat the cream cheese and heavy cream with an electric hand mixer until smooth, then add bacon, garlic, cheese, and chives. Add in cayenne to your taste. Pour into baking dish.