Serve your guests or assemble it at a gathering - this onion-shrimp appetizer is ready to go in 30 minutes!
Caramelized Onion-Shrimp Spread
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 18
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter (do not use margarine)
- 1/2 medium onion, thinly sliced (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup apple jelly
- 1 container (8 oz) reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 bag (4 oz) frozen cooked salad shrimp, thawed, well drained (about 1 cup)
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh chives
- 36 whole-grain crackers
Instructions
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Step1In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add onion; cook 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic; cook 1 minute, stirring occasionally, until onion and garlic are tender and browned. Stir in apple jelly. Cook, stirring constantly, until melted. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes to cool.
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Step2Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together cream cheese and shrimp. On 8-inch plate, spread shrimp mixture into a 5-inch round.
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Step3Spoon onion mixture over shrimp mixture. Sprinkle with chives. Serve with crackers.
Nutrition
80
Calories
3 1/2g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
10g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 150mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 10g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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