Creamy Chipotle Dip Recipes

Steps:

• Using a food processor, whir the chipotle chiles until smooth.
• Chop the green onions.
• In a non-reactive bowl stir together the onions, pureed chiles, garlic, and remaining ingredients and season to taste.
• Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.
• Pour into serving dish, top with shredded cheese, and serve with tortilla chips, bell pepper strips, other raw veggies, or crackers.
• It will keep, refrigerated and covered, for about 3 days.
• Makes about 1 1/2 cups.
• If you like cilantro, you can add a teaspoon of fresh, minced or chopped cilantro to the dip.

Steps:

• Finely chop scallions. Wearing protective gloves, mince enough chipotles to a paste to measure 1 1/2 tablespoons. In a bowl whisk together all ingredients with salt to taste. Dip may be kept, covered and chilled, 3 days.

Steps:

• Place chipoptles and adobo sauce from can in a food processor. Pulse peppers until there are no large chunks. (For less spicy dip scrape seed from peppers first and or use a smaller can of chipotles).
• Mix peppers, sour cream, cumin, lime and salt well. Refrigerate several hours or overnight. Stir before serving with tortilla chips.

Steps:

• Reserve 1 lime for garnish. Grate 1 teaspoon peel from other lime. Cut lime in half; squeeze enough juice to measure 2 tablespoons. Set peel and juice aside.
• Butterfly each shrimp by cutting along the outside curve through the fleshiest part for about 1 1/2 inches, cutting almost to the inside curve. The shrimp should spread open.
• In 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag, mix oil, garlic, pepper flakes, lime juice and grated lime peel. Shake lightly to mix. Add shrimp. Seal bag; rotate to coat all of shrimp. Refrigerate 30 to 60 minutes to marinate.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix mayonnaise, honey mustard, chipotle chile and adobo sauce. Cover; refrigerate until serving.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Remove shrimp from marinade; place in 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Open each shrimp, arranging in pan so that cut portion is on pan with tail tucked in. Discard marinade.
• Bake 5 to 7 minutes, rearranging shrimp halfway through bake time, until shrimp are pink. Place on serving platter; sprinkle with cilantro. Spoon dip into bowl. Cut reserved lime into wedges. Garnish dip with wedges. Serve shrimp with dip. Store any remaining shrimp and dip in refrigerator.