You come back from the office and get a call from your friend that they will be dropping to your place for a quick meeting. Most of the time, you get confused as to what to serve them quickly? Do not get confused as you can make a very easy dip in a few minutes that you can serve with crackers, nachos or fresh cut vegetables. The best part is you can make different type of cheese dips and also can preserve them for future use. If you havenât tried this dip before, now is the time to go for one. Making cheese dip is very easy and it can be made tasty with certain ingredients which are almost available in every house. So, get ready for preparing a savory dip with the help of these easy-to-follow instructions and tips. Read on.
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 15-30 minutes
Resource Required:
- Soft process cheese
- Chopped tomato
- Chopped peppers
- Salt/pepper
- Ground beef
- Chopped parsley
- Green onion
Instructions:
1. Use your slow cooker
Switch on your slow cooker. Take three pounds of soft processed cheese and cut it into small cubes. Now, place small cubes of soft processed cheese into the slow cooker. Let all the cheese melt. This will take some time. Check the consistency of cheese and add some freshly chopped of parsley to it.
2. Add salsa or tomatoes
Now take fresh tomatoes, peppers and green onion. Chop each of the vegetables and put onto the cheese inside slow cooker. You can also use canned tomato. Cut the tomato into two pieces and place it in the cheese. Apart from tomato and pepper, you can also use a small bottle of salsa onto your cheese. Mix them well together.
3. Add some optional ingredients
Take a frying pan and switch on your stove. Place your frying pan in the stove and put some white oil in that. Place some ground beef in the oil and fry it till brown. Add a dash of salt and pepper. Now, from the pan directly you can place the brown beef to the cheese mixture. Stir it nicely in the slow cooker and allow it to cook for 2-3 hours. Add some more parsley and pepper powder to it and mix well. Your hot cheesy dip is ready to serve and you can have it with crackers, fresh cut vegetables and your favorite chips.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Can I make any cheesy dip within 5 minutes? Can it be preserved?
Take two blocks of soft processed cheese and put them in a microwave safe bowl and melt it. Add finely chopped broccoli and parsley leaves to the cheese bowl. Add little pepper powder and now place the cheese bowl again inside microwave for 3-4 minutes. Your cheesy dip is ready to consume. You can use it as both cold and hot dips. If you want to serve it as a hot dip, serve with your favorite crackers and chips. As a cold dip, you can serve it with fresh cut vegetables.
Quick Tips:
- Take pita bread and put some finely sliced vegetables like bell peppers and lettuces to it. Top it up with beef/tomato hot cheesy dip and make it a wrap. You can make it an oven toasted or consume it normally. This is a healthy lunch or dinner wrap.
- In the microwave, just melt the cheese and mix some nut crumbs, parsley and pepper powder. It makes another easy cheese dip.
Things To Watch Out For:
- Do not put cheese in the microwave for a longer time as you may burn your cheesy dip.
- Cheese contains high calories, so patients with high cholesterol are not recommended to consume cheese or cheesy product very often.
