Seafood Bread Dip

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 (8 ounce) packages of softened cream cheese (32 ounces in all)
• 1/2 lb chopped crabmeat, and or 1/2 lb chopped shrimp
• 4 green onions, cleaned, peeled and chopped including 3 inches of the stems
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 cup dried chopped onion
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 loaf bread (round, unsliced, 10 to 12 inches in diameter)
• 1 egg (beaten)

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 300 degrees f, rack in the middle position.
• 2 unwrap cream chees, put it in a large microwave-safe bowl, and heat it for 40 seconds on high in the microwave. turn the bowl and keep heating it in 20-second increments until it's soft and you can stir it.
• 3 add the remaining ingredients and stir it all up.
• 4 cut the top off the loaf of bread and set it aside to use later. hollow out the bread with a spoon, but be careful to leave at least half-inch of bread on the bottom and the sides. brush the inside of the loaf with the beaten egg and pop it in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes until the egg had dried. then fill the loaf with the seafood mixture and put the top back on.
• 5 wrap the loaf tightly in two layers of foil, keeping the top up. set the loaf on a cookie sheet and bake for 2 hours at 300 degrees f.
• 6 to serve, take off the top and invite your guests to dip bread squares, crackers, or vegetable sticks.