The 90s are back, and let's celebrate with Artichoke Spinach Dip! I've had a lot of ASDs in my life, and this one is the best. Don’t just trust me: trust my family and friends who lap it up. It's one of the easiest things I make. Just one simple trick and a can opener, and you're on your way to a party favorite! This post may contain affiliate links, meaning that I get a commission if you take advantage of the offer (thank you!).

The 90s are back! Let’s eat Artichoke Spinach Dip!

What goes around comes around, and with a 90s resurgence, I thought that I’d bring back a retro 90s recipe: Artichoke Spinach Dip. Ubiquitous in the 90s and early aughts, I’ve tasted a lot of ASDs. Boldly, I declare this recipe the best Artichoke Spinach Dip. My family and friends from that era will agree. It became known as “That Stuff,” as in “Sara, bring That Stuff to my party.” It was not a request.

The best Artichoke Spinach Dip, by way of a coworker’s friend’s friend’s  . . .

I can say that it’s the best, because I didn’t make up the recipe. A coworker at my very first job brought it into work one day, heating it up in our sad little toaster oven. The entire office gathered around it, devouring it in a most unseemly fashion.

Even though it wasn’t like me at all at the time, I begged my coworker for the recipe. She said that she got it from a friend, who got it from someone else. The next day, she brought in printouts for a few of us. I believe that it had the name “Malibu Dip,” though I can’t imagine anyone from Malibu eating such a thing.

The rest, they say, is history. Ancient history now, sigh.

Artichoke Spinach Dip
I'm not telling how much of this demo batch I ate in one sitting

The people love That Stuff

I first brought Artichoke Spinach Dip to a what we would now call a Friendsgiving party at the dawn of the aughts. This was no ordinary Friendsgiving. It was a huge party, with chefs and industry folk, and other friends who could cook with gas. The food game was very strong, and frankly, I was nervous.

A late culinary bloomer, I was an interested, but not yet particularly experienced, cook. Taking a deep breath, I made the Artichoke Spinach Dip in my brand-new Le Creuset gratin dish that I’d gotten from the best part-time job I ever had and brought it to the party.

About ten minutes later, I went to grab some snacks, and the gratin dish was completely empty. My roommate walked up to me and said, “WHAT was THAT STUFF you made? Oh my god was that good.” Someone else heard her and echoed her sentiments and expressed dismay that it was gone.

This was new to me.

Artichoke Spinach Dip ingredients
Use the CHEAP shit. Don't mess it up by fancying it up

“Sara, Bring that Stuff”

I made it for my family at Thanksgiving. And just about every Thanksgiving after that, by demand.

I became known for Artichoke Spinach Dip. Friends told me to bring “That Stuff’ to their potluck parties. I never kept the recipe a secret (after all, it wasn’t mine), but people never really believed me.

“MAYONNAISE?!” A friend once shouted at me at another party after overhearing someone tell him the recipe that I’d just given them. “I thought you’d made a cream sauce! It’s just mayo?! How does that work?”

Two rules for the best Artichoke Spinach Dip

There are two rules for Artichoke Spinach Dip: 1) squeeze out all the water from the spinach that you possibly can, and 2) use the cheap shit. Don’t try to jazz this up with fresh ingredients or fancy cheeses. There’s alchemy in the melding of all this cheapness. Don’t mess with it.

Just eat That Stuff. Long live the 90s!

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Baked Artichoke Spinach Dip

The Best Artichoke Spinach Dip (aka That Stuff)

The 90s are back, let's celebrate! This is a recipe I got from a colleague in 1999. She got it from someone else, and so it goes. I have no idea who first made this up, or I would bow down at their feet and worship.
Use the cheap stuff for this recipe. Do not attempt to jazz it up with fancier ingredients. And make sure you squeeze out as much water as humanly possible from the spinach. Soggy spinach makes for sad dip.
Otherwise, this whips together in a flash and is about as easy as it gets. Serve it up with crackers, tortilla chips, or a spoon in the kitchen.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 8 as an appetizer

Equipment

  • Shallow baking dish. I use a Le Creuset gratin. A cake pan would probably do in a pinch.

Ingredients
  

  • 1 14 oz can artichoke hearts, chopped
  • 1 10 oz box frozen chopped spinach, thawed, water squeezed out as much as possible squeezing out the water is absolutely essential
  • 1 4 oz can chopped green chilies think old school taco night
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup grated parmesan cheese the cheap stuff, in the "italian" isle

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • Mix all ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Add to a baking dish, preferably one with a lot of surface area (I use a gratin dish).
    Assemble the Ingredients for Artichoke Spinach Dip
  • Bake until golden and bubbly (about 20-25 minutes).
    Baked Artichoke Spinach Dip
  • Serve warm with crackers or tortilla chips (or, you know, a spoon, standing up in the kitchen).
    Artichoke Spinach Dip

Video

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