Celery Chesapeake

7 Reviews

Prep: 5 min
Ready In: 1 hr 10 min

“Celery stuffed with a cream cheese and dried beef mixture. This is a very simple dip, and you get the pleasure of watching your guests go to town on it! They'll love it!” - by Fred Koester

Ingredients

8 ounces dried beef, chopped
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons prepared horseradish
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 bunch celery

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Original recipe yields 8 to 10 servings

Directions

In a small mixing bowl, combine beef and cream cheese; mix well. Add horseradish, black pepper and lemon juice, mix until well blended. Cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Remove leaves and ends from celery, and cut remaining stalks in half. Spread cream cheese mixture into the celery stalks.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (8 total)

Calories
155 cal
8%

Fat
10.5 g
16%

Carbs
4.3 g
1%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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KIMAR

Jun. 21, 2003

"The filling was extremely salty from the dried beef. I made this for a church finger-foods potluck, and was disappointed to find that hardly anyone touched it. As I stood wondering why, I was horrifi..." See moreed to overhear someone say, "What do you think is in the celery?" The other person replied, "It looks like corned beef hash. Yuck!" and they passed it by. It was disappointing that almost everyone bypassed it. It obviously looked unappealing, confirmed by the comment I overheard. But since it was so salty, they didn't miss out by not choosing it. I'll never make this again!"

Mariann T.

May. 18, 2008

"Way too salty! It will help if you just place the dried beef in a bowl and pour hot water over it to blanch some of the salt out of it. Repeat if it's still too salty. Important if your watching your..." See more blood pressure and salt intake."