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Home » Recipes » Appetizers & Snacks » Caribbean Shrimp Spread

Caribbean Shrimp Spread

February 2, 2012 8 Comments

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Caribbean Shrimp Spread, an easy appetizer recipe with cream cheese, shrimp, mango jam, and Caribbean seasoning. Ready in minutes and perfect party recipe!

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Caribbean Shrimp Spread recipe for my Day 3 of my quick and easy spreads!  One more spread tomorrow then I’m moving on to Valentine’s Day!  Today’s Caribbean Shrimp Spread also has 5 ingredients like my previous two spread recipes, Rosemary, Lemon, & Feta Spread, Sundried Tomato and Basil Spread, and Blue Cheese, Bacon, & Onion Spread.   Great appetizer and stores well in the fridge for a few days.  Serve with an assortment of veggies, crackers, baguette slices, or whatever you like!  

Only 5 ingredients in my Caribbean Shrimp Spread – shrimp, cream cheese, Smucker’s Mango Jam, garlic, and McCormick’s Caribbean Jerk seasoning.  The spread is great as-is, but if you want to add a little more to this spread you could add a little lime zest/juice, fresh cilantro, minced jalapeno, and/or minced red onion.

Caribbean Shrimp Spread Recipe | SnappyGourmet.com

I put everything in a food processor and pulsed a few times to combine and chop the shrimp but you can mix everything by hand.  Just be sure to finely chop the shrimp and make sure the cream cheese is softened to room temperature.

Caribbean Shrimp Spread Recipe | SnappyGourmet.com

Hope you enjoy! You might also like these fun Shrimp Stuffed Waffle Pops!

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Caribbean Shrimp Spread

Quick & easy appetizer!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Yield 8 -12 (makes about 1 cup)
Author Lisa Huff

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup precooked shrimp finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup mango jam
  • 1 teaspoon Caribbean seasoning
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • Serving suggestions: vegetables crackers, toasted baguette slices, pretzels, etc.

Instructions

  • In a medium mixing bowl mix together cream cheese, shrimp, mango jam, Caribbean seasoning, and garlic until well combined (or place in a food processor and process several times until just combined). Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Notes

SNAPPY TIPS: Make sure the cream cheese is softened to room temperature to make it easy to combine. Instead of mixing by hand, you can also place the ingredients in a food processor and process until just combined. You can also add other ingredients such as minced jalapeno, chopped fresh cilantro, lime juice/zest, and/or minced red onion if you’re looking to add a little more to the spread.
SNAPPY SUBSTITUTIONS: You can use light/lowfat cream cheese. You can substitute crab, chicken, or other proteins for the shrimp.
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keywords: easy party food, homemade shrimp spread
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Tags: appetizer, Caribbean, dip, mango, party, recipe, shrimp, spread Categories: Appetizers & Snacks, Recipes

About the Author

Lisa Huff is a Cookbook Author, Freelance Recipe Developer, Food Photographer, Blogger/Writer, and award-winning home chef. She loves creating unique recipes from healthy to decadent including cocktails, appetizers, main dishes, dessert recipes and more and has appeared on various shows, publications, and websites. <More about Lisa Huff>

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  1. Ron says

    May 12, 2019 at 1:38 pm

    Where are you able to find Carbbean Seasoning at..

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    • Lisa Huff says

      May 18, 2019 at 11:01 pm

      You should be able to find it at most grocery stores with the spices.

      Reply
  2. Leslie says

    January 25, 2015 at 1:01 am

    I recently started eating shrimp again. I loved it when I was a kid but I kind of tapered off as I grew up. I may have to give this a whirl.

    Reply
  3. Cheryl says

    November 22, 2014 at 10:15 am

    I don’t have the Caribbean seasoning. Any substitute you can suggest?

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    • Lisa Huff says

      November 23, 2014 at 4:12 pm

      Well if you didn’t want to make this with Caribbean seasoning any kind of seasoning mix or seafood seasoning would be good too.

      Reply
  4. Sonali aka The Foodie Physician says

    February 2, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    This looks really simple and delicious! I like the idea of combining the spicy seasoning with the sweet mango jam- yum!

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  5. Angela says

    February 2, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    Oh, I really love the addition of the mango jam. Brilliant!

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  6. Karen Harris says

    February 2, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    I’ve been making a shrimp dip forever with similar but many more ingredients. This sounds better and easier. I’m making this on Sunday with some frozen shrimp I have been wondering what to do with.

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