Cheesy Layered Shrimp Spread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise (use only mayonnasise for this not salad dressing)
• 4 (4 ounce) cans broken shrimp, divided (rinsed and very well drained)
• 1 1/2 cups prepared seafood sauce (purchased or homemade)
• 3 cups grated cheddar cheese or 3 cups mozzarella cheese
• 4 green onions
• 2 firm ripe plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• assorted cracker

Recipe

• 1 prepare 10-inch deep-dish glass pie plate or a fancy 12-inch serving dish (or larger).
• 2 in a bowl mix together cream cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise; mix very well until smooth.
• 3 spread the mixture onto the pie plate or dish.
• 4 scatter the 3 cans of broken shrimp evenly over the cream cheese mixture.
• 5 then layer with seafood sauce, then mozza cheese, then green onions, then tomatoes, then with chopped green bell peppers.
• 6 sprinkle with the remaining 1 can chopped shrimp on top.
• 7 cover and chill for a minimum of 1 hour before serving.
• 8 serve with assorted crackers.