Warm Tortilla Chips With Spicy Cheese Dip Recipes

HOT SAUSAGE DIP

Steps:

• Place pork sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.
• Drain sausage and stir in onions. Cook until slightly tender, about 2 minutes. Mix in diced tomatoes with green chile peppers. Stirring occasionally, allow the mixture to simmer approximately 15 minutes.
• Blend cream cheese and sour cream into the sausage mixture. Season with crushed red pepper.

WARM TORTILLA CHIPS WITH SPICY CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients (except chips) and chill, covered, at least 2 hours for flavors to develop. Bring to room temperature before serving.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread tortilla chips in a large shallow baking pan and bake in middle of oven until warm, about 5 minutes.
• Serve chips with dip.

WARM TORTILLA CHIPS WITH SPICY COTIJA DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Stir together all ingredients (except chips) and chill, covered, at least 2 hours for flavors to develop. Bring to room temperature before serving. (Dip can be chilled for up to 1 day).
• Spread tortilla chips in a large shallow baking pan and bake in middle of oven until warm, about 5 minutes.
• Serve chips with dip.

YUMMY SPICY CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Open cans of peppers and rotel and pour in a strainer, let drain until called for - swishing around every once in awhile to promote drainage.
• In a medium sized (4-6 qt) Dutch oven or casserole stove top pan (non-stick makes cleanup easier), brown the ground beef with the basil, oregano and Montreal seasoning on medium heat. I use a flat wooden scraper type thingy to stir so I can scrape the pan bottom- especially useful when cheese is added.
• When browned, drain (or not depending on fat content - your choice) and return to pan. Add garlic and fresh (diced) hot peppers (Jalapeño and Serrano) and stir for 2-3 minutes. In a few moments you should have a very spicy smell in the kitchen - be careful breathing in the fumes if you aren't used to them, it can burn a bit.
• Turn heat to medium low. Add cream cheese and processed cheese (Velveeta type) in small chunks to promote melting stirring almost constantly to avoid sticking - depending on your stove, you may have to turn down to low heat.
• When cheeses are mostly melted, Add canned chilies and rotel and continue to stir until cheese is completely melted. Taste and add salt if necessary - some store brands of cheese have more salt than others.
• If this needs to be held for a party etc, put in a warmer or crockpot on lowest setting to keep warm - in a low/hi crockpot check/stir routinely that sauce isn't burning/sticking to crockpot. My crockpot has a keep warm setting that works great. Serve with round tortilla chips - the round ones seem to not break as easy with this thick dip.
• For individual service (midnight snack), scoop into a small bowl, grab bag of chips and enjoy.
• To rewarm leftovers, I put a small bowl of dip (from fridge) in microwave and use the re-warm function when finished, stir and if necessary nuke a bit longer until warmed up.
• Every once in awhile (I really don't know why), the dip is way to thick - maybe the moisture in the fresh peppers. If this looks more like day old oatmeal than a cheese dip add a small amount of regular milk. Maybe an 1/8 cup at a time. You want this to be thick so it will stay on the chip and off of your floor during a party.
• Enjoy!