Viral Candied Salmon Dip | Super Bowl Dip | Food Wishes

Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with candied salmon dip. That's right, this incredible new party dip was inspired by the recent candied salmon craze. And whether you're rooting for that city in the great Northwest, known for its incredible salmon or not, this would be perfect for your game day spread. And to get started, let's meet the star of the show, which would be 8 ounces of hot smoked salmon.

No, not cold smoked. That is the stuff we put on

bagels and that's not really going to work here. And as you can see, this one's coated with some black pepper, which is very common, but pretty much any hot smoked salmon will work. And what we're going to want to do is break this up and peel it off the skin. And we'll simply crumble that into a bowl.

And we can do that in pretty big pieces at this point since this is all going to get broken up when we mix in the rest of the ingredients. And this is supposed to be boneless. But sometimes they miss one or two. So pay attention while you do this. And fair warning, the hardest part about this step is not eating half the salmon while you do it. So maybe buy an extra piece, but please be careful. And then once that's been accomplished, we can move on to make the syrup that's going to turn our hot smoked salmon into simulated candied salmon. And that starts with some brown sugar to which we will add a little bit of maple syrup.

And once those are in, believe it or not, we're going to add a tablespoon of ketchup, which is also going to add a little bit of sweetness, and it will also help give us that classic candied salmon color. And then we'll also add a couple tablespoons of vinegar before we spice this up with a generous squeeze of shrizza. Plus, last but not least, way more than a few shakes of cayenne. And yes, I'm making mine pretty spicy.

And if you want to add less, feel free. I

mean, you guys are after all the Seattle Seahawks of making sure this dip rocks.