Spicy Crab Dip With Shrimp Chips Is a Full Holiday Seafood Experience

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Cream cheese and crab is a pretty classic combo, with both hot dipscrab chowderspicy crab dip. And that’s what this recipe is, although you can control the heat a bit. The recipe calls for a single serrano chile. My preference is to include half the seeds in the dip and discard the second half. This gives the dip vivid heat that doesn’t outshine the crab and other aromatics.