CPK Inspired Low Fat Spinach Artichoke Dip
 
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • ½ cup red onion, finely chopped (you can use yellow onion as well)
  • 4 garlic cloves, chopped fine
  • ⅜ cup (1/4 cup + ⅛ cup) unbleached all purpose flour
  • 1.5 cups 2% fat milk ( You can also use a combination of full fat and non fat; which I have used before successfully)
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • Pinch of sugar
  • ¼ cup plain yogurt or sour cream (I have made it using both and they both taste equally amazing )
  • 4 cups fresh spinach, chopped
  • 7-8 chopped artichokes, frozen or packed in water
  • ½ cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 tsp hot green sauce (optional)
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. In a pot, add oil and butter and cook until butter melts on medium-high flame. To it add onions and garlic and saute until fragrant and golden. Now add flour and stir it all together until flour turns goldenish and is no more raw. To it add, milk and water and stir using a stirrer until it all mixes evenly. Once it starts getting thick, take it off the heat. To it add, lemon juice, sugar, salt and yogurt and mix. Now add spinach and artichokes and mix again. Add cheddar cheese, hot green sauce if using and mix. Taste and adjust salt, lemon juice if needed.
  2. Bake in a 350F preheated oven for 25-30 mins or until bubbly. It will be loose when you pull it out of the oven. Let it sit for few mins before serving or serve just the way it is. We like eating it straight hot out of the oven, but it is totally optional!
  3. Serve with bag full of tortilla chips!
Recipe by Naive Cook Cooks at https://www.naivecookcooks.com/cpk-inspired-low-fat-spinach-artichoke-dip/