Charleston Cheese Dip

A warm and creamy Southern Baked pimento cheese dip recipe with bacon, green onions and cracker crumb topping.

So, you remember how I had 47 pounds of cheddar cheese the other day and I made Pimento Cheese? Well, after I made the pimento cheese I decided I wanted to use it to make baked pimento cheese (aka Charleston Cheese Dip) and serve it while we watched the game which is how this batch came about!

Charleston Cheese dip is a very simple dish made with homemade pimento cheese spread, bacon, green onions and a cracker crumb topping that's baked until bubbly. It is glorious and the leftovers added to a tomato sandwich the next day will make you want to keep this on-hand all the time!

Pimento Cheese is the caviar of the South. We even proudly serve pimento cheese sandwiches at The Masters! It's most commonly used as a sandwich spread but we also serve it as a cold dip, top hamburgers with it, pipe celery with it and serve it like this!

I like to serve this with an assortment of crackers and celery sticks. Another thing that tastes AND looks great served alongside this is red grapes.

I like to set my serving dish on a big wooden cutting board or serving tray and surround it with crackers, celery sticks and little clusters of grapes. It’s kinda like a countryfied cheese board :)

Enjoy!

Charleston Cheese Dip

Yield: About 6 cups

Author: Mandy Rivers | South Your Mouth

prep time: 10 Mcook time: 20 Mtotal time: 30 M

A warm and creamy Southern Baked pimento cheese dip recipe with bacon, green onions and cracker crumb topping.

ingredients:

• 8-10 slices bacon
• 1 pound cheddar cheese (medium or sharp)
• 1 4-ounce jar pimentos, drained well
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 bunch green onions, diced
• 1 cup crushed crackers (such as Ritz or Tollhouse)

instructions:

How to cook Charleston Cheese Dip

1. Cut bacon into 1/2 inch pieces then cook until crispy. Drain bacon on paper towels. Set aside.
2. Shred cheese then add to a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add cooked bacon, pimentos, mayonnaise, salt, cayenne pepper and garlic then mix well until all ingredients are thoroughly incorporated. Fold in green onions.
3. Spread cheese mixture evenly into a medium-sized shallow baking dish (I usually use an 8x10 oval dish). Sprinkle crushed crackers evenly on top of cheese then bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until crackers are golden brown and cheese is bubbly.
4. Serve with crackers and/or celery sticks.

NOTES:

Pimentos are jarred/canned diced sweet red peppers.
You absolutely MUST shred your own cheese when making pimento cheese (or anything, really).
This recipe is also fabulous served cold.

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This recipe was shared at the Weekend Potluck!

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