Classic Knorr Spinach Dip Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the Knorr recipe for spinach dip? ›

You can refrigerate spinach dip in a sealed container for 3-4 days. Always trust your sniffer–if it smells off, toss it!

Frozen spinach can be subbed in pretty much any place you'd normally be cooking raw spinach. And since raw spinach is watery, you'll probably need to cook it down anyway—otherwise, it'll release its water and change the texture and flavor of your finished dish.

If a recipe calls for fresh spinach but you have only frozen, or vice versa, it's perfectly OK to sub one for the other — at least in most recipes.

What is creamy spinach dip made of? To get your dip super creamy I like to add in milk, cream cheese, and mozzarella. Then the base is made of spinach, yellow onions, and garlic. And finally it's seasoned with worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper.

Use Knorr® Liquid Seasoning for even tastier and more sumptuous dishes. It's the perfect all-around companion in the kitchen as you use it to cook, marinate, sprinkle, and to serve as a dipping sauce. Perk up your grilled Liempo or Crispy Pata dish by dipping it in Knorr® Liquid Seasoning.

According to the USDA, food that has been left out of the fridge for more than two hours should be thrown away. That's because between 40° F and 140° F (what the USDA calls the "Danger Zone"), bacteria grows incredibly fast and can make you sick.

You can freeze spinach artichoke dip for up to three months.

And although you can use your microwave or stir the mixture up on the stove to heat it, popping a dish of the dip in your oven is the best route for achieving bubbling hot and irresistibly gooey results.

Ingredients for Spinach Dip

Spinach: Use frozen chopped spinach that has been thawed and squeezed to remove excess liquid. You can replace frozen spinach with fresh – cook 1 pound of fresh spinach, cool, chop & squeeze it to remove moisture.

Is spinach dip healthy to eat? ›

Not all spinach dips are healthy, but you can improvise any dip recipe to make it more nutritious. A dip prepared with whole sour cream, cream cheese, mayonnaise or fatty oils may not be heart-healthy because of the fat content and high calorie count.

Let's get into it. Frozen spinach is mechanically chopped, boiled or blanched, and then flash frozen. A single ten ounce package of frozen spinach usually equals one cup of greens once it's thawed and drained. To get that same cup with fresh spinach, you'd have to cook down about a full pound.

Educate Your Eye: 1 Pound of Spinach

One pound of spinach (with the stems still attached) is about two large bundles or bouquets, each only slightly too large to wrap one hand around. Think about holding the contents of two boxes of spaghetti in your hands; that's about the size of one bundle.

We prefer frozen spinach over canned because it has better flavor and is lower in sodium. Plus, 1 cup of frozen spinach has more than four times the amount of nutrients—including fiber, folate, iron and calcium—compared to a cup of fresh spinach, so if you want to power up, do it with frozen spinach.

Press paper towels into the top of the spinach to get out excess moisture.

Cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, stabilizers (xanthan, carob bean and/or guar gums)), spinach, artichokes, corn and/or vegetable oil, extra virgin olive oil, feta cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture and enzymes), fresh garlic, salt, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives ...