5-Minute Smoked Salmon Dip Recipe - Cookin' Canuck (2024)

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How do you make Captain Jim's salmon dip? ›

Smoked Salmon Dip

Warm cream cheese to room temperature. Add two cans of Captain Jim's Gourmet Alaskan Smoked Salmon (including skin and oil). Mix together with fork; shape into a ball; refrigerate for two hours to blend flavors. Ground nuts or finely chopped parsley may be added for garnish.

How to make smoked salmon dip. Begin by combining the cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Tabasco and capers in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse to blend. Pulse until the salmon is finely chopped.

A savory blend of cream cheese and smoked salmon make for a rich, delicious, creamy spread. Perfect on bagels for breakfast, crackers as an appetizer or snack, or as the spread in a wrap. Our 24 oz. tub is available exclusively at select Costco locations.

Smoked salmon can be kept under refrigeration for two to three weeks, or one week after opening. It can also be frozen for up to three months. It is best to store in the original package, or wrap it tightly in plastic wrap to prevent dryness.

Fresh veggies.

I like a combination of cool cucumbers and tomatoes with bold, peppery radish, red onion, and crispy green peppers. Slicing the veggies thinly into rounds makes them easy to stack with the salmon on top of your favorite cracker, bagel or whatever you serve along.

In fact, smoked salmon dates all the way back to ancient Greek and Roman times. In the late 1800s, Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia brought over their technique of smoking salmon to the United Kingdom. They initially imported salmon from the Baltic, but soon began using the more accessible Scottish salmon.

That vibrant pink hue that you look for in Atlantic salmon is just a byproduct of supplements that are added to the fish feed to mimic the natural food that wild salmon eat.

6. Smoked Salmon Dip, $4.99 for 8 ounces. Take your normal breakfast routine up a notch by swapping regular cream cheese with this smoked salmon dip. The smoke isn't too overpowering; it's more like a smoky kiss.

yes, Costco sells wild salmon from all over the world. For example, their frozen salmon fillets come from farmed salmon in Chile, Norway, Scotland, and Canada. The frozen filtres are often a great value, when properly thawing and cooking them. Costco also sell fresh salmon from Alaska seasonally in their meat cases.

What cheese goes with smoked salmon? ›

Cheese to use with smoked salmon

Cream cheese is the classic, obvious choice to pair with lox, but other soft cheeses such as goat cheese, labneh, brie, or feta (my favorite!) could work as well. To make my feta more spreadable, I break it up with the back of a spoon and mix it with some quality extra virgin olive oil.

Lox vs Smoked Salmon: What's the Differences? While lox is cured in a salty spice blend, smoked salmon may or may not be cured but is always smoked and has a slightly smokier flavor. Sight: Lox and cold smoked salmon are both glossy and thinly sliced. Hot smoked salmon looks like poached fish.

Smoked salmon requires an additional process, which includes both ingredients and time. Adding the smoking process increases our costs to produce the fish, which means our smoked salmon price will be slightly higher. However, and perhaps more importantly, salmon loses mass during the smoking process.

Straight Out of the Can! Just open the can, maybe squeeze on some lemon, and fork on!

Canned salmon is already cooked - just drain the liquid and it's ready to eat or add to your favourite dish. You can remove the skin if you like. Don't throw out the soft, calcium-rich bones! Mash them with a fork and you won't even notice them.