Cream Cheese Salsa Dip

4.30 from 10 votes
15 minutes
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This Cream Cheese Salsa Dip with shrimp is super easy and will be the hit of your party! This delightful dip combines tender shrimp with a creamy, zesty salsa base that totally elevates chips and salsa to a whole new level. Perfect for any gathering, this shrimp dip will impress your guests and have them coming back for more!

Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip in bright blue bowl on platter with tortilla chips.

Why This Recipe is a Keeper!

Everyone loves chips and salsa! We always have chips and salsa on hand at our house for a quick snack or appetizer. However, taking a bag of chips and a jar of salsa to a get-together is just a major DON’T. Can you spell “lack of effort” any other way?

This Cream Cheese Salsa Dip with shrimp has a touch of elegance and totally elevates chips and salsa to a whole new level. It’s also super, super easy—almost as easy as opening a jar of salsa and a bag of chips!

Tender shrimp, cream cheese, tangy Greek yogurt, and your favorite salsa form the base for this easy crowd-pleaser. Best of all, it can be made a day ahead of time. If you use purchased cooked shrimp, it comes together in minutes!

Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip in bright blue bowl with tortilla chips.

How to Make Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip:

Recipe Ingredients:

Here’s everything you’ll need to make this cream cheese and salsa dip with shrimp recipe. The exact quantities are on the recipe card below.

Ingredients for Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip in glass bowls.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions:

  • Shrimp: I always use wild-caught shrimp. Never that funky farmed stuff, which tends to be rubbery and produced under questionable circumstances. You can use purchased cooked shrimp; however, cooking your own will give you better flavor and texture.
  • Salsa: Use your favorite salsa–purchased or homemade.
  • Yogurt: Use full-fat plain Greek yogurt if you don’t mind the fat content (which is 5%). Lower-fat Greek yogurt can also be used, but expect it to be more tangy. Depending on the brand, the dip could be thinner than with full-fat yogurt. Sour cream can also be used.
  • Cream Cheese: You can also use lower-fat Neufchatel cheese.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

  • Gather and prep all the ingredients for this shrimp dip recipe.
  • Combine cream cheese, plain yogurt, scallions, garlic, and salsa in a food processor.
Ingredients for Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip in food processor before being blended.
  • Transfer to a bowl and stir in coarsely chopped cooked shrimp.
  • Add salt to taste if necessary.
  • Add salt to taste if necessary.
  • Garnish with three whole shrimp and scallion tops.
  • That’s it!  An easy, elevated, party-worthy Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip!
  • Serve!
Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip in bright blue bowl with tortilla chips.

Chef Tip:

  • The easiest way I have found to peel and devein shrimp is:
    • Cut through the top of the shell, starting at the wide end with kitchen shears.
    • Remove the shells of all the shrimp in this manner at once, so you don’t have to keep setting your scissors down.
    • Peel and remove the vein (intestine) under a trickle of cold water.
Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip in bright blue bowl on platter with tortilla chips.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can this Cream Cheese Salsa Dip with shrimp be made ahead?

Yes, sure can! Make this creamy shrimp dip up to 1 day ahead of time and refrigerate. Leave the garnish off, give it a stir, then garnish as desired.

Can this creamy shrimp dip be frozen?

No, I would avoid doing that because of the yogurt and the cream cheese.

Storage:

  • Keep refrigerated and consume within 3 days.

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Creamy Shrimp Salsa Dip in bright blue bowl on platter with tortilla chips.

Cream Cheese Salsa Dip with Shrimp

4.30 from 10 votes

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By: Carol | From A Chef’s Kitchen
This Cream Cheese Salsa Dip with shrimp is super easy and will be the hit of your party! This delightful dip combines tender shrimp with a creamy, zesty salsa base that totally elevates chips and salsa to a whole new level. Perfect for any gathering, this shrimp dip will impress your guests and have them coming back for more!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Appetizers and Snacks
Cuisine Southwestern / Mexican
Servings 8
Calories 136 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 jar (16-ounce) salsa
  • 1 package (8-ounce) cream cheese - regular or reduced fat
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt - whole, low-fat or fat-free or sour cream
  • 1 bunch scallions - white and light green part only, chopped, plus tops for garnish
  • 2 cloves garlic - minced
  • 8-10 ounces shrimp - peeled, deveined and cooked, tail removed, chopped if necessary
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt - or to taste

Instructions
 

  • Combine salsa, cream cheese, yogurt, scallions and garlic in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth.
  • Transfer to a bowl.
  • Stir in shrimp.
  • Season to taste with salt.
  • Serve with tortilla chips.

Recipe Notes

If the salsa you’re using is thick, you may need to add more yogurt.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
  • Can use sour cream in place of yogurt.
  • Use lower-fat Neufchatel cheese in place of regular cream cheese.
MAKE AHEAD:
  • Can be made 24 hours in advance.  Refrigerate.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 188mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 47IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg

These are estimated values generated from a nutritional database using unbranded products. Please do your own research with the products you’re using if you have a serious health issue or are following a specific diet.

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