Smoked Salmon Dip with Fried Capers

Now this is what I call everything but the bagel. A creamy dip with smoked salmon, crispy fried capers, pickled red onions, a squeeze of lemon and fresh dill.

The other weekend the weather was perfect and football was on, so we just had to break out the smoker for the first time this season. We usually make smoked pulled pork, but my friend was in town who is a pescatarian. We figured why not finally try smoking a fish, so smoked salmon seemed like the way to go. It was AMAZING. I loved it so much more than the thin slices of smoked salmon you get at the store. We were eating it by the forkful it was that good.

We made so much smoked salmon we thought an awesome way to utilize it would be to make this smoked salmon dip with fried capers. It takes all our favorite bagel & lox toppings and makes a super creamy, smoky dip to use on these homemade toasted crackers we made from some old sourdough rolls I had.

SMOKED SALMON DIP WITH FRIED CAPERS

ingredients:

• 1/2 cup smoked salmon, shredded or chopped

• 1/4 cup light mayo

• 1/4 cup nonfat plain greek yogurt

• pinch of salt and cracked black pepper

• 2 tbsp pickled onions (see the Air Fryer Loaded Potato Wedges recipe for how I make these)

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 2 tbsp capers

• 1 tbsp flour

• fresh dill

• fresh chopped chives

• everything but the bagel seasoning

• squeeze of lemon

directions:

1. combine the smoked salmon with the mayo and greek yogurt.

2. add the olive oil in a pan to heat up. mix the capers with the flour and fry in the oil until golden brown. add these into the dip.

3. chop up the pickled red onion and add it in.

4. add in the herbs, everything but the bagel seasoning and a squeeze of lemon.

5. serve on crackers or toasted bread with some lemon wedges on the side.

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