Smoky Walleye Dip
This delicious fish dip features Smoked Walleye in every bite. It’s creamy, smoky, tangy and packed with flavor.
Fisherman, this one is for you! This Smoky Walleye Dip is everything you’ve ever wanted and more. With every bite you get delicious smoky chunks of walleye coated in the most delicious cream dip ingredients. This dip comes together in just a few steps and is made with just ten ingredients. It’s so creamy from the mayonnaise, sour cream and cream cheese combination. It’s tangy from the perfect amount of Dijon mustard. Plus, the lemon juice gives the right balance of acidity and freshness a dip like this needs. Then the old bay and fresh dill give this recipe the finishing touches to be the best fish dip I’ve ever created. I use walleye because we have a freezer full of it, but feel free to substitute your favorite white fish for this recipe.
What You’ll Need To Make This Recipe:
- Fish Filets: Walleye, Crappie, Flounder, Perch, etc
- Good Quality Mayonnaise
- Sour Cream (or swap for the lower calorie option: Greek Yogurt)
- Cream Cheese
- Lemon Juice (Freshly Squeezed Preferred)
- Fresh Dill
- Red Onion
- Old Bay Seasoning
- Dijon Mustard
- Crackers, For Serving
If You Like This Recipe, You Have To Try These:
- Can Cooker Baja Flounder Tacos
- Fresh Caught & Fried Crappie Cakes (Crappie Patties)
- or try any of my wild game recipes on my website!
Smoky Walleye Dip
This delicious dip features Smoked Walleye in every bite. It’s creamy, smoky, and packed with flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 pound Walleye Filets, skin removed
- 1 Lemon, Divided
- â…“ cup Mayonnaise
- ¼ cup Sour Cream or Plain Greek Yogurt
- 4 ounces Cream Cheese, Softened
- 2 tablespoons Diced Red Onion
- 2 tablespoons Dill, Chopped
- 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning + More For Filets
- Crackers, For Serving
Instructions
- Place walleye filets on a lightly greased metal grate. Season walleye filets Old Bay all over to taste then drizzle with the juice from half of a lemon over top.
- Place into your smoker until the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees, about 40 minutes.
- Â When the time is almost up, start combining the juice from the remaining half of lemon, mayo, sour cream, softened cream cheese diced red onion, dill, Dijon and one teaspoon of old bay to a large bowl and gently stir until combined. Once the walleye is cooked, separate into small pieces. Then fold in the walleye into the dip.
- Increase the heat of the grill to 350 degrees F and bake the dip for 20-25 minutes, until bubbly and golden on top.
- Serve warm with crackers for dipping.
Didn’t realize what I’ve been missing until I tried this! The whole family loved it and devoured all of it!