Tuna Dip (Cream Cheese)

5 from 5 votes

Smooth Tuna Dip Recipe made with soft cream cheese and canned tuna is one of the quickest appetizer dip recipes you can make. Serve with crackers, chips or sliced vegetables. Can be served cold/room temp or heat up for a hot tuna dip.

Prep Time10

Course: Appetizer Recipes, Dip Recipes, Seafood

Cuisine: American

Keyword: tuna

Servings: cups

Calories: 365kcal

Author: Trisha Haas - Salty Side Dish

Ingredients

5 oz. Canned Tuna in water, drained very well
8 oz. Cream Cheese softened for easy mixing
3 tbsp hot salsa
salt and pepper

Instructions

Pull cream cheese from the fridge, open packaging, and let sit on the counter at room temperature for about 15 minutes prior to making if possible. This helps cream cheese soften and makes it easier to mix.
Drain canned tuna fully of excess moisture.
Add drained tuna, softened cream cheese, and hot salsa to a mixing bowl.
Using a spatula, mix well until smooth.
Season with salt and pepper and mix.
Refrigerate, covered until ready to serve.
Serve with pretzels, crackers and fresh vegetables.

Notes

Make Smoked Tuna Dip

To alter this recipe to be smoked tuna, add 1 tsp liquid smoke to the dip.

Make Buffalo Tuna Dip

Substitute the hot salsa for Buffalo Sauce.

Make it Light

Use light cream cheese or low-fat cream cheese and light tuna (less fatty tuna) in water to alter nutritional values.

How to serve Canned Tuna Dip

Chunks of tuna make a thicker-based dip and it's best to have a stronger snack to dip with.

Vegetables: Try sliced carrots, celery sticks, sliced bell peppers, cucumbers, or even pickles.

Favorite Chips or Crackers: We suggest buttery round crackers like Ritz Crackers, strong dipping tortilla chips, bagel chips, or ridged potato chips.

Various: Ways to dip include cheese on a toothpick or rolling up into a soft flour tortilla as a wrap.

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