Longhorn Spinach Dip
Longhorn Spinach Dip is a cheese pull heaven! This four-cheese spinach dip is topped with a crispy topping full of Parmesan, garlic & cheese. It’s quick to make and when you dip it into pita chips and you’ll be in heaven!
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I’ve been making a few trips to Longhorn to try a bunch of dishes like their Stuffed Mushrooms, Spicy Chicken Bites and now their Parmesan Crusted Spinach Dip! One bite in – I knew exactly how to make it – it’s alfredo + cream cheese + spinach. I have a great recipe for Alfredo – so I started there and made this dip in a hot minute!
A lot of recipes out there have mayonnaise and sour cream – those just aren’t going to taste like Longhorn – they’re good but not Longhorn!
Longhorn Steakhouse Parmesan Crusted Spinach Dip Ingredients
The base of this spinach dip recipe is a thick and creamy alfredo sauce beefed up with cream cheese and a ton of spinach! Here’s what you’ll need (and potential swaps) for this creamy dip:
- Cheese – cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese and Romano cheese
- This is a FOUR cheese dish – but you could just use Parm or Romano if you only have one or the other.
- You can also use low-fat cream cheese if you like – I mean – this whole recipe is fat – but by all means.
- Be sure your cream cheese is room temperature.
- You could also use provolone instead of mozzarella.
- Other Dairy – butter, milk & heavy cream
- You can also use half & half instead of milk + cream
- Seasonings – garlic, coarse sea salt, Italian seasoning
- If you’d like to spice it up, you can add a dash of red pepper flakes to the topping or chopped jalapenos to the dip.
- Other – Flour & panko bread crumbs
- Veggies – Fresh Spinach (and a lot of it!)
- You can use frozen spinach (6 oz package) – thaw and lay in paper towels, cheese cloth or a thin white kitchen towel and squeeze out excess moisture.
- You could also chop and add a jar of artichokes if you like.
How to make Longhorn Spinach Dip
Please don’t ever BUY Alfredo sauce – it’s awful!!! You can make a fresh, homemade alfredo that has far superior flavors in the same time as heating up that slop! And for this cheesy dip – we’re just adding cream cheese & spinach! So easy!
- SAUTE butter and garlic over medium heat in a deep dish skillet. Cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.
- WHISK in flour and quickly add milk, cream and cream cheese to pan. Stir until the cream cheese is melted into the liquid.
- ADD in mozzarella, 1/4 cup Parmesan, Romano cheese and spinach. Stir until spinach is wilted and mixture is thickened.
- POUR mixture into an even layer in a small baking dish (8×8-ish) with nonstick spray.
- STIR together 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese, panko, melted butter, garlic, Italian seasoning and salt in a small bowl.
- SPRINKLE parmesan topping over top of the dip and place in 400º oven for 10 minutes. Change oven to Broil High and bake 2 min longer until top turns golden brown. Watch closely!
- DIG into that warm spinach dip and crispy parmesan crust with pita chips
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Longhorn Spinach Dip
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1.5 cup milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 8 oz cream cheese diced
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated, + 2 tbsp – split
- 1/4 cup Romano cheese grated
- 5 oz baby spinach chopped (or 6 oz frozen spinach, water squeezed out)
- 3 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 1 tbsp garlic minced (jarlic)
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/8 tsp coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º and spray a nonstick 8×8 baking dish.
- In a deep dish skillet, sauté the butter and garlic over medium heat. Cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.3 tbsp butter, 3 cloves garlic
- Whisk in flour and salt. Quickly add milk, cream and cream cheese to pan. Stir until the cream cheese is melted into the liquid.1 tbsp flour, 1.5 cup milk, 1 cup heavy cream, 8 oz cream cheese, 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
- Add in mozzarella, 1/4 cup Parmesan, Romano cheese and spinach. Stir until spinach is wilted and mixture is thickened.1 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup Romano cheese, 5 oz baby spinach
- Pour mixture into a baking dish
- In a small bowl, stir together 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese, panko, melted butter, garlic, Italian seasoning and salt.3 tbsp panko breadcrumbs, 2 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp garlic, 1 tsp Italian seasoning, 1/8 tsp coarse sea salt
- Sprinkle breadcrumb mixture over top of dip and place in oven for 10 minutes. Change oven to Broil High and bake 2 min longer until top turns golden brown. Watch closely!
- Serve with pita chips
