Shrimp Louie Spread

By CJKK

Serve well chilled with a basket of crackers.

Ingredients

• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup chili sauce
• 1 T horseradish
• 1/8 t pepper
• 6 green onions
• 2 cups finely chopped cooked salad shrimp (measure after chopping)**
• Salt to taste
• **It's best to use frozen cooked salad shrimp that you've thawed according to package directions and dried on paper towels. You can also used canned salad shrimp, but they will be more salty which is

Details

Servings 3

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the cream cheese with the mayo. Add the chili sauce, horseradish, and pepper. Mix it up into a smooth sauce.

Clean the green onions and cut off the bottoms. Use all of the white part and up to an inch of the green part. Throw the tops away.

Mince the onions as finely as you can and add them to the sauce. Stir them in well.

Chop the salad shrimp into fine bits. You can do this with a sharp knife or in the food processor using the steel blade and an on and off motion.

Mix in the shrimp anc check to see how salty the spread is. Add salt if needed.

Chill the spread in a covered bowl in the refreigerator for at least 4 hours. You can make it in the morning if you plan to serve it that night.