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This easy Homemade Queso Cheese Dip is made with 6 ingredients and one pot! So easy and quick! Use it with tortilla chips, pour it over a bed of nachos or make loaded french fries!
Hello! Give me some of that! Is it bad that as I type this, I am eating this dip with some amazing new queso flavored tortilla chips? Nah, I didn't think it was bad either. This dip really is so easy and quick to make.
How to Make Homemade Queso Cheese Dip
What You Need
- 8 oz pepper jack cheese, shredded
- 8 oz co-jack cheese, shredded
- 8 oz block cream cheese
- 10 oz can tomatoes with green chiles (aka Rotel)
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 cups heavy cream
- pinch red pepper flakes (optional for more heat)
Let's Make Queso!
First, in a medium sized pot, combine the cheese, tomatoes, and sour cream. Melt together over medium-low heat until the cheese is almost all melted. Reduce heat to low.
Then, add the cream a little bit at a time stirring well. Keep adding and stirring until the queso is nice and smooth. This is when you can add in some red pepper flakes for extra heat if you like.
Lastly, remove from heat and eat it right away!!!
That's it! It is that simple to have a super delicious homemade dip at home!
Does the queso dip reheat well?
Yes, you can reheat it on the stove on low or in the microwave. If using microwave, heat in 30 second intervals stirring after each one.
You can also keep this dip in a crock pot on low, stirring it occasionally.
Tips for best results!
- I suggest buying the blocks of cheese and shredding them yourself. The cheese will melt so much better and smoother than the pre-shredded cheese caked with no-caking agents. Oxymoron if you ask me...
- Let the cream cheese come to room temperature, and cut it into cubes. This will help all the cheese melt at the same time.
- Any brand of canned diced tomatoes with green chiles will work, just make sure it is 10 oz and DO NOT DRAIN. The juice really helps flavor the dip and keep it smooth.
- I use heavy cream in this recipe, because it has a much richer flavor. You could substitute whole milk or half and half. Just add it in a little bit at a time. Those options are thinner liquids and the dip might be perfect before you use all 2 cups of liquid.
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Homemade Queso Cheese Dip
Ingredients
- 8 oz pepper jack cheese, shredded
- 8 oz co-jack cheese, shredded
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 10 oz can diced tomatoes with green chiles, DO NOT DRAIN
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 cups heavy cream
- pinch red pepper flakes , optional
Instructions
- In a medium sized pot, melt together the cheeses, sour cream, and can of tomatoes over medium-low heat until it is almost completely melted.
- Reduce heat to low and add cream a little bit at at time, stirring well after each addition. Keep adding and stirring until the dip is all melted and smooth.
- Stir in extra red pepper flakes for more heat if you like.
- Remove from heat and enjoy!
Brennah says
Super delicious! My husband is a huge fan of queso, but I’m not a fan of all the grody ingredients in the store-bought. This is the perfect answer to that problem!
Heather Warburton says
I'm so glad! Thank you!