Touchdown Cheese Dip Recipe: Slow Cooker Appetizer

This Touchdown Slow Cooker Cheese Dip recipe will make you the MVP of your next Super Bowl party or get-together! This is one you must try!

Hello, my Kenarry friends!  It’s Robin from A Home To Grow Old In, and I’m back to share one of my all time favorite party recipes!  This cheese dip is always the first thing to go at any of our parties, and with the Super Bowl coming up I thought some of you may be looking for some new appetizers.

Kitchen Tools Needed:

• skillet
• spatula
• chef’s knife
• slow cooker

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 lb. ground sausage
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 lbs. Velveeta cheese
• 1 10 oz. can of Ro-tel tomatoes
• 1 10 oz. can of cream of chicken soup
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp. cayenne pepper

How to Make Touchdown Cheese Dip Recipe

I usually start by browning the meats together with the onion in a large pot or skillet with high sides.  Once it’s cooked through and the onion is soft, drain the fat.  This is a really simple recipe, but browning the meat and onions a day ahead of time and storing them in an airtight container in the fridge will save you a little time on game day.

Next, slice the cheese into 1-2 inch cubes to make it easier to melt.  Add all of the ingredients, including the meat mixture, to the slow cooker, and stir every 30 minutes until completely melted.  All slow cookers are a little different, but my slow cooker takes about 2 hours on low.  I’ve had my slow cooker for many years so they don’t make it anymore, but it’s similar to this one.  I really love it, because it has a hinged lid for serving, and it can be programmed.  This lets me set the program on “low” for 2 hours, and then it automatically switches over to “keep warm” for the party.

Once the cheese dip has warmed through, serve it with lots tortilla chips.  And, I mean lots of tortilla chips!  I’m not kidding you when I say that this dip goes fast.  All of the guests at your Super Bowl get-together will be asking for the recipe!

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Touchdown Slow Cooker Cheese Dip

This Touchdown Slow Cooker Cheese Dip recipe will make you the MVP of your next Super Bowl party or get-together! This is one you must try!

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time2 hrs

Total Time2 hrs 20 mins

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: appetizer, cheese dip, queso, slow cooker

Servings: 10

Calories: 486kcal

Author: Robin Lewis

Ingredients

• 1 lb. sausage the kind in a tube
• 1 lb. Ground Beef
• 1 Onion minced (you can use any kind, but I prefer red for the color)
• 2 lbs. Velveeta cheese
• 1 10 oz. can of Rotel tomatoes
• 1 10 oz. can cream of chicken soup reduced sodium or heart healthy if you can find it
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper

Instructions

• Brown the sausage and ground beef together with the onion in a large pot or skillet with high sides. Drain the fat.
• Slice the cheese into 1-2" cubes.
• Add all of the ingredients to the slow cooker and cook on low.
• Stir every 30 minutes until completely melted, about 2 hours.

Notes

All of the ingredients of the cheese dip tend to be a little salty, so I prefer to buy low sodium or "heart healthy" ingredients when I can. You can always add more salt if needed, but you can't really take it out. Rotel has a "no salt added" version, and I can usually find a heart healthy version of the cream of chicken soup.

Nutrition

Calories: 486kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 104mg | Sodium: 1864mg | Potassium: 818mg | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 23.2% | Vitamin C: 5.2% | Calcium: 54.5% | Iron: 10.2%

So, the big question is, “Do you watch the Super Bowl for the game or the commercials?”  I tend to watch it more for the commercials and halftime performances, but we have some huge football fans in our family that won’t take their eyes off the game for even a second!  No matter what your reason is for watching the game, this Touchdown Cheese Dip will make it an even better event! Check out these delicious mini taco cups for another amazing appetizer recipe!

If you’re looking for a few more recipe ideas for your party, check out some of my other posts below.

Easy Mexican Bruschetta Recipe

Salted Chocolate Cookie Pie

Creamy Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

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Robin is a home decor and DIY blogger at A Home To Grow Old In that lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband and 2 young boys. She moved into a 90 year old Tudor-style home in 2015 after spending the last several years in Bangkok, Thailand. While there, she had an opportunity to attend culinary school and enjoys sharing many of her favorite recipes on her blog. Robin’s days are spent enjoying time with her boys that are growing up too fast or making over rooms in her home by refinishing furniture she already owns or repurposing things that she finds.

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