Caviar Sour Cream Dip With Potato Chips

All of you with reservations about the caviar, feel free to send it all to me. Basically this seems like a potato chip version of caviar service--plain water crackers, sour cream, capers (salt and flavor now provided by the chips), a little mild onion flavor for those who like that, and as much caviar as the host will allow you to eat. As with smoked salmon and sour cream on potato chips, I will eat it until I'm sick.

I have always gently folded in the caviar, saving some to sprinkle on top. People devour this!

This was easy and fresh tasting compared to store bought dips. I liked the base dip but a little caviar went a long way for me. My kids and spouse seemed to feel the same. Go easy on the salt as caviar and chips are also salty. Black pepper worked fine too. :)

In other words, you did not make this recipe.

You will probably need to add some spice to this (some chili powder, etc), as I did. Felt it needed a kick.

Personally, I don't agree. The roe flavor is very delicate and and I won't do anything to cover it up. Also the reason why I won't buy salted roe.

I'm in Eastern Europe, where sturgeon caviar is king and salmon is tough to find, so I used that. It's ALSO tough to find chives and scallions, so I used the green and white of a green onion. No extra salt needed, this was delightful. Used up the jar of caviar I'd been holding on to and being overly precious about.

Oh lord. So delicious. Made just as the recipe said and served with kettle chips and it was just good. The dip alone was fine but with the salty pop of the salmon roe it was next level. Leftovers were even better. Perfect for our "fancy appetizers" New Year's Eve.

1. Delicious as is! 2. Half sour cream, half creme fraiche, and minced shallots in place of scallions, was also outstanding. 3. Fun to plop/swirl two colors of caviar! 4. Light on salt, because of caviar and potato chips. 5. Black pepper is fine.

Oh my. Why make the substitutions like the below (cream cheese, ketchup, chili powder)? Oh my.

So easy....and lovely holiday appetizer.

Capers Flen, Your idea works fine, but the caviar gives it the "over the top" feeling

creme fraiche + finely snipped chives + white pepper + a pinch of aleppo pepper + sprinkle of lemon zest a suitable foundation for sacred salmon roe, a threatened delicacy this dip, an homage to a fish at risk of vanishing from this febrile planet best to eat slowly eyes closed imagine flickers of light through water tainted green from forest shadows body all muscle gathers strength leap up water plunging forcefully over volcanic stone walls the taste of what's at stake

I made this last year according to the recipe - delicious! This year I doubled it because it goes fast, added about 1/2 tsp of onion powder, and let the dip base sit overnight in the fridge - OUTSTANDING! Even without the onion powder it's worth it to make the dip base at least 12 hrs ahead to let the flavor develop. Add salt sparingly. This is a new holiday tradtion in our house with a bottle of nice champagne or dry vodka martinis.

We LOVE THIS! make it over and over for entertaining, or just for us to enjoy. Made it exactly as written. Next time mixed salmon roe into the dip and on top. Next time added more scallion/chives, a pinch of onion granules and a dash of sriracha: it’s perfect (for us!) We have many excellent Japanese groceries = plenty of fresh ikura (Japanese salmon roe… fabulous and less salty than caviar). Use high-end potato chip; makes a big diff: COSTCO Kirkland ripple chips w/pink Himalayan salt are #1