This weekend, I'll be spending Labor Day at a friend's barbecue bash. She's already got the barbecue and its essential accoutrements entirely covered, so I've been racking my brain to come up with an appropriate contribution. I had no idea what that was going to be — until I had a lightbulb moment for the perfect pièce de résistance.
Since I won't be spending the holiday with family, I figure I'll bring a bit of my family to the festivities. As a child, I hardly liked spicy food, but from the first time I watched my mother whip together this slightly cooling, slightly fiery cream dip, I was hooked. It's one part Southern, one part retro, and 10 parts addictive, whether served with Ruffles, saltines, or celery sticks. See the two-second recipe when you keep reading.
From YumSugar's Mom
Ingredients
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 large tomato, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/3 onion, diced
1 tablespoon hot sauce, such as Frank's Red Hot, or more, to taste
1 tablespoon sweet paprika
Crinkle-cut potato chips, saltines, or vegetable sticks, for dipping
Directions
Combine all ingredients together, stirring until fully incorporated.
Makes 1 1/2 cups.
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i'm a new cook...do we seed the tomatoes...or dice them whole...sounds delicious and can't wait to try!
1To the above poster:
I'm pretty sure you leave the tomatoes whole and then dice them. They'd let you know in the recipe if there was a need to seed them.
2Besides, it probably wouldn't make a terrible lot of a difference.
Good question -- I often use Romas, or a less seedy variety, but if you're cutting open and extra-juicy tomato, you might take the time to seed it, too, if it bothers you.
3i'd go with seeded otherwise it might be a little too juicy. i seed romas even when making salsa! and it turns out great.good luck!
4Oh, that sounds really good! Bookmarking it.
5Good one Yum, I need lots of ways use up my huge tomato booty in my garden. I made the catsup you posted, curried catsup, tom sauce a gajillion ways, salsa, sundried tom pesto, pickled cherry toms, stuffed tomatoes and have given friends, neighbors and countrymen all I can.
6this looks so
thank you 
7i hv to make this at home
YUM!
8I made this but I put it on a burger and it was AWESOME. My husband and I ate the leftovers the next day with pita and it was still AWESOME.
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