Kiwi Onion Dip
A New Zealand party dip of soured cream, cream cheese and slowly softened onion, mixed with chives and chilled for an hour.
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How to Cook Kiwi Onion Dip
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Melt the butter in a pan and cook the onion over a low heat for 10 minutes until soft and just starting to colour. Cool completely.
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Beat the cream cheese until smooth, then fold in the soured cream.
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Stir in the cooled onion, garlic powder, chives, lemon juice and salt.
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Chill for 1 hour. Stir and serve with the potato chips.
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Things to Watch For
- Cool the onion fully before mixing it in.
- Soften the cream cheese for a smooth base.
- Chill for the full hour so the flavours blend.
A Little Background
Next to a French onion dip, the Kiwi version is paler, creamier and a good deal more relaxed: a bowl of soured cream and cream cheese with onion cooked down until soft and sweet, set out with potato chips at any summer barbecue. It does not take long to make, and it tastes better after a rest in the fridge. Make it ahead.
The onion is what turns it from a plain sour dip into a rich one. Cook it slowly in butter over a low heat until it is soft, translucent and just beginning to colour, about ten minutes. Cool the onion completely before it goes into the cream. Hot onion thins the dip and can turn the soured cream grainy. Slow cooking is the key.
Beat the cream cheese until smooth, fold in the soured cream, the cooled onion, garlic powder, chives and a squeeze of lemon, and season. Chill for at least an hour so the onion flavour spreads through. Stir again before serving, and keep it in the fridge until the last moment. Potato chips are the classic partner.
On the Table Alongside
Potato chips · Vegetable sticks · Crackers · Cold beer
Keeping Kiwi Onion Dip
Keeps for 3 days in the fridge, covered. Do not freeze.
Questions People Ask
How long does Kiwi Onion Dip take to make?
10 minutes of preparation and 10 minutes of cooking, plus 1 hour of Chilling, so allow 1 hour 20 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 10.
Nutrition per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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