Beef Queso Dip
An incredibly velvety, meaty queso dip that is completely irresistible – and you can make it in just 15 minutes!
I hope you’re not getting sick of all these game day recipes because I have yet another crowd-pleasing appetizer to share with you all. It’s inspired by the beef enchilada dip I made a couple weeks ago except this one is loaded with even more cheesy, velvety goodness.
With some leftover ground beef, a block of velveeta cheese and some handful pantry ingredients, this dip comes together so quickly in one skillet in just 15 minutes. How easy is that? Just be sure to have an extra bag of tortilla chips ready to go because this dip will be disappearing very quickly among your guests!
Beef Queso Dip
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces ground beef
- 1 teaspoon Emeril's Essence Creole Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 8 ounces VELVEETA®, cubed
- ½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- ½ cup canned diced tomatoes
- ¼ cup canned chopped green chiles
- ¼ cup salsa verde
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add ground beef, Emeril's Essence, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper, to taste. Cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; drain excess fat and transfer to a plate.
- Add VELVEETA® to the saucepan, stirring until melted. Stir in Monterey Jack cheese, diced tomatoes, green chiles and salsa verde until well combined.
- Stir in ground beef and cilantro until heated through, about 1-2 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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Best beef recipe ever!! Always a party pleaser. Have people asking me all the time for the recipe.
Outstanding! Made a double batch for a Super Bowl party yesterday and it was a huge hit! The only dish entirely eaten out of many! Thanks for the great recipe!
I make it all the time for the family. Nobody doesn’t love it!
I just go and get the canned original diced tomatoes and green chiles, and add green onions instead of cilantro leaves, also I add more shredded cheeses, it’s so freakin good!
This was SO delicious and all of my friends could not get enough. I browned the meat as directed then just put everything into a crock pot and it worked out great. I will definitely be making this recipe again!
I loved this recipe! The flavors were great. But, I had a consistency issue w/ the dip. It came out too thick. I did drain the green chiles and diced tomatoes before adding them in. I also might have added too much ground beef to the dip (I’m not sure if this would have altered the texture?) . Do you have any suggestions or recommendations? Thanks.
Very good. I used fatty wagyu beef and did not drain. I sliced one jalapeno and cooked with the beef. Added all the other ingredients to the fatty cooked beef. Used some shredded cheddar jack, few slices of havarti, and half a loaf of walmart’s generic Velveeta. Didn’t have any canned chilis, used homemade pickled jalapeno slices. Nice and spicy. Didn’t have the notes creole seasons. Used Tony Cha here.
Amazing
Reminds me of a similar recipe my mom used when us kids were growing up. Perfect for football parties.
I substituted the cilantro leaves for green onions, my goodness this is the most amazing quaso dip I’ve ever had. Thank you for sharing this gift with us.
My fiance made this dish earlier tonight. Oh my gosh it’s sooooo gooooood! And filling. Thank you for sharing the love, we will be keeping this recipe for a long time.
I made a mistake with this one, but the mistake turned out to be an eye opener. I did everything as the instructions said, after I drained the beef, instead of separating the beef I just put the cheese and everything else in with it. I was scared like oh man this is gonna be a bust, what a great dish wasted. But no! It turned out immaculate! This recipe got soul to it
Amazing dip, it came out perfect!
Great
I substituted with grounded chicken, it so damn good:)
My absolute favorite queso dip recipie to make
This is one of the best queso dip recipes I’ve made. I will definitely be making this recipe agian. There should be way more great reviews than there is for this recipe.
This is the way Queso should taste! So many recipes are just bland, but this is so nicely balanced with flavor! So glad I doubled it for the Super Bowl. This will be my go-to recipe from now on and I’m looking forward to customizing it a bit for hubby and I, just for fun- maybe more green chiles? Add some cayenne for more heat? And when serving a crowd, I’ll make it just the way it’s written to please the most folk.
I can’t get my hands on salsa verde. Can you suggest an alternative?
Made this tonight for the Super Bowl, and it was so yummy! I put it in my small crockpot to keep it warm. Highly recommend!
It’s perfect for Game Day!
I’ve been making this recipe for years. It’s a game day and family get together fav.
Hi! This looks incredible and I have made tons of your recipes before. I’m trying to make this vegetarian aka just nix the meat. In that scenario, would you suggest eliminating all of the spices that are cooked with the meat? Or do you think that keeping some/all of the spices would still be useful?
Hi Erin, that’s really just a preference, but I would suggest keeping all the spices if they sound good to you.