Mexican Cheese Dip
This Mexican Cheese Dip is very easy & quick to make and according to my husband, tasted perfect! He loves Mexican food and since I don’t care for it I never make it so this was a real treat for him.
There is salsa in this Cheese Sauce giving added flavor to the cheese. This recipe can be as hot as you want by adding more jalapeños or by just putting the seeds in the dip. My husband doesn’t like it very hot so I left the seeds out and only used one jalapeño pepper.
Source: Adapted from Julie Angelo’s recipe.
Ingredients
Optional: Replace the paprika with chili powder
and/or add more jalapeno peppers for more of a kick.
In a small bowl mix the egg yolk, flour and 1 Tbsp of milk until smooth.
In a medium saucepan, combine the milk and cream over
medium heat and cook until warm.
Add the egg yolk mixture and jalapeño
pepper mixture stirring until thickened.
Add the shredded cheese and small dollops
of the cream cheese, stirring until melted.
Turn the heat to medium-low and continue
stirring until all of the cheese melts.
Remove from the heat and add the salsa and paprika.
For more of a kick use chili powder instead of paprika.
Stir, mixing well.
Serve with your favorite chips.
Mexican Cheese Dip
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Ingredients
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp. whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup Mexican blend shredded cheese
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 tsp paprika (or chili powder)
- salt to taste
- 1 jalapeño pepper, diced small
- 2 cups salsa
Directions
- In a small bowl, combine egg yolk, flour and 1 Tbsp. of milk mixing until smooth.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat add the cream and milk cooking until warm while stirring.
- Stir the egg yolk mixture and the diced jalapeno pepper into the warm milk mixture until thickened.
- Add the shredded cheese and small dollops of the cream cheese.
- Turn the heat to medium-low and continue to stir until the cheese melts.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the salt, salsa and paprika (or chili powder).
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Wow, looks so tempting ! Just cant wait to try this cheesy spicy dip !!
Make it spicier I kept it mild for my husband! It would be great with more heat.
Yes, I would love to make it spicier ! 🙂
I sure hope you tasted that, Diane! 😉
I did and it was good but not spicy enough for me. Since I made it for my hubby I kept it mild. It would be amazing hot!
sounds so yum, love all the ingredients!
Thanks!
Definitely going to try this, I usually like the cheese dip mild and the salsa hot
I used medium salsa and it wasn’t hot at all to me. If you use a hot salsa it should be perfect!
Nice and yum recipe
Thanks!
Spicy but looks delish! My bestie would so love this! Maybe I’ll make it for her lol 😂 great recipe as per usual! God bless and keep cooking!😊
Thank you! You sound like me, I made this for my husband and he was very pleased!
You’re welcome much! Oh really? Lol nice! Glad he enjoyed! 🙂
Its the opposite for me and my husband. He doesn’t care for Mexican and I could eat it everyday and never get tired of it.
If I could get past green peppers I would be fine…lol
You can always tell them you don’t want them. 😊
I have found some restaurants that will do that and they just picked them out of the dish. I could still taste them and couldn’t eat it. Now I am afraid to ask! Nothing like home cooking…lol
Oh ok that makes sense. I’ve never had that problem.
Dianne, is this served while still hot? It sounds really yummy.
Yes it is served warm so the cheese stays melted. I ended up adding more salsa to the recipe and it was the perfect heat for me.
I think I’d like it with a a bit of heat too.
I updated the recipe and added 2 cups of salsa instead of 1 and it was perfect! I use medium heat salsa.
Again…Philadelphia cream cheese. You’re making me homesick. 😉
Haha that’s funny I was thinking of you when I was typing this recipe!
Very useful n easy
Thank you Swapnil Pandey!
This sounds amazing! I always made a version of this using Velveeta while at home, but while living Europe at the moment where they’ve never heard of Velveeta, I’ve been at such a loss but this definitely seems like the way to do it. Excited to try this one!
It’s not as cheddar cheesy as using Velveeta because of the cream cheese. Try this and see what you think. You can always add some cheddar cheese with this recipe. We loved it just like this. Every time my husband got a bowl he told me how good it was….it’s a keeper!!!
I’m very excited to try it!! Thanks for sharing it!
You’re welcome! Super easy to make!