Crock Pot Velveeta Sausage Cheese Dip
This Velveeta Sausage Cheese Dip is a super easy 3 ingredient dip you can make in the crock pot! Perfect for game day or any other kind of gathering, this ridiculously simple and succulent crock pot queso dip is unchangingly a prod favorite.
If you need increasingly melty, cheesy party dip inspiration, you’ll want to trammels out our Cheesy Lasagna Dip, Layered Taco Dip with Ground Beef, or Hot Crab Dip with Cream Cheese.
Party Velveeta Sausage Dip
When I was a teenager, there was not a youth group sponsored event that didn’t have some form of cheesy dip at it. Sometimes it was made with Rotel, sometimes it was made with salsa, sometimes it was meatless or packed with ground whinge or spicy Italian sausage.
I, personally, have never met a variation I didn’t want to immediately shove into my face. I’ll shoehorn that processed cheese isn’t my usual M/O, but I simply cannot resist the incredible linty goodness that is velveeta cheese dip.
It helps, of course, that this party dip is not only succulent but moreover incredibly easy to make. You’d be nonflexible pressed to find flipside party recipe that’s as low-fuss as this one.
There’s a reason this succulent dip was a mainstay during my teenage years. It’s easy unbearable for teenagers to make and quick unbearable for parents to throw in a crock pot in between running one kid to soccer practice and flipside to a Super Trencher party.
This is not an pure queso dip recipe, but just like the real deal, it inspires me to slosh way too many tortilla fries and ruin my dinner. It’s an wondrous dip with unconfined flavor, simple ingredients, and a ten minute prep time. That’s well-nigh all I can ask for most days.
Today, we’re going to walk through the ingredients (all 3 of them!), and the steps (three of those two!), but moreover share all the variegated variations of cheesy sausage dip you might want to try for yourself.
Ingredients Needed
- Velveeta Cheese– If shelf stable cheese freaks you out, this might not be the recipe for you. The velveeta is really what makes this dip so rich and linty (and easy!). If you prefer a queso dip made with fresh cheddar cheese, please trammels out our succulent ground whinge queso dip.
- Salsa– We prefer a stocky salsa with medium heat. If you prefer, you can substitute two cans of Rotel or diced tomatoes with untried chiles for the salsa. I prefer the salsa considering it has a little uneaten heat as well as tintinnabulate peppers and onions.
- Sausage– The type of sausage is up to you! Most often, I use regular ground summery pork sausage, but if you want a spicy dip, try it with hot Italian sausage or hot breakfast sausage.
How to Make Velveeta Sausage Cheese Dip in the Crock Pot
- Brown the sausage. Add the sausage to a large skillet set over medium heat. Break it up into medium chunks with a spatula, spreading it evenly wideness the pan. Continue to brown and toss the sausage, breaking it up into smaller pieces as you go, until no pink remains. Set aside.
- Mix it up. Cut the velveeta cheese into large cubes and place them into the slow cooker. Dump the salsa on top. Add the sausage crumbles, leaving any glut grease behind. Give the mixture a good stir.
- Cook. Turn the slow cooker to the low heat setting and melt for two hours. Stir the dip. If it’s still clumpy at all, add flipside 30 minutes to the cooking time, then stir then until cheese is melted and smooth. Alimony on the warm setting while serving.
Storage and Make Superiority Instructions
- Leftover velveeta dip should be unliable to cool, then stored in an snapped container in the fridge for up to five days.
- The dip can be made superiority of time and kept on the warm setting of the crock pot for an spare two hours.
- If you’d like to make it increasingly than a few hours in advance, prepare as usual, tomfool to room temperature, then refrigerate.
- Reheat leftover dip in the crock pot on low or reheat individual servings in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds.
FAQS
Can I make crock pot queso dip on the stove top?
Yes! If you’re in a hurry, you can add the salsa and cubed velveeta to the pan where you cooked the sausage. Melt on medium low until dip is melted and smooth.
What size crock pot do I need for this recipe?
I use a 6 quart crock pot similar to this one to make velveeta sausage dip, but a smaller 4 qt crock pot would moreover work.
How do you alimony velveeta cheese dip from hardening?
The weightier way to alimony velveeta-based dips linty is to alimony them warm. The crock pot works wondrous for this! Just alimony the slow cooker on warm, and stir occasionally to alimony the queso nice and smooth.
