Warm Blue Cheese Dip with Garlic and Bacon
"Even people that don't like blue cheese love this wonderful hot dip. It can be served with vegetables, but I find that people like it best with French bread."
INGREDIENTS
- 7 slices bacon (I prefer turkey bacon)
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup half-and-half
- 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
DIRECTIONS
- Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Remove bacon from skillet, drain on paper towels and crumble.
- Place garlic in hot bacon grease. Cook and stir until soft, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place cream cheese and half-and-half in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until blended. Stir in bacon, garlic, blue cheese and chives. Transfer mixture to a medium baking dish.
- Bake covered in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.
***This recipe can taste pretty salty so I prefer to use turkey bacon instead as a way of lowering the sodium. I don't know if there is a low sodium bacon or not but you may want to try that option as well if sodium is an issue for you.
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