Rotel Dip Slow Cooker Recipe

This quick and easy Rotel sausage dip is a crowd pleaser and has the perfect balance of heat, meat and spice. Rotel dip made in a slow cooker is the ultimate appetizer for game day and couldn't be easier to make.

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• ✨ Here is why this Rotel dip amazing:
• 🧀 Ingredients needed to make Velveeta Cheese Dip:
• 🗒️ Ingredient notes:
• 🔄 Substitutions
• 🍴 Helpful Kitchen Tools
• 🔪 How to make Rotel dip in a slow coker, basic instructions
• 📷 Rotel sausage cream cheese dip, photo instructions
• What to serve with rotel cream cheese dip
• ♨️ Reheating Velveeta Queso Instructions
• Printable Recipe Card
• Sarah Mock

This Rotel dip is made EVERY game day and EVERY holiday. We also will make chipped beef dip and Philly cheesesteak eggrolls. We LOVE appetizers as a meal.

✨ Here is why this Rotel dip amazing:

• The perfect dip to go with tortilla chips, bagel chips, crackers, or veggies.
• Everyone love this vevleeta queso dip and the slow cooker makes for easy transportation to parties.

🧀 Ingredients needed to make Velveeta Cheese Dip:

Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.

🗒️ Ingredient notes:

• Ground Beef - I use 80/20 ground beef.
• Ground Sausage - ground pork sausage, sweet italian or spicy sausage.
• Velveeta - Full fat, cut into cubes. I find that the low fat version separates.
• Cream cheese - regular cream cheese.
• Rotel - petite, diced tomatoes with green chilis and spices. Do not drain.
• Chili powder - optional but I suggest it for another layer of flavor.

🔄 Substitutions

• All ground beef or all pork sausage can be used.
• Use petite, diced tomatoes with green chilis in place of the name brand Rotel.
• Use Mild, hot, fire rosted Rotel or Serrano Rotel in place of the original Rotel.
• For a dairy free option leave out the cream cheese and switch out the Velveeta for your favorite dairy free cheese. Wayfare cheddar cheese is my non-dairy cheese of choice for this recipe.

🍴 Helpful Kitchen Tools

• Cast Iron Skillet - I love the heat retention of cast iron. It gives beautiful carmalization to the meat when browning the meat.
• Slow Cooker - set it and forget it, keeping your cheese dip from brurning.

🔪 How to make Rotel dip in a slow coker, basic instructions

1. Start by browning the ground beef and ground sausage in a skillet until cooked through and no longer pink.
2. While the meats are cooking, cube the Velveeta cheese and the cream cheese.
3. Once the meat is thoroughly cooked, stir in the cubes of Velveeta cheese and the Rotel.
4. Transfer the meat mixture into a or slow cooker and add the rest of the ingredients.
5. Stir to combine and set on low, cooking for 2 hours, sirring half way through.

📷 Rotel sausage cream cheese dip, photo instructions

1. In a medium skillet, brown the ground beef and sausage.
   
2. Season the cooked meat with chili powder, stir to combine.
   
3. Add the seasoned meat to the bottom of your crockpot.
   
4. Cut the Velveeta and the cream cheese into cubes and add to crockpot insert along with the Rotel tomatoes.
5. Put the lid on the crockpot and set on low for 2 hours, stirring after the first hour.
   
6. Stir dip and serve hot with chips and veggies.

What to serve with rotel cream cheese dip

Traditionally tortilla chips, bagel chips, crackers, or veggies are what is served with Rotel cream cheese dip. I also will serve warm sausage and cheese dip over baked potatoes, tatter tots or french fries.

Store leftover Rotel dip in air tight containers in the refrigerator for up to a week. Rotel sausage cream cheese dip freezes well in freezer safe containers, Be sure to remove as much air as possible from the container to avoid freezer burn.

♨️ Reheating Velveeta Queso Instructions

I will reheat the sausage queso in a microwave-safe dish in 30-second increments, stirring in between heating until warmed through. Another option is to warm it in a small saucepan on medium heat, stirring, until heated through.

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